# Meteor just hit here in SE Michigan. Woah. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791 "2018-01-17T02:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/1 "2018-01-17T02:09:29Z")
Was watching TV, heard a gigantic boom. Louder than thunder, except maybe the loudest thunder you’d here. And out of nowhere. I honestly thought someone dropped something off a roof or managed to slam a gigantic door in a way that echoed. [Nope, meteor.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFcY9rTPx8) Timestamp in-video is wrong, apparently. Nuts. [And really cool. My first experience with one like this.](http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2018/01/bright_flash_in_sky_possible_m.html) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/2 "2018-01-17T02:20:15Z")
I hope you don’t go extinct! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/3 "2018-01-17T02:22:58Z")
Look out for blob and/or andromeda strains. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/4 "2018-01-17T02:25:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Was watching TV, heard a gigantic boom. Louder than thunder, except maybe the loudest thunder you’d here. And out of nowhere. > > I honestly thought someone dropped something off a roof or managed to slam a gigantic door in a way that echoed. > > [Nope, meteor.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFcY9rTPx8) Crazy. I saw something just like that in Germany circa 1999? 2000? 2001? I don’t recall it hitting the ground, though. Wild. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/5 "2018-01-17T02:27:55Z")
A meteor hit my car once. Wish I had video, or the meteor, or some evidence of any kind. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/6 "2018-01-17T02:28:16Z")
it’s awesome people we able to film it! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/7 "2018-01-17T02:32:49Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Look out for blob and/or andromeda strains. Remember how Steve McQueen killed the blob? If there’s a blob inside that meteor, it’s not going to enjoy our current weather. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/8 "2018-01-17T02:39:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > A meteor hit my car once. Wish I had video, or the meteor, or some evidence of any kind. [pedantic mode on] Meteorite. Meteors burn up before they hit Earth objects.[/pedantic mode] ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/9 "2018-01-17T02:44:11Z")
That would explain that loud sound a couple hours ago I couldn’t identify. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/10 "2018-01-17T02:50:14Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Remember how Steve McQueen killed the blob? > If there’s a blob inside that meteor, it’s not going to enjoy our current weather. I don’t understand how \*anyone \*in MI can enjoy the current weather. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/11 "2018-01-17T03:01:19Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > [pedantic mode on] Meteorite. Meteors burn up before they hit Earth objects.[/pedantic mode] If you’re going to be pedantic, you really need to get it right:) When an object from space creates a streak of light across the sky, that is called a meteor. This was indeed a video of a meteor. If a meteor makes it to the ground (and from news reports I’ve seen so far, there’s no evidence yet that this one did), that’s a meteorite. We saw a meteor. We may or may not find a meteorite. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/12 "2018-01-17T03:04:06Z")
What did God say after he tried to destroy Detroit? “God dammit, I missed!” ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/13 "2018-01-17T03:12:42Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > What did God say after he tried to destroy Detroit? > > “God dammit, I missed!” Family Guy, Godzilla attacks Haiti: Shot of smoking ruins of wrecked city. Camera pans back, turns, Godzilla is just now emerging from the sea. Looks at city. “Oh. Oh my god.” Godzilla backs away slowly. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/14 "2018-01-17T03:28:15Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > If you’re going to be pedantic, you really need to get it right:) Apologies, samclem, I just noticed that you were responding to a specific post about a “meteor” hitting a car. You were correct in your pedantry. (Although a meteor doesn’t necessarily burn up, it’s the description of a phase; the “shooting star” meteor phase may or may not reach the ground as a meteorite.) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/15 "2018-01-17T03:31:56Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Look out for blob and/or andromeda strains. Since we’re doing movie references… Don’t touch any meteorites, or you may get a case of the weeds. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/16 "2018-01-17T03:52:54Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I don’t understand how \*anyone \*in MI can enjoy the current weather. I with we had single digit(Fahrenheit) all winter long! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/17 "2018-01-17T04:32:38Z")
Was driving in Holland (about three hours west of Detroit) tonight and thought I saw lightning between the light snow that was falling, but it didn’t come from anywhere in particular. The flash was so faint, in fact, that I figured I just imagined it. Then about 10 minutes ago I saw reports popping up on social media about a meteor. Before clicking on the story, I said to myself “Self, if this was reported to have happened between 8:10 and 8:30, that flash you saw may not have been your imagination.” Sure enough, they’re saying it happened around 8:15. Is it possible I saw the flash from this 150 miles away from the action? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/18 "2018-01-17T04:49:47Z")
I can’t be certain (because I’m lazy), but I think my house got hit by a tiny meteorite (or maybe a chunk of ice from an airplane). One day, I heard a loud “BANG” and then a “rolling” sound. Didn’t do anything about it. Later that year, while hanging Christmas lights, found a hole in the roof, right over the soffit, that penetrated the roof but didn’t go through the next layer, but did leave a pretty good dent. Well, that would explain both sounds! Bang through the roof, then the rolling down to the bottom of the roof inside the hollow soffit. I need to cut the underside of the soffit and stick a small camera in there to see what kind of extraterrestrial beings/objects I have living in my roof. … … And then kill them. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/19 "2018-01-17T04:54:08Z")
{Radio tuning noises}…the Department of Agriculture is predicting a bumper crop …{radio tuning noises} Watchout for any sudden and prolific “plant” growth ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791/20 "2018-01-17T04:55:01Z")
Cool! The actual meteorites are highly prized by museums. I remember a case in the 1990s in IIRC Pennsylvania where not only was the flash caught on a camcorder, but it struck a young woman’s car, and a museum paid her more than enough to replace that car although I’m assuming her insurance did pay a claim. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-just-hit-here-in-se-michigan-woah/806791.md?page=2)