At 12:29 PM 6/7/2004, Anita Westlake wrote:

Can anyone tell me what this license plate slogan refers to from Alabama:

"Stars Fell on Alabama"

Is it in reference to the Wetumpka impact?

Anita D. Westlake

No, it's a reference to the great Leonid meteor storm of 1833.

There was an article about the effect of the 1833 Leonids in "Alabama Heritage Magazine" a few years back. I don't have the exact citation at hand.


-- Philip R. "Pib" Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pibburns.com/

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