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(meteorobs) FWD: Meteors in Sacramento
[From an unconfirmed source! -Lew]
Meteor shower stymies traffic near Sacramento
SAN FRANCISCO (March 9, 1998 07:42 a.m. EST http://www.nandodot net) -- The
sun had just set when the sky filled with flaming objects falling to the
ground. Traffic slowed to a halt on Interstate 80 in Northern California
and police were flooded with worried calls about a possible plane crash.
Not to worry -- it was a 200-mile swath of meteors Sunday night.
"It was just getting dark and everybody was facing that direction just as
the sun was coming down," Coast Guard Lt. Alan Tubbs said. "It was the king
of all meteor showers."
The U.S. Coast Guard contacted Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, which
confirmed the meteor shower that stretched from Sacramento to Monterey.