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#23145 - 04/23/12 10:25 AM Meteor over the Sierra
Steve C WHA member Registered: 09/22/09 Posts: 3948 Loc: Fresno, CA	I sure missed this one yesterday -- just before 8 AM. Did anyone hear it? It must have been streaking over the Sierra. This from http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/23/uk-usa-meteor-idUSLNE83M01220120423 Quote: "I was out ... hiking in the mountains (and) saw this great, big, white ball streaming across the sky to the west," Ellen Pillard, a Reno resident, told the Journal. "Then it just disappeared." Minutes later, she said, she heard a "boom." Explosion, fireball reported in Nevada, California By MARTIN GRIFFITH - Associated Press Sunday, Apr. 22, 2012 \| 12:23 PM Quote: RENO, Nev. -- Astronomers say a loud explosion heard across a large swath of Nevada and California on Sunday morning was likely caused by a meteor. Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/04/22/2809...h#storylink=cpy
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#23150 - 04/23/12 11:31 AM Re: Meteor over the Sierra [Re: Steve C]
AlanK WHA member Registered: 09/22/09 Posts: 576 Loc: Glendale, CA	My mother, who lives in Reno, saw it. It was evidently quite impressive.
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#23158 - 04/23/12 12:25 PM Re: Meteor over the Sierra [Re: Steve C]
lynn-a-roo WHA member Registered: 08/14/10 Posts: 474 Loc: OrangeCounty	Nope, I didn't see nor hear it, I was sawing Z's at 8:00 a.m. I did feel and hear the earthquake epicentered in San Juan Capistrano this morning around 10:00 a.m., it was quite a jolt. It felt like it picked up the building I work in and slammed it back down....just one quick jolt....it shook all the light fixtures...no harm, no injuries where I work. It was only 3.9 quake, most people including myself just kept on working, we hardly flinched even though it was a good jolt.
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#23162 - 04/23/12 01:10 PM Re: Meteor over the Sierra [Re: lynn-a-roo]
+ @ti2d WHA member Registered: 10/22/09 Posts: 520 Loc: Oh Cursed, USA	Confirmed: North Korean missile. :whistle: _________________________ Have fun and enjoy the Gr8 Yd Opn.
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#23164 - 04/23/12 01:58 PM Re: Meteor over the Sierra [Re: + @ti2d]
AlanK WHA member Registered: 09/22/09 Posts: 576 Loc: Glendale, CA	Originally Posted By: + @ti2d Confirmed: North Korean missile. Nah, this thing was more than a few feet off the ground.
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#23168 - 04/23/12 03:12 PM Re: Meteor over the Sierra [Re: Steve C]
bobpickering Registered: 02/07/10 Posts: 125 Loc: Reno, Nevada	Something woke me up in Reno around 8:00 AM. I didn't figure out what it was until I saw this thread.
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#23182 - 04/23/12 06:58 PM Re: Meteor over the Sierra [Re: AlanK]
MooseTracks Registered: 11/02/09 Posts: 533 Loc: Bishop, CA, United States	Originally Posted By: AlanK Originally Posted By: + @ti2d Confirmed: North Korean missile. Nah, this thing was more than a few feet off the ground. ROTFLMAO!! _________________________ Facebook Flickr Pics Think outside the Zone.
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