The Times-Picayune | The Rock That Ruined New Orleans
Just over five years ago, a meteorite crashed through the ceiling of a home in Broadmoor, and since then everything has gone down the toilet.
Yep, that’s it. That’s the cause of Katrina, the flood, FEMA, Ray Nagin and everything else that’s happened since then, down to and presumably including Martin Gramatica’s missed field goals.
… As for the question of whether a particular meteorite spells great fortune or doom, McDade says, “Often, it takes a couple of years to find out.”
That’s the gig with New Orleans. Just 10 days before the fifth anniversary of the meteorite strike, Louisiana was severely impacted by its fifth named storm in five years.”Very rare,” McDade says, ticking off the names Cindy, Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike.
Coincidence? That’s for you to decide. McDade has little doubt.
Yes, galaxy-traveling rocks are to blame for all of our earthly woes. And termites. *rolls eyes*
It was a pleasure, however, to read this mineral-rich sentence in our normally bland paper: “One sign would be the combination of the minerals olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase and troilite — all of which were contained in the Broadmoor meteorite.”
