Few dozen arrivals from #Haiti caught up in controversy in #Sylacauga #Alabama as officials must counteract bad #publicity fueled by #JDVance and #TrumpCampaign racially motivated rumors and exaggerations.
Local officials say: ‘They just want to work’ of small 60 member #Haitian #refugee community, and hope #BombThreats and school closures prompted by caustic #campaign threats that have hit larger 15,000 population of #Haitians in #SpringfieldOhio do not affect this quiet community in deep south.
#OTD in 1954, Mrs. Anne Hodges of Oak Grove Alabama was struck by a 5kg meteorite as she slept.
The #meteorite was named #Sylacauga after the nearest post office. It remains one of the only cases of a meteorite striking a human being and it is the best documented example.
Mrs. Hodges recovered, but suffered PTSD from the event and was uncomfortable with the notoriety that came with it. The meteorite (H4 chondrite) was donated to a museum in 1956.