Did anyone else in western NC see that! It just lit the sky on my mountain

[DemoTex]

I had gone out on the back deck to - well, er - commune with nature. That is an advantage males have who are spending time alone in the wilds: skip the plumbing feature. Anyway, it was 9:14 PM EDT and the sky totally lit up with an extremely bright meteor (or ICBM!) that seemed to arc in from the ESE to the WSW. Stopped my stream, it did!

[dweller]

1. Buncombe or Watauga Co?

just curious :)

dp

[AndyP]

2. cool

maybe it was a alien spaceship and it came for your rednecks in the trailer park down the road.

[DemoTex]

4. That would be WAY too confusing for the UFOers in Transylvania County.

The trailers aren't in parks. They are everywhere. Maybe they are here to implant a chip in my butt. Or my dogs' butts. Eh?

[RebelOne]

10. I resent that remark.

I live in a mobile home park and I am not a redneck. Why does everyone equate rednecks to trailer parks?

[DemoTex]

3. Western Transylvania County

Headed over towards north Jackson County (north of Cashiers).

[Bunny]

5. Jeez DemoTex!

What have you been drinking? ;)

[DemoTex]

6. Well, er, a couple of glases of Shiraz.

Nothing much. Really.

[shockingelk]

7. it's the Lyrids

http://spaceweather.com/meteors/lyrids/lyrids.html

ps: must be nice to have a mountain! The S part of NC was one of my favorite parts of the Trail.

[DemoTex]

8. Naw, it was an Iraqi ICBM chocked full of WMDs.World-at-War!

Actually, thanks. I'd forgotten about the spring meteor shower (the Lyrids). Lyrids started yesterday, and peak on the 22nd.



http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast21apr99_1.htm

[shockingelk]

9. Naw, can't be Iraqi

has to be Iranian or Syrian. Definitely!