Huge Meteorite Breaks Up Over Denver

At about 6:15 am (local time), a huge fireball sprayed across the sky here in Denver. One of local station’s traffic copter caught it live. Don’t bother with the sound, the commentary is truly inane.

10 replies on “Huge Meteorite Breaks Up Over Denver”

theangrymob says:

January 4, 2007 at 9:58 am

Correction: It’s was a rocket
That’ll teach me for believing a Fox affiliate. <a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5256178,00.html">According to NORAD</a>, the fireworks were pieces of Russian rocket re-entering the atmosphere.

theangrymob says:

January 4, 2007 at 9:59 am

Re: Correction: It’s was a rocket
Stupid supertags. Here’s the link
- Timeshredder says:
  
  January 4, 2007 at 10:37 am
  
  Re: Correction: It’s was a rocket
  
  Well, so much for Denver being plagued with meteor freaks.
  - theangrymob says:
    
    January 4, 2007 at 10:44 am
    
    Re: Correction: It was a rocket
    
    Well, so much for Denver being plagued with meteor freaks.
    
    That would Boulder, actually.
    - dan_k says:
      
      January 4, 2007 at 1:46 pm
      
      Re: Correction: It was a rocket
      
      Well, so much for Denver being plagued with meteor freaks.
      
      That would Boulder, actually.
      
      They don’t need meteors to be called freaks! In the mean time, can someone ship us some snow shovels? There is a shortage here and more snow on the way!
      - theangrymob says:
        
        January 4, 2007 at 2:03 pm
        
        Re: Correction: It was a rocket
        
        They don’t need meteors to be called freaks! In the mean time, can someone ship us some snow shovels? There is a shortage here and more snow on the way!
        
        Maybe that’s what the Russians were trying to help out with. Burn up some of those mountains of snow with fiery blast of rocket debris!
        
        dan_k says:
        
        January 4, 2007 at 2:27 pm
        
        Re: Correction: It was a rocket
        
        Maybe that’s what the Russians were trying to help out with. Burn up some of those mountains of snow with fiery blast of rocket debris!
        
        Or it is all a cover up and Boulder is the new Roswell. Actually that would explain a lot…

joe__gee says:

January 4, 2007 at 2:04 pm

Their weatherman frightens me …
Even though I know most TV weathermen are nothing but talking heads, the majority of them at least know enough to fake some modicum of knowledge.

A meteor shower is "an exctinct constellation." Mind you he double checked his copy and read this on the air.

Wow.

News-babe: "Why do the pieces seem to fizzle out?"

Weather-fool: "I don’t know."

I know at least two of the meteorologists in my area actually have some experience in the field. The rest of them take pains to hide their ignorance.

I am truly, absolutely speechless.

-Joe G.

Tekzel says:

January 4, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Re: Their weatherman frightens me …

Even though I know most TV weathermen are nothing but talking heads, the majority of them at least know enough to fake some modicum of knowledge.

A meteor shower is "an exctinct constellation." Mind you he double checked his copy and read this on the air.

Wow.

News-babe: "Why do the pieces seem to fizzle out?"

Weather-fool: "I don’t know."

I know at least two of the meteorologists in my area actually have some experience in the field. The rest of them take pains to hide their ignorance.

I am truly, absolutely speechless.

-Joe G.

And sadly this pinhead likely makes 5 times what I do. Ah well, life is never fair.