Comments on: The Holloway Meteorite

By: Nelles, Frank

Nelles, Frank — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:30:49 +0000

What an intriguing little fragment of history and rocks – perfectly and tirelessly researched to detail, presented ever so pleasantly and stimulating further thought…( all unsurprising knowing the author). Two of those last may be allowed: first, the plight of the milkman being temporary seems more suggestive of an electrical injury, i.e. lightning, rather than brute mechanical or thermic forces. Also, it might be worthwhile asking somebody more knowledgeable about local impact of meteorite-falls: how well does the described stonelike material of about fist-size and roughly 1 kg (very rough estimate: the impact-calculators I found on the net only started at 1m diameter…) fit the – comparatively moderate – physical damage inflicted. Instead, does the rock originate in the kitchen?
Finally, what happened to the girl – a question that opens a discussion all of its own…
Thanks so much, Ruth !

By: William

William — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:27:00 +0000

Ball lightning. Very likely. Smell of sulphur results.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning

Read it. Believe me. Scary stuff.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:13:09 +0000

Wonderfully eccentric — and fabulous. A true-life Event that happened — and yet it “reads” like a fairy tale. With all the requisite characters, in period costume, delivering milk, studiously writing to the newspaper, exploring the garden for the “stone-like substance” from Above, etc. Dare I say, this location would be an amazing site for one of those glorious mosaic installations? I can only imagine what the artisans would design, to commemorate this memorable Event.

Thanks, one and all.