Slog - Comments on Star Sickness http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness From outer space: Local media have reported eyewitness accounts of a fiery ball falling from the sky and smashing into the desolate Andean plain near the Bolivian border Saturday morning. Officials have said it was a meteorite. Jorge Lopez, director of the health department in the southern state of Puno, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that 200 people have suffered headaches, nausea and respiratory problems caused by "toxic" fumes emanating from the resulting crater, which is some 66 feet wide and 16 feet deep. But meteor expert Ursula Marvin, cast doubt on that theory, saying, "It wouldn't be the... Copyright 2008 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:26:48 -0800 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:32:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jude Fawley Cue giant mushrooms.

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807123 Science Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:29:32 -0800 Comment by elenchos Is that more or less otherworldly than catching something from Courtney Love or a Baldwin?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807138 Science Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:46:26 -0800 Comment by inkweary Charles, if you want this you might also enjoy being in the environs of Simi Valley, Ca. just after an earthquake. Folks there, and south into Mexico and east, into AZ get "Valley Fever" an often fatal fungal infection which only appears when the Earth trembles, causing it to rise from dormancy. It is right up your alley.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807142 Science Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:48:24 -0800 Comment by laterite Just pay attention to whether the exposed Peruvians start turning into plants.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807143 Science Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:49:04 -0800 Comment by PA Native We can now add Charles to the list of those who would like him to get hit by a meteorite.

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807167 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807167 Science Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:06:58 -0800 Comment by ellarosa @ 5 : a meteorite “wouldn’t get much gas out of the earth,” but if it hit charles, i think it might.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807194 Science Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:33:43 -0800 Comment by Original Monique Where is the speculation on whether the sickness is racially motivated, since it dropped in the 3rd world, and not in an industrialized capitalist society?

Just kidding Charles. ;)

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807235 Science Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:21:47 -0800 Comment by gj tarded!

]]> gj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/star_sickness#c807343 Science Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:32:16 -0800