RE: Fireball over Texas

From: Dale Ireland (direland@drdale.com)
Date: Sun Feb 15 2009 - 19:45:41 UTC

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    I thought the debris cloud was still very high... But you can't argue with
    the government. This from the National weather service in KY
    
    000
    NOUS43 KJKL 140445
    PNSJKL
    KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-141030-
    
    PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
    1145 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2009
    
    ...POSSIBLE SATELLITE DEBRIS FALLING ACROSS THE REGION...
    
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS RECEIVED CALLS THIS
    EVENING FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING POSSIBLE EXPLOSIONS AND...OR
    EARTHQUAKES ACROSS THE AREA. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS
    REPORTED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THESE EVENTS ARE BEING CAUSED
    BY FALLING SATELLITE DEBRIS. THESE PIECES OF DEBRIS HAVE BEEN CAUSING
    SONIC BOOMS...RESULTING IN THE VIBRATIONS BEING FELT BY SOME
    RESIDENTS...AS WELL AS FLASHES OF LIGHT ACROSS THE SKY. THE CLOUD OF
    DEBRIS IS LIKELY THE RESULT OF THE RECENT IN ORBIT COLLISION OF TWO
    SATELLITES ON TUESDAY...FEBRUARY 10TH WHEN KOSMOS 2251 CRASHED INTO
    IRIDIUM 33.
    
    $$
    
    RAY/WJM
    
    
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