OK,
the termite threadlet raised a morbid question in my mind.
What would it be worth to be struck by a meteorite?
Would you want to be struck indirectly like Elizabeth Hodges was in Alabama, or
directly. How much injury sustained would be worth it to you?
I know some of you wouldn't mind
Hi Richard,
Fun and morbid question. :)
Assuming I would suffer no permanent or long-term disability from the
hit, I'd take one for the team. Preferably a friable type that
wouldn't do too much damage, and maybe I could get hit in the left arm
- I could afford to have that one in a sling for a
Of course you would, Mike, and I'll be the first to buy a little micro of the
meteorite from your website. :D
Carl2
...Assuming I would suffer no permanent or long-term disability from the
hit, I'd take one for the team...
) but not me.
Greg S.
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:36:13 -0800
From: damoc...@yahoo.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Taking a meteorite strike to the Bank
OK,
the termite threadlet raised a morbid question in my mind.
What
The young lad who was struck by in a piece of the Mbale fall is nameless
and unknown. Mrs Hodges was involved in a
court case which may have helped (or possibly didn't help her).
Also, sort of depends where on f this planet you happen to reside.
Would also depend where you were standing at
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Taking a meteorite strike to the Bank
The young lad who was struck by in a piece of the Mbale fall is nameless
and unknown. Mrs Hodges was involved in a
court case which may have helped (or possibly didn't help her).
Also, sort of depends where on f this planet
Personally, I'd prefer to be hit in the head by a small meteorite fragment,
which lodges in my brain and permits me to perform miracles -- which is what
I seem to recall happened to George McWhirter Fotheringay in the 1936 UK
film The Man Who Could Work Miracles, based on an H. G. Wells short
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