What the Hell Was That, Cleveland?: The St. Patrick's Day Meteor of 2026 - Couverture souple

Trowbridge, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1972510991 ISBN 13 : 9781972510995

Editeur : Harbor Ridge Press, 2026

Synopsis

At 8:57 a.m. on St. Patrick's Day 2026, a seven-ton rock from space exploded over Northeast Ohio.

Houses shook. Windows rattled. A guy on a Cleveland sidewalk genuinely wondered if it was the end of time. A woman in Strongsville blamed snow thunder. The 911 centers across four counties lit up like a video game nobody signed up to play. And in a bar in Valley City — directly below the point where the asteroid detonated — the owner reassured his customers that there were no aliens and nothing was going to hamper St. Patrick's Day.

He was right. The kegs stayed tapped. The party continued. And Northeast Ohio did what it always does when the universe throws something ridiculous at it: cracked jokes, poured drinks, and started figuring out how to put it on a t-shirt.

Within hours, the Browns tweeted that the boom was just Myles Garrett arriving. The Cavaliers blamed a Donovan Mitchell dunk. A local apparel company sold hundreds of meteor-themed shirts before lunch. And on Reddit, someone posted what might be the most Cleveland sentence ever written: "Waking up to a blizzard and alien invading meteor shower on St. Patrick's Day is so Cleveland."

Meanwhile, in the fields of Medina County, something stranger was happening. Meteorite hunters from Connecticut, South Carolina, and Baltimore were converging on a small town called Sharon Center, searching for fragments of something four and a half billion years old. A man who quit his career to hunt space rocks full-time drove through the night and searched for an entire day before finding a piece at sundown. A supply chain manager went looking after work and found one in a field. A woman in Medina found one on her driveway without even trying.

This is not a science book. This is the story of what happened to the people of Northeast Ohio on the most memorable St. Patrick's Day in history — told with the humor, heart, and self-deprecating stubbornness that defines this region.

From the author of the Infamous Moments in Cleveland Sports series (Ten Cent Beer Night, The Drive, The Fumble, and six more), this is the first book in the Infamous Moments in Cleveland History series.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William Trowbridge is the author of the Infamous Moments in Cleveland Sports series, a collection of narrative nonfiction books documenting the most painful - and ultimately redemptive - moments in Cleveland sports history. A lifelong Cleveland sports fan, he brings both personal passion and meticulous research to each title, blending deep archival detail with the storytelling voice of someone who lived through the heartbreak alongside his fellow fans. He lives in the Cleveland area.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harbor Ridge Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1972510991
• ISBN 13: 9781972510995
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 60
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg