Earlier this week, I posted about a huge chunk of clear ice that mysteriously fell in an Oakland park last weekend. Yesterday, another hunk, the size of a microwave over, apparently crashed through the metal roof of a rec center at Loma Linda University in San Bernardino County. From the San Francisco Chronicle:
At the time, Loma Linda was enjoying a classic spring day, blue skies with not a cloud in sight and temperatures in the 60s…
The ice slammed into the gymnasium roof, pushing through metal, wood and insulation and landing near a wall…
Opaque, a brilliant white with black specks that might have been inflicted upon its crash landing, the ice tore a hole that measured about 2 � 1/2 feet by 1 foot, said (Loma Linda Fire Department division chief Rolland Crawford).
While the slab broke apart on impact, the largest chunk retrieved was the size of a bowling ball. The university put that chunk into a freezer for safekeeping.
"The ice was not blue, it was not clear, it was completely white," Crawford said.
Crawford believes the ice toppled from a passing, unheard airplane.
Link (Thanks, Paul Saffo!)
