WHY do people call 911 when they see a ‘bright streak’? WHAT is their emergency?
Call the radio station perhaps; but emergency services?
Exactly...
Looking at the video from Milwaukee, they may have thought it was an aircraft crashing
Because it’s been proven that 50% of the people in this country are idiots.
Have you seen this video? It was much more than a “bright streak”. Looked like a gigantic ball of fire.
To provide data on the extent of the view area?
A lot can be derived from the pattern of reporting, it might help emergency services arrive at a crash site earlier, by getting them headed in the general direction before the location is pinpointed.
Personal example, I knew with a fair degree of accuracy the epicenter of the Northridge quake before it was even reported.
An in-law called and let us know there had been a major quake, 10 seconds. I called several relatives in the area, maybe 10-15 seconds each, found that the phone system was down in a donut hole surrounding relatives that live a mile from the epicenter.
Just as the ‘quake was being reported, I already knew where emergency responders needed to focus. I’m sure they did too, but...
In a few minute we knew who was OK and who to worry about.
(Side note, their kid slept through the quake. In the top bunk. Go figure!)