Grapefruit-Sized Meteorite Smashes Through New Zealand Home

[Andy_Stephenson]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A grapefruit-sized meteorite smashed through the roof of a New Zealand house, hitting a couch and bouncing off the ceiling before coming to rest under a computer.



The 2.9 pound chunk of space debris dropped out of the sky and plummeted through the tiled roof of the Auckland home on Saturday.

"I was in the kitchen doing breakfast and there was this almighty explosion," owner Brenda Archer told the Sunday Star-Times newspaper.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=19&u=/nm/20040613/ts_nm/space_newzealand_meteorite_dc_3

[NMDemDist2]

1. hmmmm the Aussie Bloke was right?

debunker article here http://techcentralstation.com/060904H.html

but that doesn't make the news more comforting

[StClone]

2. NW America had that Flash

That probably was a meteor/meteorite, too last week.

[NMDemDist2]

4. aussieblock claims the "cloud" will come from the

southern hemisphere for what ever that's worth

http://www.weatherquestions.com/Aussie-bloke-end-of-world.htm

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. Too cool, as long as you don't get hurt

I guess.

[2cents]

5. Damn good sofa. n/t

[NMDemDist2]

6. at least she may be able to pay for the roof

Experts believe the meteorite, a chunk of an asteroid, could be worth more than $6,300, the newspaper said.