Hill
(Master Guide)
01/19/06 03:50 PM
Re: Meteorites Impact Database (+26.000 hits) On Earth

That's a great idea and a great post Majoska. Here's a bit of trivia which concerns a rather amazing coincidence about two meteorites which fell in Wethersfield, CT, USA. In April 8, 1971, the meteorite in your database fell on a house and crashed through the roof. 11 1/2 years later, November 8, 1982, a meteorite crashed through the roof of another house in Wethersfield CT. After passing through the roof and into the living room, it bounced into the dining room, and landed under a table.

The one which fell in Sylacauga, Alabama, is the only known case of a meteorite hitting a person in the US. Ann Hodges of Sylacauga was slightly injured when the meteorite crashed through the roof of her home and hit her in the hip, bruising her.
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