Solar eruptions mean Northern Lights 'could be seen in Britain' 05th Aug 2010

[Mulreay]

In case there really close was all

Yeah there not that close squall, sorry Slade.

[Slade]

Well long as you didnt get smitted by one.

[BC_Programmer]

Yeah, those meteoroids are pretty hot, it's hard not to get smitten with one. They have a warm personality, but once you stop moving, you realize, their as cold as stone.

[Slade]

well its not likely.  I know that this one girl got hit by lighting before she got purposed too.

[BC_Programmer]

well its not likely.  I know that this one girl got hit by lighting before she got purposed too.

OK. a meteoroid, to my understanding, never hits the ground. these are little bits that flew off a comet and are still orbiting the sun, there is zero chance that any of them are large enough or are composed of the proper material to hit the ground. And if they did, they would be known as meteoroids. But again, since most of it is just ice, the most that might happen is a little shower in some remote cornfield.

Additionally... Lightning? when did that come into the discussion even remotely? what next, are we going to discuss the probability that during the storm a viewer get's trampled by an elephant seal?

[Slade]

was saing that some times, the most unlikely things are probable of happen

[Mulreay]

And if they did, they would be known as meteoroids.

Meteorites I think you mean. 

[BC_Programmer]

Meteorites I think you mean. 

yes, my mistake.

[Allan]

yes, my mistake.

Wow. Second time this year. You're slipping BC.

[Mulreay]

Wow. Second time this year. You're slipping BC.

LOL it must be something in the water. 

[rthompson80819]

From the Money Times earlier this year.

Lorton, VA., January 23 -- A small meteorite hit the roof of Dr. Frank Ciampi’s clinic in Virginia on Monday. There were no reports of injury or loss. Dr. Ciampi practices in a small town of Lorton.

“I was in my office doing charts. It was Monday, a little after 5:30 p.m. And I heard a loud boom, almost like a small explosion,” said Ciampi.

The news was confirmed five days later by the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History as they were finding out whether the rock was a meteor or not.

"The first thing we look at is what's called the fusion crust on the outside. It's kind of a black, shiny coating, because when it passes through the atmosphere, it's melting a little at a time. So it's like an outer layer of glass, of melted rock," said Linda Welzenbach, manager of the meteorite collection at the museum

[BC_Programmer]

From the Money Times earlier this year.

And?

[rthompson80819]

And I'm glad I wasn't sitting in the waiting room at the time.