Woman in France hit by suspected meteorite while drinking coffee on her porch

I think it speaks to the fact that there are some many people in the world. If you fire a bullet towards the sky in a major city, I bet, there's a good chance that it will hit someone on its way down. It's definitely above 0. It's the same with meteorites.

Re: Woman in France hit by suspected meteorite while drinking coffee on her porch

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Post by eesmith » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 7:20 AM UTC

WheelsAtLarge wrote: post #4

jschveibinz wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep

I think it speaks to the fact that there are some many people in the world. If you fire a bullet towards the sky in a major city, I bet, there's a good chance that it will hit someone on its way down. It's definitely above 0. It's the same with meteorites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebratory_gunfire confirms it's non-zero.