Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Meteor

I was in an apartment building with a bunch of friends and family, and we noticed out the sliding glass doors that there was what looked like a shooting star. The others just looked for a moment then went back to what they were doing, but I kept watching as it got bigger and bigger...

Eventually it entered the atmosphere and started breaking apart in a shower of sparks - but the main piece of this meteorite was still large and heading towards the ground. It smashed down about a mile or two from where we were, and as soon as I saw it happen I told everyone to get away from the glass windows and doors.

I jumped away from the doors and hid behind a heavy wall next to a big closet. Just as I did, the shockwave from the impact hit the apartment building and made the whole thing shake. Luckily the windows didn't break out, since nobody was paying attention to me, but the whole area was covered in a cloud of dust and debris.