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The Guardian
8 hours ago
- Climate
- The Guardian
Fireball in the sky as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas
A 'fireball' that may have been a meteor burned through the sky on Tuesday just after noon in north Georgia, with a meteorite fragment crashing through the roof of a house in metro Atlanta. 'It pierced through the roof all the way through and cracked through the laminate flooring to the concrete,' said Ryan Morrison, director of emergency management for Henry county, a suburban area south-east of Atlanta. 'That's why we think it's part of this meteor storm.' The homeowner requested the homeland security office refrain from identifying them, because they have a small child, Morrison said. People across north Georgia and parts of North Carolina and South Carolina reported seeing the meteor, smoke trailing its descent. A boom around 12.30pm rattled houses across metro Atlanta. Images and video have begun to emerge of the fireball. The National Weather Service didn't initially recognize what it saw on its radar, said Dylan Lusk, a senior meteorologist at the service's Peachtree City station. 'We did not catch it on radar, and that is mostly because it looks like the fireball that occurred was a little bit too high up,' Lusk said. 'I was looking at some of our satellite stuff; we were able to catch a smoke trail.' The fireball resembled a lightning strike on the service's global lightning mapper, he said. The Atlanta area has had a spate of strong lightning storms over the last day, which led many to dismiss the boom as more lightning. A meteor strike is uncharted territory, Lusk said. 'We're not experts on this stuff,' he said. Space debris or asteroids are the purview of Nasa, he added.
Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
‘It was really, really scary': People across metro in shock as fireball falls from the sky
Videos and eyewitness accounts keep coming in of a fireball falling from space over metro Atlanta. 'It was really, really scary,' said Melanie Whitlock. Whitlock and her daughter, Amber Hudson, heard it and felt it in Covington. [READ: What did you see falling through the sky? A meteor or meteorite?] 'I was even shaking, like, back and forth, and then I was just hearing like the banging sound or whatever, and even a water bottle fell off my nightstand,' Hudson said. It was a meteoroid three feet in diameter weighing more than a ton, according to NASA. It was moving toward the ground at 30,000 miles an hour. 'It sounded like a thunderstorm,' Ashundi Daniel said. TRENDING STORIES: Family pleads for driver to come forward who hit, killed Henry County teen Former judge among 3 arrested following burglary investigation in southeast Georgia Suspect arrested in shooting death of 17-year-old near Clayton County Kroger NASA said people in Oxford saw it first around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. NASA said it disintegrated 27 miles above West Forest, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of TNT. Meteorites that survived the fiery fall landed in Henry County. 'Wow! It definitely shook us up,' Whitlock said. Channel 2's Courtney Francisco traced NASA coordinates that show pieces of it landed in a wooded area off Pullin Road in McDonough. They were small but powerful. Henry County Emergency Management Director Ryan Morrison posted photos online that show the damage one meteorite did when it hit a man's roof. 'A small, maybe quarter-of-an-inch hole that came through where the sheetrock was penetrated,' Morrison said. 'The resident was in awe of what happened. The homeowner did not want to talk publicly but told Morrison it sounded like a gunshot. Families are glad it did not hurt him. 'That was scary what we experienced, and nothing fell through the roof. I can only imagine,' Whitlock said.
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Fireball in the sky as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas
A 'fireball' that may have been a meteor burned through the sky on Tuesday just after noon in north Georgia, with a meteorite fragment crashing through the roof of a house in metro Atlanta. 'It pierced through the roof all the way through and cracked through the laminate flooring to the concrete,' said Ryan Morrison, director of emergency management for Henry county, a suburban area south-east of Atlanta. 'That's why we think it's part of this meteor storm.' The homeowner requested the homeland security office refrain from identifying them, because they have a small child, Morrison said. Related: 'It blew us away': how an asteroid may have delivered the vital ingredients for life on Earth People across north Georgia and parts of North Carolina and South Carolina reported seeing the meteor, smoke trailing its descent. A boom around 12.30pm rattled houses across metro Atlanta. Images and video have begun to emerge of the fireball. The National Weather Service didn't initially recognize what it saw on its radar, said Dylan Lusk, a senior meteorologist at the service's Peachtree City station. 'We did not catch it on radar, and that is mostly because it looks like the fireball that occurred was a little bit too high up,' Lusk said. 'I was looking at some of our satellite stuff; we were able to catch a smoke trail.' The fireball resembled a lightning strike on the service's global lightning mapper, he said. The Atlanta area has had a spate of strong lightning storms over the last day, which led many to dismiss the boom as more lightning. A meteor strike is uncharted territory, Lusk said. 'We're not experts on this stuff,' he said. Space debris or asteroids are the purview of Nasa, he added.
The Guardian
18 hours ago
- Climate
- The Guardian
Fireball in the sky as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas
A 'fireball' that may have been a meteor burned through the sky on Tuesday just after noon in north Georgia, with a meteorite fragment crashing through the roof of a house in metro Atlanta. 'It pierced through the roof all the way through and cracked through the laminate flooring to the concrete,' said Ryan Morrison, director of emergency management for Henry county, a suburban area south-east of Atlanta. 'That's why we think it's part of this meteor storm.' The homeowner requested the homeland security office refrain from identifying them, because they have a small child, Morrison said. People across north Georgia and parts of North Carolina and South Carolina reported seeing the meteor, smoke trailing its descent. A boom around 12.30pm rattled houses across metro Atlanta. Images and video have begun to emerge of the fireball. The National Weather Service didn't initially recognize what it saw on its radar, said Dylan Lusk, a senior meteorologist at the service's Peachtree City station. 'We did not catch it on radar, and that is mostly because it looks like the fireball that occurred was a little bit too high up,' Lusk said. 'I was looking at some of our satellite stuff; we were able to catch a smoke trail.' The fireball resembled a lightning strike on the service's global lightning mapper, he said. The Atlanta area has had a spate of strong lightning storms over the last day, which led many to dismiss the boom as more lightning. A meteor strike is uncharted territory, Lusk said. 'We're not experts on this stuff,' he said. Space debris or asteroids are the purview of Nasa, he added.
