Probable Meteor Strike in Saskatchewan

TigerNut writes "The Calgary Herald this morning reported on a meteor that was seen over three provinces last night, and is assumed to have impacted in Saskatchewan. It is estimated to have been "the size of a kitchen sink", as reported here"

Hmm..

[hookedup]

Why is it meteors always manage to strike the most boring and barren places around?

But, it's probably for the better this way...

Re:Hmm..

[0x0d0a]

Not always [wsu.edu].

Note the bit on the Hodges meteorite:

Hodges meteorite. November 30, 1954, Sylacauga, Alabama. Annie Hodges was napping on her couch when an eight-pound stony meteorite crashed through her roof. It bounced off a large console radio and hit her in the arm and then the leg, leaving her badly bruised.

How's *that* for a fun one to explain to your insurance agent?

Re:Hmm..

[Rick the Red]

Metorite, eh? "Act of God." Claim rejected. Next!

Re:Hmm..

[ivan256]

In my home town when I was little the house up the street got hit my a meteorite. Ten years eariler another house on the same street (but almost a mile away) was hit by a similarly sized meteorite. There are pictures of the second one [yale.edu] online, and you can go see them at the Yale Peabody museum.

I wouldn't be surprised if insurance agencies specifically added meteorite clauses to their policies around there after that.

A google search for "wethersfield meteorite [google.com]" turns up lots of interesting articles about them.

A Matter of Probability

[brownpau]

It's a matter of probability; it's the the large, boring expanses of Earth that are more likely to get meteor strikes: e.g.: Pacific Ocean, Siberia, Canada...

(Earth, after all, is "mostly harmless." ;)

Re:A Matter of Probability

[John Hasler]

It's also a matter of what one considers "boring and barren". To me that describes any large city.

Kitchen sink?

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice thing they estimated the size to about:kitchensink, keeping in mind this news goes out to nerds like us.

Re:Kitchen sink?

[tiled_rainbows]

You know, sometimes I type a comment, click preview, reread it, and then decide that it's really not worth posting. You got to treat that "submit" button with respect, dude.

Re:Kitchen sink?

[hplasm]

Hahahahah. ha. hahaha.

There.

Re:Kitchen sink?

[Rick the Red]

How do the estimate that? I saw a meteor once. Left a beautiful blue-green streak in the sky. It looked like about the size of a car, and I swear it was just over the next hill. Turned out to be about the size of a baseball, and it was a couple hundred miles away.

Re:Kitchen sink?

[Smallpond]

That's what? About a tenth of a VW? What is that in Libraries of Congress?

Mods: "If Natalie Portman hit Saskatchewan and..."

[Anonymous Coward]

Just a little FYI on the nicely informative post.

(I can't help but wonder what the poster wanted to do by that.)

Very skillful troll

[Anonymous Coward]

You not only slipped a Natalie Portman in there, but you got moderated up! Well done!

"ball of poop" further evidence of troll

[Anonymous Coward]

mod parent down

"ball of poop dropping out of the sky "

[Jumper99]

This has to be the best part...

"I was watching TV when I saw this ball of poop dropping out of the sky with a tail of flames," said Ben Kleinsasser. "I watched it coming down until there it was, right in front of us.

In other news...

[hplasm]

"...Now, nearer home, comes a special bulletin from Trenton, New Jersey. It is reported that at 8:50 P. M. a huge, flaming object, believed to be a meteorite, fell on a farm in the neighborhood of Grovers Mill, New Jersey, twenty-two miles from Trenton. The flash in the sky was visible within a radius of several hundred miles and the noise of the impact was heard as far north as Elizabeth. We have dispatched a special mobile unit to the scene, and will have our commentator, Carl Phillips, give you a word pi

What!?!?!

[p4ul13]

"We wish it was 10 tonnes instead of 100 kilograms," said Hildebrand, who is the co-ordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre.

Maybe I'm just a bit old-fashioned, but I prefer that the rocks that fall from the sky are as small as possible. Science is great and all, but c'mon I just bought my townhouse, I really don't want a skylight *that* badly.

Re:What!?!?!

[mdielmann]

Clearly, you've never been to Saskatchewan.

Re:What!?!?!

[AJWM]

Clearly, you've never been to Saskatchewan.

Yeah. Think Kansas, only much bigger and (believe it or not) flatter.

Hey, isn't Smallville in Kansas? What is it with meteorites and flat places (see also Meteor Crater, Arizona) anyway?

Re:What!?!?!

[codemachine]

Actually the entire thing isn't flat and treeless, but unfortunately the Trans-Canada and other main highways all cut through the flattest and most treeless areas, so even people in the rest of Canada assume we're one big prairie.

That is not to say there isn't a lot of bloody flat prairie land around here (and a complete lack of large hills/mountains). But if you go North there are forests and lakes, and if you venture far enough away from Regina you'll find land that isn't entirely flat (even downright h

Re:What!?!?!

[Tackhead]

> > "We wish it was 10 tonnes instead of 100 kilograms," said Hildebrand, who is the co-ordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre.
>
>Maybe I'm just a bit old-fashioned, but I prefer that the rocks that fall from the sky are as small as possible. Science is great and all, but c'mon I just bought my townhouse, I really don't want a skylight *that* badly.

Maybe he was talking about the amount of hot grits required to safely capture the meteoric but ever-so-shapley form of Ms. Portman u

Dinosaurs

[Embedded Geek]

We wish it was 10 tonnes instead of 100 kilograms," said Hildebrand, who is the co-ordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre.

Wasn't there a dinosaur who once said something like this?

Not

[Konster]

Not so! A meteorite landed in my Auntie Edna's pool back in 1972!

Re:Not

[p4ul13]

A meteorite landed in my Auntie Edna's pool back in 1972!

Lets be honest though. Edna's pool was pretty boring aside from that. =)

Re:Not

[donutz]

Not so! A meteorite landed in my Auntie Edna's pool back in 1972!

Are you sure it wasn't the neighbor kids throwing a rock over the fence?

Re:Not

[DeadCousinTed]

I believe that was my Auntie, not yours.

Careful, Konster. The Edison family is a dangerous one to toy with. All I did was scrawl some graffiti on the wall, and look how I ended up!

Peaceful, though.

Meteor hits endangered species

[A55M0NKEY]

Landing in Sasquatchewan was unfortunate because that Canadian province is home to the last remaining breeding pair of Bigfootses. Science will never know how that species of primate lived now that the meteor has sqatched them.

Re:Meteor hits endangered species

[Tumbleweed]

Actually, I believe that was no meteorite, but, rather, the Sasquatch's spaceship returning to pick them up. I heard they got tired of slumming it on Earth.

Re:Meteor hits endangered species

[hovercraftSpareWheel]

Obligatory LOTR reference

Bigfeet!

Sasquatch

[Embedded Geek]

It just shows you don't know your cryptozoology. The simple fact is that Sasquatch are thriving in many areas and are politically active in Cascadia [zapatopi.net]. If you have any questions, contact the Bureau of Sasquatch Affairs [zapatopi.net]. On a related note, if you are a Cascadian Sasquatch and want to serve your country, note that the Sasquatch Militia [zapatopi.net] is recruiting.

Of course, you may have been refering to the Canadian Sasquatch instead of the Cascadian Sasquatch. If so, please accept my apologies, as we all know they can indeed carry coconuts through the air.

Re:Meteor hits endangered species

[DynaSoar]

A55M0NKEY (554964) sez: "Landing in Sasquatchewan was unfortunate because that Canadian province is home to the last remaining breeding pair of Bigfootses."

We prefer YETI-AMERICANS, you insensitive clod! And it's not my fault they won't ship Viagra out here with an address of "Tundra, Second rock on right".

Breaking Out the Old Size Comparison Jokes

[FooAtWFU]

It's the size of a kitchen sink?

(rolling eyes) How many Philadelphias is that?

Re:Breaking Out the Old Size Comparison Jokes

[FroMan]

I believe it is about 17 centivbs (hundredths of a volkwagen bug). Granted my metric is not as good as it could be since I am an American.

Armageddon Sick of It

[NickFusion]

This travesty would never have happened, if only Bruce Willis had been born Canadian...

Re:Armageddon Sick of It

[Tumbleweed]

Yeah, that's what they get for having their biggest hero be William Shatner. *gag*

Hot dog we have a weiner!

[Ashtray_Waterloo]

This could result in a new winner of this national contest [www.cbc.ca], and for once, Saskatchewan will have some reason to be proud.

I am from Saskatchewan

[QEDog]

I am from Saskatchewan, and I don't see no meteor sho

[NO CARRIER]

Re:I am from Saskatchewan

[Ashtray_Waterloo]

One down, 978999 left to go. And once we're done we'll have a place for Quebec to go when the separate.

Awful being ignored!!

[inorganicspice]

Thanks guys, for the clear, albiet subdued, insults of my place of residence. Perhaps you hsould visit, or at least investigate what we have to offer. Here is a sample: http://www.cls.usask.ca/ ya awful being so "backwoods" ;-)

Re:Awful being ignored!!

[R.Caley]

...what we have to offer. Here is a sample: http://www.cls.usask.ca/

Yeah, they usually build those kinds of thing out in the boonies, where land is cheap.

Re:Awful being ignored!!

[codemachine]

That thing doesn't exactly take a lot of land. In fact, they built it a few hundred feet away from where I was living in college.

They built it there because of the amount of scientific research that takes place at the U of S, and the fact we already had a particle accelerator on campus.

Thank god for U of S though, b/c this city (as nice as it is in the non-winter months) and province wouldn't be all that fun otherwise.

Re:Awful being ignored!!

[Ayaress]

Michigan's pretty cool if you only look at the universities too. Doesn't make it any more interesting to live here.

Re:Awful being ignored!!

[Nos.]

We also have one of the top employers in Canada for several years running Sasktel [sasktel.com] (Where I start work in just under two weeks!!!)

Natalie Portman??

[Sarin]

If Natalie Portman hit Saskatchewan and could be located, it would be the first "meteorite fall"

Now I'm a bit puzzled here, let me try to rephrase it:

1. a meteorite fell from the sky,
2. it opens doors for something special, a socalled "meteorite fall", that can only happen now if:
- Natalie Portman comes to Saskatchewan
- AND she has to be located

wtf, did I miss something in school?

What is this "meteorite fall"?
- Did they just accidently include somesort of a secret astronomer fertility/mating ri

Re:Natalie Portman??

[smoondog]

-or did you just fall for an obvious troll?

Obligatory Simpson's Quote

[Radical Rad]

'Let's burn down the observatory so this will never happen again!'

Local farmers have reported...

[psyconaut]

....that a small child was found wandering around their fields who possessed great strength. The have no idea where the child could have come from.

-psy

"We wish it were ten tonnes and not 100 kilograms"

[psyconaut]

Ummm...no, you really don't!!! Especially if it were to happen to hit in a residential area.

-psy