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Meteorite:Cali,Colombia

"At ~4:30 PM on July 6th, 2007, a massive fireball appeared over the Cordillera Occidental (Western range of the Andes mountains) just north of the Calima lake. As it appeared, it quickly broke into two large pieces heading south. After a couple of seconds, a sonic boom reverberated over the mountains and upper Cauca Valley. People in the affected area said that the explosions were so strong they shook the ground and homes so badly that they thought they might collapse. Windows in Restrepo, Darien, and Yotoco were shattered by the force of the sonic boom! The bolide passed just to the east of the town of Restropo, where it exploded into a massive cloud of smoke and fire and continued to the south, towards the city of Cali more than 50 km away. Eyewitnesses suggest that the body exploded at least three times, all three causing loud thundering booms. Only a minute or two later, in the slums on the outskirts of Cali, a shower of stones pelted the Barrios of Mariano Ramos, Laureano Gomez, Ciudad Cordoba, and Antonio Narino. People in the city of Cali reported seeing a smoke trail and flashes to the north of the city over the Andes mountains, and hearing several rumbles that resembled thunderclaps. The actual fireball was nearly invisible to them however, as it was heading directly toward the city. People in the Cauca Valley to the east of the city did see the fireball traveling from north to south very clearly.
In the densely populated area where the meteorites landed, four homes were impacted by meteorites, and three other pieces have been found in the streets. It is clear that hundreds if not more stones should have fallen, but the direction of travel takes the strewnfield directly into the giant municipal garbage dump, and sugarcane fields which are flooded with water and extremely dense vegetation. "

Barrio Mariano Ramos,Cali

"This stone impacted the home of Yuly Melecio in the Barrio Mariano Ramos neighborhood of Cali. She lives on the second floor of a building and the stone impacted her rooftop and penetrated both the zinc metal and ceramic roof tiles. She was at home at the time, and heard a sound like thunder outside. She told her son who was outside on the back balcony to come inside, as she thought a storm was coming. Moments later, a loud crash shook the home and when she went into the bedroom, she saw pieces of stone and roof tiles on the floor. There was sunlight shining through a new hole in the roof and the floor tile had been chipped by the meteorite."

By arthur brode on Aug 20, 2007, 18:24 in Friendly Talkzone.

arthur brode says on Aug 20, 2007, 18:33:

That was the big boom you heard Atrevido:)

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arthur brode says on Aug 20, 2007, 18:37:

They are selling little tiny pieces of the meteorite now on ebay for $800 a pop.Too bad it didnt land on my roof:(

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scotty says on Aug 20, 2007, 18:46:

If a piece landed on your roof you wouldnt have a roof anymore

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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Atrevido says on Aug 20, 2007, 19:03:

Thanks for the report Arthur. I was in the western cordillera between Cali and Restrepo when it happened. The strange part was the boom lasted so long.

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arthur brode says on Aug 20, 2007, 19:11:

Atrevido,and you didnt get a piece:)
Yeah,that is strange.Usually the booms around here are abrupt explosions.I guess thats why i didnt even notice.

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Frank Rizzo says on Aug 20, 2007, 19:29:

What most of PBH doesn't know about AB that I know, is that his skillz at Ebay would net us a huge profit. So lets find that darn rock !!....jajajaaja

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arthur brode says on Aug 20, 2007, 19:39:

Frank,
thanks,but no thanks.
they landed in the municipal garbage dump!!

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Buongone says on Aug 20, 2007, 20:20:

My friend and I were talking about meteorites just yesterday. He said they are worth about twice as much as Gold.

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arthur brode says on Aug 20, 2007, 21:25:

Jeepers!

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Atrevido says on Aug 21, 2007, 04:57:

Creepers!

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la campiña says on Aug 21, 2007, 14:48:

after a heavy night on sexta I always see this

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la campiña says on Aug 21, 2007, 14:51:

lago calima is man made as you all know its just the indian ghosts messing with your minds and who can blame them they want their land and gold back

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Chelesupercono says on Aug 21, 2007, 15:58:

Too funny......everybody bought that false report...ha ha..... did anyone hear what really happened???? It was a CALI CARTEL COKE ROCKET that was aborted on take-off !!! Something about a mix up with the computer programming and interference with a new IPHONE.......they do better with the fokin submarines....

never go to bed with someone crazier then you are, you will do it and you will regret it.......

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arthur brode says on Aug 21, 2007, 16:15:

jaja

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Chelesupercono says on Aug 22, 2007, 06:34:

Duck Everyone......another blast-off.....

never go to bed with someone crazier then you are, you will do it and you will regret it.......

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