(meteorobs) Nevada Meteors WAS Re: East Coast Meteor and MN Meteor 1MAR2011

[Count Deiro]

Thank you Mike for the links and info. Very helpful.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 2, 2011 11:29 AM
>To: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>, Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>Cc: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Nevada Meteors WAS Re: East Coast Meteor and MN Meteor 1MAR2011
>
>Count,
>
>At least you live in a place where the meteorites can be easily found
>when they fall. These East Coast Meteors are a real tease. It looks
>like last night's went in the ocean.
>
>In theory NV (or any place else in the world) should get just as many
>meteors as the east coast. I just don't think there are as many people
>out there to see them, compared to the densely populated east coast.
>
>So the question is.... If a meteor falls in the NV desert and nobody
>is there to witness it, does it still make a sound? Does it still
>leave meteorites on the ground?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>
>P.S. The AMS website now has a 'search by state' feature.
>
>Here are all of the reported NV falls dating back to 2005.
>
>http://bit.ly/hLBeo3 (this search will only show reports where the
>witness was from the state of NV).
>
>You just had one recently 12/26/2010 AMS ID: 914 , that was witnessed
>by 16 people: http://bit.ly/i9fKoU
>
>Here's an image of the plot-able witness reports:  http://i.imgur.com/Ovsjn.jpg
>
>It looks like the flight path would have gone over central CA, which I
>believe is heavily covered with allsky cameras.
>
>If you're lucky and work hard maybe you can find a few allsky videos
>or maybe even a radar return somewhere east of Elko and south of route
>80.
>
>
>On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hello Dirk and Listers,
>>
>> I've been staring up at the sky for months....Haven't seen s---. It seems more meteors are clobbering the East Coast than bombs fell on London during WW2. It's about G-- damn time we got a boomer out here in Nevada. One of those big ass bolides detonating and fragging and scaring the s--- out of the peasants.
>>
>> Bored....stiff.
>>
>> Count Deiro
>> IMCA 3536
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
>>>Sent: Mar 1, 2011 7:44 PM
>>>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>>>Subject: [meteorite-list] East Coast Meteor and MN Meteor 1MAR2011
>>>
>>>Dear List,
>>>Reports are coming in about two meteors observed tonight.
>>>
>>>NY, NJ, PA, VA, DC Meteor ~9:40pm EST 1MAR2011
>>>http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/03/breaking-news-ny-nj-pa-meteor-1mar2011.html
>>>
>>>Minn. Green Meteor 7:25pm CST 1MAR2011
>>>http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/03/kingston-mn-green-meteor-725pm.html
>>>
>>>Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
>>>
>>>
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