(meteorobs) The event in Egypt

[Andrei Ol'khovatov]

Dear All,

Here is another news-story on the event in Russian mass-media:
http://www.utro.ru/articles/2004/07/16/330504.shtml

There are some more details from it:
1) The Egypt province is called Sokhag (spelling?)
2) The event continued for the third day
3) There are injured, and at least 2 little child died.
4) Firefighters are on duty at villages where the event took place.
5) Authorities are conducting investigation
6) There are several versions: from hot weather to meteorites.

Best wishes,
Andrei Ol'khovatov




----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel van Os <dvanos01 at home.nl>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Translation


> As far as I know the Perseids will not result in meteorites.
>
> Here's a babefished version of the article:
>
> In Egypt to the houses of inhabitants from the sky began to fall "ognennye
of shary": sgoreli of 100 structures
>
> the time of the publication: 15 July 2004, 12:41
> last renovation: 15 July 2004, 18:03
>
> In several villages in the south of Egypt for the unknown reason
simultaneously for sgoreli of approximately 100 houses, reports RIA of
"Novosti" with the reference to the local press.
>
> As a result without the roof remained several hundred local residents,
many of whom obtained burns. On the assertion of numerous eyewitnesses, to
the roofs of the houses, on which the peasants dry the dung, utilized in
these places as the fuel, fell the fireballs, which immediately set on fire
structures.
>
> Local authorities thus far cannot explain the reason for fire. According
to one version, on the houses the pigeons, that were caught fire from the
collision with the electric power line, fell.
>
> However, on the assertion of local residents, on the fire-sites a total of
several been charred bird small carcasses were discovered. On another
version, the reason for fires could become meteoritic flow.
>
> Are presented also hypotheses about that, in the sgorevshikh houses
because of the large load in the electric brush occurred the short circuits.
But against this version speaks the fact that many of the houses not at all
had electricities. Most suffered consider that fire on them they sent
dzhinny, the servants of shaitan (devil).
>
> It is worthwhile to note that an analogous drop in the fiery it is ball it
was observed during January of this year in Spain, where hundreds of
inhabitants of North provinces became the witnesses of mysterious natural
phenomenon. Then one of the representatives of the authorities Of palensiya
city stated that one fireball exploded. "Vzryv was very strong. In air the
cloud of white smoke, which for long not rasseivalos rose", - he stated.
>
> In the opinion of astronomers, the fireballs, most likely, large
meteorites.
>
> References on the theme:
>
> In Greece Was brought down "rybnyy" rain (NEWSru.com// in the world//
medium, on 11 December, 2002)
>
> above Australia carried past the fireball (NEWSru.com// in the world//
Friday, on 6 September, 2002)
>
> Dossiers NEWSru.com Africa// Egypt// The incident Information is assembled
on the basis of the sources of the information service of "Integrum" largest
in Russia;
>
> :)
>
> Daniel
>
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