Basketball-sized Ice

The woman said, "It was at least a basketball-sized piece of ice, I would assume, especially because the size of the hole and how much ice there was on the ground."

There was nothing out of the ordinary about the cloudless sky and 100-degree day. Until a basketball-sized chunk of ice came flying out of it, whizzing Earthward with a sound like a bomb falling before plunging through the roof of Monica Savath's Modesto, Calif., home.

The woman said, "It was at least a basketball-sized piece of ice, I would assume, especially because the size of the hole and how much ice there was on the ground."

There was nothing out of the ordinary about the cloudless sky and 100-degree day. Until a basketball-sized chunk of ice came flying out of it, whizzing Earthward with a sound like a bomb falling before plunging through the roof of Monica Savath's Modesto, Calif., home.