Hi, Andre, List, There are a number of cases documented of individuals being struck by meteorites, going back centuries. A fellow in Sweden lost an arm to one!
John S. Lewis' "Rain of Iron and Ice" (1996) has a long section listing hundreds of such cases. In the Uganda case, the meteorite bounced off, not leaves, but the trunks of several trees before it struck the boy. Lucky boy. Mrs. Hodges was inside her house in an padded armchair when the meteorite battered its way through chimney, roof, attic, ceiling, and several walls before lodging in the side of her chair. She was NOT directly struck, which is very fortunate for her A meteorite that "stagnates" and free-falls is usually going 200-300 mph when it reaches the ground. If it doesn't stagnate, it's going even faster. This is according to Norton's book. If you see one coming, put on your hard hat. Sterling Webb ------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Deborah Anne K. Martin via Meteorite-list Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:50 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hit by a meteorite lately? I seem to recall a teenager in Uganda got hit by a 3gr. piece of the Mbale meteorite circa 1993 without any ill effect since the piece had been slowed by several leaves of a banana tree. Andre Bordeleau ________________________________________ From: Meteorite-list [meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] on behalf of Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list [meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com] Sent: August 12, 2015 10:43 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Hit by a mneteorite lately? List: "Moody Jacobs shows a giant bruise on the side his patient, Ann Hodges, after she became the only person in history to have been struck by a meteorite": http://dailylifestyle.com/rare-never-seen-historical-photos/45/ Sterling Webb ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
