[socal_parrot]

Judging from this live thread of FReepers watching the shuttle pass overhead, it took less than 10 minutes to get from California to Texas. The shuttle first noticed trouble at 8:53 Eastern time, the shuttle flew over San Francisco between 8:51 and 8:55 Eastern time.

[TLBSHOW]

That thread is history of this tragedy in live time as it happend. From my travelers on the net since I find no one else with this information. Add this account from Cal and the problem looks to me to of started way before Texas. Like it was on fire as it came in.