Think about this, cool-cats - in terms of the one site which is suspected to NOT be homogenous for MM. Assuming mirror matter does promote "coldness" in some unknown way.... (Yes, we can doubt that there is any real proof, but for the sake of argument) then ...
Siberia has always been frigid, due to its latitude, but could that average low temperature be acerbated by some small amount - due to the event itself, and the tons of MM left behind in the soil ? The asteroid could have been hundreds, even thousands of times larger in mass - than anyone now suspects *IF* during its breakup, the debris actually attenuated the explosion and fireball which was seen, due to this property of inverse heating. And thereafter the MM was spread out to such an extent that the average temperature was even lower than before. Even a fractional degree would be relevant. Heck, we might as well go ahead and call it the "Ice-9 effect", no? Are the statistics which indicate that Siberia is significantly colder than say, the same latitudes in Canada - linked to an incorrect explanation? http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/2003-12-05-answers-siberia n-cold_x.htm That determination would be a starting point. Take temp readings at ground zero in Siberia and compare them with the same latitude a few hundred miles east and west of there - over a year, say. I always suspected that Vonnegut was 'touched' as they say... -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton I don't understand why the distribution of MM would not be homogeneous. Why would lava have a higher concentration? Anyway, I would have to agree with the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cave explanations for ice caves. I would find MM a more convincing argument were the temperature something more extreme than 31 deg F.
