Burning ice??? Is that in the Bible?
Could they have found some methane clathrate?
aht
Allan Treiman
Lunar and Planetary Institute
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Houston TX 77058 USA
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On Jun 11, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Michael L Blood wrote:
Hi Martin,
Actually, many meteorites are reported to have killed
people
but none I know of that are available or close to having a solid
provenience. One was discussed at length on the list just a couple
of months ago - some Roman officer and a bunch of his men. I
believe the Bible has more than one incident reported as well.
Hell, I would like to have one of the frogs in formaldehyde from
the 7 plagues of Egypt, not to mention the burning ice.
A documented KILLER meteorite? I would buy all I could!
(By the way, Dr. Deits, one of the first to propose
"continental
drift" in the early 1900s was quoted as saying he wanted to die
being struck by a meteorite, then fossilized and recovered by future
generations).
Best wishes, Michael
on 6/11/07 1:09 PM, Martin Altmann at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Forwarded from Andi Gren, who doesn't come through neither
(well Andi, at least I would pay a good price for that L6, if it
will hit a
certain person in Illinois...just a joke):
Hi Tim , List , all involved in this interesting treat,
Your suggestion about the Asteroid wiping out half of the planet
and then be
sold on e bay brings me back to Meteorites.
When I have seen the first time a picture from the Lady hit by the
Sylacauga Meteorite, I was happy to know it's not reported a
Meteorite ever
kills a person. It makes our hobby in some way more peaceful. But
I always
asking my self what would happen if a Meteorite would kill a
person? The
Hammers and Cow killers are well paid and I know Sylacauga was
very very
well paid at a meteorite auction this year at the Tucson show.
So would the Meteorite be the most expensive L6 ever been sold?
Ore would
nobody like to own a slice of a human killer hammer? Ok, I'm sure
everybody
would agree an impact kit is out of respect, but what's about the
Meteorite,
who would like to own a human killer Hammer?
best greetings
Andi
We are a society that starves our grandchildren to feed our children.
All the signs are there to prove that Mother Earth cannot take
anymore of
the pollution and the destruction we throw at her.
We are seeing increasing numbers of Tsunami's, Volcanic eruptions and
Earthquakes even here in England we are experiencing this.
One really sad thing I see is one day an Asteroid comes and hits
us and
wipes out half the planet I see unfortunately some humans would
try and
drag the remnants of it away and attempt to sell it on Ebay
because cash
is all that is worshipped.
Mike,
Look at the positive side of this for our hobby and business...
With Global Warming (that some doubt) the Arctic will have less ice,
and our grass and farmlands lands will become deserts. Just imagine
all the new meteorites that will become exposed and available to us
collectors.
And the prices will go down, too.
But all of these benefits will be far outweighed by the economic
impact
of Global Warming that the Republican "Bushites" doubt. A natural
cycle, some say, but look at the ice in the Arctic that
environmental
scientists are coring. It certainly shows a vastly greater
increase in
carbon dioxide emissions over the last 150 years that corresponds
directly to human activity during our Industrial Revolution. The
greatest increase in 900,000 years. And just think, 600,000
years ago
Yellowstone caldera supervolcano erupted, a brief yet catastrophic
event for the entire earth. It's overall impact was small
compared to
what we are doing now.
But back to meteorites... The prices will drop as more are
found due
to the melting of Arctic ice, desertfication of our grass and
farmlands... But the question is... Who will buy them once the
economic
crunch of Global Warming hits our pocket books?
Steve Schoner
IMCA #4470
-- Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Steve, not likely in our lifetimes, the money that
could have been spent going back to the moon, building
a permant base, then going to Mars, all of it could
have been done with the money we have pissed away in
Iraq. But hey, look at it this way, Haliburton moved
to Dubai to be closer to the money, they are taking
good care of it for us, the taxpayers.
Enough of things that do not pertain to meteorites
though, we have all had our say and I will leave this
topic since I have a meteorite show to attend and then
meteorites to dig up in the Arctic.
Michael Farmer
--- Steve Schoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So true Mike Farmer. That is the problem with our
age. We want
everything never taking into consideration what we
leave those that
follow us after we are dead and gone.
They will curse us o
