Yes, Chicken Little – The Sky IS Falling …

Comets, meteors and pretty much anything going on in the sky has always been fascinating to me.

Seeing a full moon during the day when I was 5 years old or so left an impression. Up to then I thought it only came out at night. That hooked me.

I remember Kohoutek When I was entering middle school in ’73.

Kohoutek was the first comet I had ever seen. It wasn’t as spectacular as the news hype, but pretty cool. And of course getting to see Hale-Bop back in ’97 was just even more amazing. It lasted so very long as that big, fuzzy blob that dominated the night sky.

Something is always happening up there. I see meteors quite often. But that one that impacted in Russia last night was quite shocking when all the videos started popping up on youtube and the like.

The point is – something is always dropping from the sky. It’s quite a show to just sit and observe the night sky if you can get out a ways from the glow of city lights.

Don’t worry – it’s nothing to be alarmed at …

I once stepped outside back in the late 90s and saw a very bright flash that lasted only seconds but lit up the sky bright as day. It streaked in for a few seconds and then – POW ! When I told my Grandad about it the following day he said it “was nothin'” … he had seen things just like that several times in his life growing up on the rural farm at night.

I remember reading a newspaper story when I was a kid about how a meteor went through a woman’s roof back in the 1950s and hit her in the stomach – leaving a big bruise. Must have been a very small one …

If that ever happens to you – it will mean a nice pile of cash since collectors are paying well for genuine space rocks. And that odds are it will happen to you more likely than winning the state lottery …

Keep watching the skies. Best show anywhere …

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