scottieking Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Not a hoax, front page on the Globe's web site right now Peruvians become ill at meteorite crater site TERESA CESPEDES Reuters September 18, 2007 at 5:01 PM EDT LIMA — Dozens of people living in a Peruvian town near Lake Titicaca reported vomiting and headaches after they went to look at a crater apparently left by a meteorite that crashed down over the weekend, health officials said on Tuesday. After hearing a loud noise, people went to see what had happened and found a crater 20 metres wide and 7 metres deep on an uninhabited plateau near Carancas in the Puno region. Experts from Peru's Geophysical Institute are on their way to the area 1,300 km south of Lima to verify whether it was a meteorite. "We've examined about 100 people who got near to the meteorite crater who have vomiting and headaches because of gasses coming out of there," Jorge Lopez, health director in Puno, said. People are scared," he said. Mr. Lopez said people went to the site after hearing a crash that they thought might be an airplane. "We ourselves went near the crater and now we've got irritated throats and itching noses," Lopez said. The site is near the border with Bolivia and experts from San Andres university in La Paz said initial analyses of sand samples from the crater showed that it could be a meteorite, according to newspaper reports. Luisa Macedo, a geologist with the Mining Geology and Metallurgy Institute in Lima, said the reaction between the elements in a meteorite and the Earth's surface can generate gases that then dissipate. Meteorites fell in 2002 and 2004 in the Andean area of Arequipa in southern Peru, Hernando Tavera, head of the Peruvian Geophysical Institute, said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Try drinking Sterno.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 bump. American Spy Sattelite Downed In Peru as U.S. Nuclear Attack on Iran Thwarted. now thats the shit that keeps me up at night. w.t.f. is a goin' on??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 ::cancels long awaited trip to Lake Tittykaka:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 bump. American Spy Sattelite Downed In Peru as U.S. Nuclear Attack on Iran Thwarted. now thats the shit that keeps me up at night. w.t.f. is a goin' on???Its good to see that someone around here is keeping up with the Russian media! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 i cant take anymore britney or o.j. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 It's now reported that the meteorite hit an underground water supply that was contaminated with arsenic; the resulting steam cloud caused people to get sick.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070921-meteor-peru.htmlAloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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