I witnessed this too. There was a massive storm that rolled through the north east last night. It was most likely lighting from the storm.
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:38 AM, <geo...@aol.com> wrote: >>>The light was so intense I saw it through my closed eyelids indirectly > reflected > off the walls inside walls. 4-5 seconds later "(flash-to-bang) was a > huge > rumbling, echoing, and persisting report-- very unlike a normal > lightening and > thunder event. Given we were in the midst of an intense rain storm which > otherwise had no thunder and lightening, I held off on making a report . > > However in a conversation with a friend who was 25-30 miles away, he > mentioned > a huge flash and loud sound also. I am therefore mentioning it should a > fireball have fallen during a rainstorm and might other-wise go > unnoticed.>> > > It seems to me that to hear loud sonics within about 5 seconds after the > bright lite appearance, is rather too short of a period to be meteorite > related. It could be I guess, but it just seems too short. > GeoZay > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list