Fireball Streaks Across Bay Area Sky (San Fran)

NBC Bay Area ^ | 2/15/13 | Anon

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Jodi Hernandez reports on the cosmic close encounter that the earth is experiencing tonight and the real one Russia experienced this morning.

On a day that had a lot of people talking about meteorites and asteroids, a fireball of some sort was seen streaking across the Bay Area skies.

The fireball was seen around 7:45 p.m.

There are reports into the newsroom from people as far north as Fairfield and as far south as Gilroy. It was also seen in Sacramento, Newark, Walnut Creek, and St. Helena.

It was bluish in color and appeared to be heading straight to the ground, according to one viewer in Santa Clara.

"I saw that meteor/fireball over Solano County after spending the day reporting on asteroids and fireballs," said NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez.

Candice Guruwaiya told us on Facebook she saw it in San Jose. "I was leaving Safeway on Branham and Snell when I saw it. It looked like it was headed for the Capital Auto Mall area. It was a bright green when it first appeared, then it went to a bright yellow. It was awesome!" Guruwaiya posted.

Gina Johnson also saw it in San Jose. She also posted on our Facebook page that she had just walked out of a Fresh and Easy in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. "It looked just like the one I saw back in October except it was a little smaller. It was greenish in color just like the one on October. Everyone in the parking lot stopped and looked at it," Johnson posted

[broken_arrow1]

WORMWOOD

[762X51]

Suppose anyone could be hiding anything from us?

Didn't NASA know that the tiles on the shuttle were damaged but chose not to tell the astronauts? I'd have to imagine that if NASA or any other governmental agency knew of an impending catastrophic strike they'd withhold that info since it wouldn't prevent said impact and would only cause panic among a doomed populace anyway. That's assuming a strike in or near North America.

[Strategerist]

NASA doesn’t control world astronomy.

[MD Expat in PA]

I’m catching a flight early tomorrow a.m., Detroit to San Diego. All this is making me a little more nervous and uneasy than usual.

Don’t fret. The chances of your plane being hit by a meteor are probably about the same as being attacked by a shark in the Detroit River.

You don’t have much to worry about; these (meaning the West Coast Fireball, not the Russian one) are fairly routine. However they are going to get much more media attention and are much more likely to be posted on FR from now on, which inevitably will lead to the impression that there are suddenly a lot more of them.

Yep. Now every time someone sees a “shooting star” or “fireball” and captures it on video, uploads it to YouTube, it will be “BREAKING NEWS” on Fox, CNN, etc. and even here perhaps. People will say “Why all of a sudden are there all these meteors?” when these actually happen all the time, not the one in Russia per se, but even that type of event, while “rare” in over the course of a human lifetime, is not really all that rare on a cosmic scale.

And speaking of sharks, I am reminded of this:

Summer of the Shark

[rktman]

WHAT! Bawney Fwank was in san fran?

[762X51]

NASA doesn’t control world astronomy.

They certainly don't. But who said they do? I merely implied our government would keep us in the dark regarding a pending catastrophe. Other organizations may choose to release such information. NASCAR doesn't control world racing.

[Arrowhead1952]

There was one in Texas a few years ago on a Sunday morning. If I had looked out the church windows, I might have seen it that day.

Most estimates were the original size was eight to ten feet across. Someone found the crater and a marble sized iron meteorite.

[who knows what evil?]

Comments at that ‘Cracked’ link are hysterical...got to love the pic of the guy with a short sleeved shirt and SANDALS standing in the snow and cold...

[chessplayer]

Yep. Now every time someone sees a “shooting star” or “fireball” and captures it on video, uploads it to YouTube, it will be “BREAKING NEWS” on Fox, CNN, etc.

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Yeah, right. Last night Foxnews gave the Russian meteor maybe 10 seconds, tops. CNN and MSNBC ignored it completely. As for the asteroid that passed so close, all three networks completely ignored it. They had “important” stuff to talk about, like how bad it smelled on that cruise ship. If you had watched those networks last night, you would never have known about the Russian meteor.

[ontap]

Although it is very tempting I’m going to resist the obvious post here!!!

[tanknetter]

I’m listening to CBS radio ... they had a program playing Depression-era dance music, but just broke in and announced something about explosions (possible volcanic activity?) on Mars.

I wonder if it’s related ...

[MD Expat in PA]

Yeah, right. Last night Foxnews gave the Russian meteor maybe 10 seconds, tops. CNN and MSNBC ignored it completely. As for the asteroid that passed so close, all three networks completely ignored it. They had “important” stuff to talk about, like how bad it smelled on that cruise ship. If you had watched those networks last night, you would never have known about the Russian meteor.

Really? Then you must not have been watching the same Fox News and CNN I was last night (I never watch MSNBC BTW, not even for a millisecond). Yea the Carnival cruise ship got a lot of coverage, more than it deserved IMO, but I saw several stories, a lot more than 10 seconds worth, that covered both the Russian meteor and the close passing of the meteor – video clips and some interviews with witnesses and some scientists. And they were still covering the story this morning.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Rick Moran at American Thinker posits that the government wouldn't be able to keep it a secret because there are so many excellent amateur astronomers with powerful telescopes as well as privately-financed professional astronomers who are tracking NEO orbits:

Would government tell us if we were about to be hit by an asteroid?

[cyn]

“Videos of Russians laughing at or ignoring the meteor (bad language):

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-meteor-videos-that-prove-russians-dont-give-f2340k/ “ — thanks for link.

Ivanova, deadpan, “Yessir, a meteor, yay high.”

[UCANSEE2]

Say.... did you hear about the Earthquake the other day ?

[UCANSEE2]

Now every time someone sees a “shooting star” or “fireball” and captures it on video, uploads it to YouTube, it will be “BREAKING NEWS” on Fox, CNN, etc. and even here perhaps.

That won't last long. In general, the public's 'popularity' trend is only good for two weeks.

[UCANSEE2]

I suspect had Shoemaker Levy hit Earth we would not be typing to one another.

Well, out 'internet' would certainly change.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Interpretation: The Mighty Prince Obama is in His Fall?
Let’s hope so.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Clever...how many will get it?

[garbanzo]

Kind of like this

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— 11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.