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| Sunday, 24 November 2002 |
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Wijewardana meteorite flops by ANTON NONIS Lalith Wijewardana, who had predicted that a meteorite would strike in Nittambuwa in the Gampaha district, is a bit disappointed that his prediction has not materialised so far. But an earthquake rocked Northern Pakistan last Friday causing severe damages to life and property. He had earlier forecast earthquakes in various parts of the world. Wijewardana predicted the meteorite landing three weeks ago. He said that the event would occur in a few days from the time it was announced early this month. Now, over 21 days have lapsed with no signs of a meteorite landing in Sri Lanka. People in Nittambuwa and various other parts of the country have on and off inquired about the meteoritic hit as they are very keen to know what a meteorite is in the first instance and the other interesting features linked with meteorites. People are keen to know-especially those in Nittambuwa and other surrounding areas - about what precautionary measures they should take if such an event were to occur. When posed with this question, Wijewardana said that he was sure as the lines on his palm indicated that it would occur and there was no doubt about it. However, he wishes to make some amendment in the forecast. He says that his subsequent analyses had indicated that the meteorite would strike within the next three months. He has now fixed the deadline for the strike as January 31, 2003. "It will be anytime within the period upto January 31," he said. Officers of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) said that it is not possible to predict this kind of events. Nimal Ranasinghe of the GSMB Directorate said that no one in the world so far had been able to predict such events. This type of prediction is also similar to predicting earthquakes. Earthquakes also cannot be predicted. When asked on what basis he had made predictions about meteorite strikes and earthquakes, Wijewardana said that he could not clearly explain it, but he had foreseen such events occurring, mainly through intuition. |
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