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Fumes from meteorite sicken 600 people

Monkey

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Here's a cool starting point for a sci-fi...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20838944/?GT1=10357


I mean, what if the meteorite was off-gassing a hitherto-unknown chemical agent?

What if the people who were sickened became whacked-out zombies or something?

There's so many what-ifs, and not all of them are silly.

Just add characters...

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My husband just read over my shoulder and said, "If this is meteorite, I don't wanna be wrong."

Sheesh. Freakin' monkeys...