METEOR

I often say that I miss all the great geological and astronomical events here in the Northwest. Mt. Saint Helens has blown several times in the last few months and I haven't seen ONE of them live and outside. Always later on the news, or in the paper.
Well, I missed another one. But Michael Totten didn't. Apparently there was a bright and quite large meteor that came down over the Portland area this weekend. Here's the actual report.

Residents across the Northwest reported seeing the bright streak of light as it flashed across the sky. The flash lasted up to five seconds, and was captured on home video by a witness in Talent, Ore.

Scientists said the flaming object was probably a meteor, and that it likely disintegrated before any fragments fell into the Pacific Ocean.