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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Today in 1954, a woman was hit by a meteorite


"There are a number of stories of people being injured, and even killed, by meteorites. The most celebrated case was that of Mrs. Hulitt Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama. On the 30 March 1954 Mrs. Hodges was asleep on her sofa when a 3.86 kg (= 8.51 lbs unit conversion) stony meteorite crashed though her roof and hit her, causing abdominal injuries which, fortunately, were not serious. The funny thing about the incident - although she probably did not find it amusing at the time - is that Mrs. Hodges lived opposite the Comet Drive-In Theatre. The photograph ... shows Mrs. Hodges shortly after the malevolent meteorite struck her. It caused extensive bruising which took a number of weeks to disappear." meteoritearticles.com - Thursday, December 23, 1954, Lethbridge Herald
I copied this article from some kind of scientific/popular events site. Thought it was interesting, never heard of a meteorite hitting a person, guess it does happen. Glad to see that she lived through it without any permanent disability. Bet that story was told to the family a couple hundred times.

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