Breaking News- Meteorites Produced? -MBIQ Indicates Large Meteor Event Manitoba Canada, South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota 19OCT2011

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Indicates Large Meteor Event(s) Manitoba Canada, South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota 19OCT2011


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MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Indicates Large Meteor Event(s) Seen Manitoba Canada, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota 19OCT2011
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Winter Springs, Florida Meteor Bright as Moon 19OCT2011

Winter Springs, FL  Meteor Bright as Moon ~9:00 PM 19OCT2011
meteor sighting: 10-19-11,
around 9:00pm over Winter Springs, FL
movement: straight down, stopped just over high tree tops
I only caught the last second, sparks
sparks at the end were as bright as the moon, like low-flying airplane lights or fireworks, beautiful!-Molly M.  Thank you Molly!

Riverview, FL (near Tampa) 9:20 PM

Lisa on a sailboat in Marina La Paz, Mexico saw two meteors 18/19OCT2011

Lisa on a sailboat in Marina La Paz, Mexico saw two meteors 18/19OCT2011
On 10/18/11, I went out at 5:30 am to our cockpit where I meditate regularly. I got my meditation pillow all set up, and when I sat down and looked into the horizon, I saw a meteorite in the sky. To me, it looked like a firework display it was so low in the horizon and so bright. It was this phospherecent green, and then it

Carmichael, California Meteor 19OCT2011

Carmichael, California Meteor  9:14 PM Pacific Time 19OCT2011
In Carmichael, California Just spotted a meteor from east going west at high speeds, going faster than any airplane I have ever seen. Lighting was bright and secluded to one area, no sparks, just a really fast looking star. In my vision for less than 5 seconds before ducking into housing. - Shannon  Thank you Shannon!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19OCT2011

Hunting Orionid meteorsAstronomy MagazineBy Richard Talcott — Published: October 18, 2011 The Orionid meteor shower peaks before dawn October 22. With only a waning crescent Moon interfering, observers with dark skies can expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour. ...


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Collaroy, Australia Fireball Meteor 16OCT2011

Collaroy, Australia Fireball Meteor ~7:40 pm AEST 16OCT2011

At approx. 7:40pm (AEST) on Sydney's Northern Beaches (Collaroy), Australia, I stepped outside just in time to see a speck of light shoot across the sky for about 2-3 seconds. During this time the speck turned much brighter and larger and took on shades of red, orange and yellow. It looked like it turned into a fireball. I've never seen

Monday Update

From NEI’s Japan micro-site:

TEPCO, Government to Revise Timetable for Returning Evacuees

October 17, 2011

Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues

• Tokyo Electric Power Co. expects to achieve a stable “cold shutdown condition” of reactors 1, 2 and 3 by the end of the year, a month earlier than originally planned, according to a revised“Roadmap Towards Restoration From the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi.” The report says TEPCO has brought the release of radioactive materials under control. NHK World reported that the revised timetable will allow the government to begin discussions on allowing evacuees to return to their homes.
• As of Oct. 13, TEPCO has decontaminated more than 128,000 cubic meters of highly radioactive cooling water at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. The company told Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency it expects to treat about 250,000 cubic meters by March. The decontamination and recycling efforts have been instrumental in the company’s being able to bring the temperatures at the bottom of reactors 1-3 below 100 degrees Celsius.

Plant Status

• TEPCO reports it has completed attaching the heavy polyester covering to the steel frames it has installed around Fukushima Daiichi reactor 1. The company expects to complete testing of the effectiveness of the cover by the end of the month. It is considering installing similar covers for reactors 3 and 4.

Media Highlights

• The Associated Press and RTTNews note the IAEA report praising the radiation remediation measures being conducted by Japanese authorities. Japan’s Mainichi Daily News reports on thedecontamination efforts being conducted in towns surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi facility.
• Reuters takes note of the advice in the IAEA report for the Japanese government to “avoid becoming over-conservative” in future remediation efforts, such as topsoil removal, so as to preclude creating unnecessarily large quantities of radioactive waste requiring storage and disposal.