Meteor causes panic in New Zealand


	Meteor causes panic in New Zealand

invictus

9-12-2006 8:37 AM

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9-13-2006 12:00 PM

bookchick49

Whew! Some of us deal with earthquakes and some have to deal with tornados. But meteors flying to close to the ground are not angels.

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WELLINGTON (AFP) - A meteor has streaked across a large swathe of New Zealand's South Island, creating a sonic boom which sent people running from their workplaces and homes, witnesses said.
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The loud boom was heard over northern and central parts of the South Island shaking buildings and rattling windows, reports said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060912/sc_afp/nzealandastronomymeteor_060912074744"><P>
The resident superintendent of Canterbury University's Mount John Observatory, Alan Gilmour, said meteors were reported every few years.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060912/sc_afp/nzealandastronomymeteor_060912074744"><P>
"All the reports suggest it was a pretty standard meteor but large and low," he told state radio, adding it most likely broke up in the atmosphere.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/372C3141-2E76-4AC4-AF1E-C41582800D4D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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