Turn Into A Meteor Storm?
Horkheimer: Greetings, greetings fellow star gazers. On the morning of November 13th, 1833 thousands of North Americans ran into the streets to see what many thought was the end of the world as thousands of shooting stars fell from the heavens in a display that both terrified and amazed. In fact, even a young aAbraham Lincoln leapt out of bed to witness this day of judgment event, an event which was so vivid and memorable that he referred to it during the throes of the Civil War telling a group of nervous bankers that “Flying from my bed I saw the stars falling in great showers, but I also saw all the grand old constellations with which I was so well acquainted fixed and true in their places. The world did not come to an end then nor will the Union now.” Then 133 years later, on November 17, 1966 the event repeated itself over the southwestern United States and an estimated 100 thousand shooting stars were reported in just one hour. But this time scientists knew this was not the end of
