Buddha Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 We're DOOMED I say! DOOOOOOOOMMMMMMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grapefruit-sized meteorite strikes house 'It was like a bomb had gone off' Sunday, June 13, 2004 Posted: 5:54 AM EDT (0954 GMT) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) -- A grapefruit-sized meteorite smashed through the roof of a New Zealand house, hitting a couch and bouncing off the ceiling before coming to rest under a computer. The 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) chunk of space debris dropped out of the sky and plummeted through the tiled roof of the Auckland home on Saturday. "I was in the kitchen doing breakfast and there was this almighty explosion," owner Brenda Archer told the Sunday Star-Times newspaper. "It was like a bomb had gone off. I couldn't see anything, there was just dust." Archer's one-year-old grandson had been playing nearby minutes before it hit. It is only the ninth meteorite found in New Zealand and the first to hit a home. The Archers, who are following expert advice by drying the rock out in their oven, plan to sell it or give it to a museum. Experts believe the meteorite, a chunk of an asteroid, could be worth more than NZ$10,000 ($6,290), the newspaper said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Experts believe the meteorite, a chunk of an asteroid, could be worth more than NZ$10,000 ($6,290), the newspaper said. That should just about cover the repairs :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 What? No radiation to turn them into walking plants like in Creepshow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarhog Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 'Y'ALL keep it down in here. Ain't nuthing gone awry round these parts' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Originally posted by NavyDave What? No radiation to turn them into walking plants like in Creepshow? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Hey ND, This is what we all have waiting for us! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 :laugh: Tarhog, ya got me beat on that gag! Much better pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander PK Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 In all seriousness though, (I know, we're having all this fun, and I have to make a serious comment That would be scary as hell, to have a meteorite crash through your house. Thank god that woman's 1 year old wasn't still playing there when it busted through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins24 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Check this out. Found it in my yard one day a few years ago. It's definately not a rock from earth. A few days, maybe even a week before I found it, I thought I saw a flash or something in my backyard. Didn't think anything of it at all at the time, though I do remember saying something like "What was that?" Found this, Remembered the flash, Put two and two together, Kept it for years, Looking for money now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 A news report last night showed it sitting on the couch. Large piece. Can you even imagine if someone had been sitting on that couch? Wonder what part of home owners insurance covers this? Blondie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I think it falls under: Act of GOD... (not the hand of) just anything that is "weather / earth related" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by Skins24 Check this out. Found it in my yard one day a few years ago. It's definately not a rock from earth. A few days, maybe even a week before I found it, I thought I saw a flash or something in my backyard. Didn't think anything of it at all at the time, though I do remember saying something like "What was that?" Found this, Remembered the flash, Put two and two together, Kept it for years, Looking for money now. Hate to break your heart, but it is an earth rock, a cool one but from earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins24 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by jbooma Hate to break your heart, but it is an earth rock, a cool one but from earth From where? Last time I checked there weren't any active volcanoes in this area, and that's the only other place where you'd find a rock that would resemble anything like this. Besides, rocks usually don't just appear out of no where like this one did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Skins24, Maybe if you put antennae's on that rock you can convince someone it isn't from earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I don t remember approving of this at my last Illuminati meeting. remliK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins24 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 !sllab ym kcil nac ll'ay, itanimulli eht gnivael m'i....taht wercs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrfriedm Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by Blondie A news report last night showed it sitting on the couch. Large piece. Can you even imagine if someone had been sitting on that couch? Wonder what part of home owners insurance covers this? Blondie Act of God Clause :whoknows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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