Rhino
04-18-2006, 12:18 PM
Curious case of ice falling from sky will remain a mystery
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, April 10, 2006
(04-10) 16:10 PDT OAKLAND -- The mystery of the big chunk of ice that landed with a thud in an Oakland park will remain a mystery because apparently no one is investigating where it came from or why it fell from the sky.
The mystery began about 10 a.m. Saturday when the chunk slammed into the ground at Bushrod Park on Shattuck Avenue hard enough to send a spray of grass, dirt and ice several feet into the air. The impact left a crater 24 inches wide and 18 inches deep in the turf
No one was injured, but many residents witnessed the odd occurrence between 59th and 60th streets and summoned the police and fire department........http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/10/MNGNSI6VF37.DTL
Mysterious ice chunk falls in Loma Linda
Elizabeth Fernandez, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, April 14, 2006
(04-14) 13:30 PDT LOMA LINDA (San Bernardino County) -- Oakland isn't the only California city to experience a mysterious chunk of ice hurtling from the sky this week. In Loma Linda, a block of ice estimated to be the size of a microwave oven crashed through a metal roof of a recreational center Thursday.
"I've been in the fire service for 31 years, I've heard and read about these things, but I've never seen this in person,'' said Rolland Crawford, division chief of the Loma Linda Fire Department.
Two tennis players were batting a ball around outside the Drayson Center at Loma Linda University Thursday morning when they heard a strange sound, Crawford said.
"They described it as the sound an artillery shell would make -- shoosh, shoosh,'' he said. "They looked up. They didn't see the ice, nor did they see a plane.''..........http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/14/MNGM9I9BUC8.DTL
Global warming? Bush? Or both?
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, April 10, 2006
(04-10) 16:10 PDT OAKLAND -- The mystery of the big chunk of ice that landed with a thud in an Oakland park will remain a mystery because apparently no one is investigating where it came from or why it fell from the sky.
The mystery began about 10 a.m. Saturday when the chunk slammed into the ground at Bushrod Park on Shattuck Avenue hard enough to send a spray of grass, dirt and ice several feet into the air. The impact left a crater 24 inches wide and 18 inches deep in the turf
No one was injured, but many residents witnessed the odd occurrence between 59th and 60th streets and summoned the police and fire department........http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/10/MNGNSI6VF37.DTL
Mysterious ice chunk falls in Loma Linda
Elizabeth Fernandez, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, April 14, 2006
(04-14) 13:30 PDT LOMA LINDA (San Bernardino County) -- Oakland isn't the only California city to experience a mysterious chunk of ice hurtling from the sky this week. In Loma Linda, a block of ice estimated to be the size of a microwave oven crashed through a metal roof of a recreational center Thursday.
"I've been in the fire service for 31 years, I've heard and read about these things, but I've never seen this in person,'' said Rolland Crawford, division chief of the Loma Linda Fire Department.
Two tennis players were batting a ball around outside the Drayson Center at Loma Linda University Thursday morning when they heard a strange sound, Crawford said.
"They described it as the sound an artillery shell would make -- shoosh, shoosh,'' he said. "They looked up. They didn't see the ice, nor did they see a plane.''..........http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/14/MNGM9I9BUC8.DTL
Global warming? Bush? Or both?