According to the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, since the passage of Prop 30 in the November election, California-based company relocation inquiries have doubled, possibly tripled, in Central Texas.

FORBES: Texas Experiences Meteoric Rise Of Relocation Inquiries From California Companies

The event was unrelated to the passage of another, larger asteroid some 17, 100 miles from earth on Friday, according to scientists.

CNN: Russian scientists track down fragments of Urals meteor

Lookouts for La Familia had been noting our passage, calling in our license-plate number, for the past twenty miles, according to my companions, a regional official named Veronica Medina, as I will call her, and Isaac Reyes, a journalist for an online agency.

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