Meteor over Massachusetts is drawing "down to earth" reactions from frustrated locals who say it’s just common sense to look up once in a while.
I’ve lived in this town my whole life, and I’m sick of people acting like a flash in the sky is the end of the world. I saw the video of that “fireball” over Massachusetts last night, and I have one question: where’s the common sense? You’ve got folks running outside, filming with their phones, screaming about a meteor while their leaves are still unraked and their Christmas lights are blinking at noon. It’s a rock. It fell. Big deal. Meanwhile, my neighbor spent twenty minutes arguing on this very page about whether it was space junk or alien tech. Newsflash: it was probably a meteor from that recent shower, but nobody bothered to check the weather forecast or, I don’t know, look at the camera footage from a porch. Common sense says if you see a streak of light, you duck and move on. Instead, we get a viral meteor massachusetts story that’s taking over the feed while our town potholes go unfilled. Stop staring at the sky and start looking at the cracks in the pavement.