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Re: (meteorobs) Bolide booms
David,
I think your assumption is more correct.
What bothers me is, why does MSNBC quote a WEATHERMAN
regarding a "bolide boom"?!!
You don't need a weatherman to know which way a bolide
falls.
;-)
B*C
--- "FIPT LBTS1b(con)3, D Cross"
<FIPTLBTS1bcon3@dpa.moddot uk> wrote:
> >From MSNBC, 6 December 1999 (via CCNET) said
>
> >Scientists say, despite the loud boom which
> followed Sunday=92s bright=20
> >light, more than likely nothing ever hit the
> ground. National Weather=20>
> >Service expert Kevin Pence says shooting stars are
> a lot like what we=20
> >see and hear in a thunderstorm.
>
> >"You know, the lightening first, and then the rapid
> explosion or=20
> >expansion of a channel of air, creates sound
> waves," said Pence.
>
> Is this right? This seems plausible, but I'd assumed
> that the loud
> noises reported were sonic booms, .
>
> David
>
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