[meteorite-list] India Meteorite Report from the scene
From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:25 2004 Message-ID: <000101c38f76$4eb7ff20$b1cc9f44_at_wbranch> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_012D_01C38F2A.01B8EA00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Steve and List, I also find field reports such as this to be interesting reading. Just = think, we get to read about these trips as they happen and our kids can = read about them from later books and periodical articles. In fact, I hope Mike and others who recover meteorites publish their = reports in book form one day. -Walter ------------------------------------------ www.branchmeteorites.com Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites PO Box 60492 Savannah, GA 31420 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Steve Schoner=20 To: Michael Farmer ; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] India Meteorite Report from the scene Michael, With the exception of the initial Matteo rant, which kind of turned me = off, the India trip report I find very interesting. Keep this up; = these on site field reports. That is where you shine. Steve Schoner/ams Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_yahoo.com> wrote: Hi everyone, internet here is little better than smoke signals, it has taken me almost 2 hours to go through 50 emails, so slow, and Matteo's crying like a 2 year old baby. Matteo, shut the hell up, PLEASE, if I see another email about "Other people is make prices ruin" I will have to beat the hell out of you when I see you (Just kidding, but only a little). OK I am in the strewnfield.=20 I have a small piece of the meteorite. IT is an H chondrite and similar to Zag, veining and slickensides.=20 There is EXTREME flooding here, all parts are under water, there is NO HOPE of recovering more material unless it is simply in a village and not known about yet. the strewnfield is some miles long, traveling between two villages that the local assured me were only 5 km apart by air took over 2 hours by road (if you can call it that). India is beautiful and horrible at the same time. The road is covered with untold thousands of people, dogs, cows, goats, etc, NONE of which move or are even slightly annoyed by the incessant use of the horn, we actually ran over a dogs foot yesterday, he would not move until the car ran right over him. I felt sorry for it but then again if anything is that stupid..... I also wish I had a gun with me, to put some of the stupidist creature on the planet (The cow) out of their misery (or ignorant bliss) whichever it is. There are thousands of them, laying in the roads, cars just go around them whereever possible.=20 the entire area is flooded, and I mean bad, hundreds of thousands of miles under water, looks like the ocean with small patched of trees and huts standing out of it. Roads are almost not more than small trails with everyone and everything blocking them. Most of the meteorite has been taken by the police, I am working on tracking down a couple of pieces, but it looks hopeless as it takes me 6 hours to get to the area even though it is only 70 miles away, the max spees is about 10 miles an hour on the highway and about 2 miles an hour on the village route.=20 these are small villages, I mean aobut 10 familes each, no electricity, nothing more than some mud huts in a land of mud. I had to go on motorcycle for a few miles last night with a spectacular lightning show in the distance, it was the most eery and beatiful drive I have ever taken, the flooded swampland, cool wind, nice people and all made me fell like I was in some sort of 16 th century expedition. When we got to the village, the people showed me where a 6-8 kilo stone fell, coming down right down the slanted roof of a hut, denting in the grass roof and making a large crater at the base of the hut. That stone was taken 2 days ago, but I have two competing guys traking down the person who took it, to get it for me. We will see if this hut smasher comes home with me. I do have a 13 gram fragment of it, (They smashed it). The meteorite is like Zag, large veins and slickensides. The 6 hour trip back to town last night was the most harrowing of my life, I would say at least 50 near head on collisions with giant trucks, busses, all without lights, cars on the wrong side of the road, washed out roads, cows of course (and they would much rather drive off a cliff and die than kill a cow here!). there should be hundreds of stones, but it is all rivers and swamps and rice paddies, all under several feet of water, so virtually none will be recovered. I saw photos of the 5 kilo stone, very nice.=20 Anyway, sorry for the format of this email, but using the computer here is not easy. Anyone thinking of coming to get some, forget it, as it is, with my 13 gram piece, i will have paid over $400.00 gram for my piece! But I will have memories of a lifetime of this hunt, which doing it alone, I already consider by far my most exotic and interesting.=20 the people in the villages do not speak english or Hindi, but Orissi, a local tribal language.=20 the meteorite fell only about 1/2 mile from the Bay of Bengal (but now it seems to be in the Bay of bengal with everything under water anyway).=20 I will post more info as soon as I can.=20 Mike Farmer Meteorite Hunter Writing from Orissa India. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search ------=_NextPart_000_012D_01C38F2A.01B8EA00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Steve and List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I also find field reports such as this = to be=20 interesting reading. Just think, we get to read about these trips = as they=20 happen and our kids can read about them from later books = and periodical=20 articles.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In fact, I hope Mike and others who = recover=20 meteorites publish their reports in book form one day.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter</FONT></DIV> <DIV>------------------------------------------<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A><BR>= Walter=20 Branch, Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>PO Box 60492<BR>Savannah, GA = 31420</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsteve_schoner_at_yahoo.com = href=3D"mailto:steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com">Steve=20 Schoner</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dmeteoriteguy_at_yahoo.com=20 href=3D"mailto:meteoriteguy_at_yahoo.com">Michael Farmer</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 10, 2003 = 10:30=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = India=20 Meteorite Report from the scene</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Michael,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>With the exception of the initial Matteo rant, which kind of = turned me=20 off, the India trip report I find very interesting. Keep = this up;=20 these on site field reports. That is where you shine.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Schoner/ams</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Michael Farmer <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteoriteguy_at_yahoo.com">meteoriteguy@yahoo.com</A>></I>= </B>=20 wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dreplbq=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid">Hi=20 everyone, internet here is little better than smoke<BR>signals, it = has taken=20 me almost 2 hours to go through<BR>50 emails, so slow, and Matteo's = crying=20 like a 2 year<BR>old baby. Matteo, shut the hell up, PLEASE, if I=20 see<BR>another email about "Other people is make prices ruin"<BR>I = will have=20 to beat the hell out of you when I see you<BR>(Just kidding, but = only a=20 little).<BR>OK<BR>I am in the strewnfield. <BR>I have a small piece = of the=20 meteorite. IT is an H<BR>chondrite and similar to Zag, veining=20 and<BR>slickensides. <BR>There is EXTREME flooding here, all parts = are=20 under<BR>water, there is NO HOPE of recovering more = material<BR>unless it is=20 simply in a village and not known about<BR>yet. the strewnfield is = some=20 miles long, traveling<BR>between two villages that the local assured = me=20 were<BR>only 5 km apart by air took over 2 hours by road (if<BR>you = can call=20 it that). India is beautiful and horrible<BR>at the same time. The = road is=20 covered with untold<BR>thousands of people, dogs, cows, goats, etc, = NONE=20 of<BR>which move or are even slightly annoyed by the<BR>incessant = use of the=20 horn, we actually ran over a dogs<BR>foot yesterday, he would not = move until=20 the car ran<BR>right over him. I felt sorry for it but then again=20 if<BR>anything is that stupid.....<BR>I also wish I had a gun with = me, to=20 put some of the<BR>stupidist creature on the planet (The cow) out=20 of<BR>their misery (or ignorant bliss) whichever it is.<BR>There are = thousands of them, laying in the roads, cars<BR>just go around them=20 whereever possible. <BR>the entire area is flooded, and I mean bad,=20 hundreds<BR>of thousands of miles under water, looks like = the<BR>ocean with=20 small patched of trees and huts standing<BR>out of it. Roads are = almost not=20 more than small trails<BR>with everyone and everything blocking=20 them.<BR>Most of the meteorite has been taken by the police, I<BR>am = working=20 on tracking down a couple of pieces, but it<BR>looks hopeless as it = takes me=20 6 hours to get to the<BR>area even though it is only 70 miles away, = the=20 max<BR>spees is about 10 miles an hour on the highway and<BR>about 2 = miles=20 an hour on the village route. <BR>these are small villages, I mean = aobut 10=20 familes<BR>each, no electricity, nothing more than some mud = huts<BR>in a=20 land of mud. I had to go on motorcycle for a few<BR>miles last night = with a=20 spectacular lightning show in<BR>the distance, it was the most eery = and=20 beatiful drive<BR>I have ever taken, the flooded swampland, cool=20 wind,<BR>nice people and all made me fell like I was in some<BR>sort = of 16=20 th century expedition. When we got to the<BR>village, the people = showed me=20 where a 6-8 kilo stone<BR>fell, coming down right down the slanted = roof of=20 a<BR>hut, denting in the grass roof and making a large<BR>crater at = the base=20 of the hut. That stone was taken 2<BR>days ago, but I have two = competing=20 guys traking down<BR>the person who took it, to get it for me. We = will=20 see<BR>if this hut smasher comes home with me. I do have a = 13<BR>gram=20 fragment of it, (They smashed it). The meteorite<BR>is like Zag, = large veins=20 and slickensides.<BR>The 6 hour trip back to town last night was the = most<BR>harrowing of my life, I would say at least 50 near<BR>head = on=20 collisions with giant trucks, busses, all<BR>without lights, cars on = the=20 wrong side of the road,<BR>washed out roads, cows of course (and = they would=20 much<BR>rather drive off a cliff and die than kill a = cow<BR>here!).<BR>there=20 should be hundreds of stones, but it is all<BR>rivers and swamps and = rice=20 paddies, all under several<BR>feet of water, so virtually none will = be=20 recovered.<BR>I saw photos of the 5 kilo stone, very nice. = <BR>Anyway, sorry=20 for the format of this email, but using<BR>the computer here is not=20 easy.<BR>Anyone thinking of coming to get some, forget it, as<BR>it = is, with=20 my 13 gram piece, i will have paid over<BR>$400.00 gram for my = piece! But I=20 will have memories of<BR>a lifetime of this hunt, which doing it = alone,=20 I<BR>already consider by far my most exotic and<BR>interesting. = <BR>the=20 people in the villages do not speak english or<BR>Hindi, but Orissi, = a local=20 tribal language. <BR>the meteorite fell only about 1/2 mile from the = Bay=20 of<BR>Bengal (but now it seems to be in the Bay of bengal<BR>with = everything=20 under water anyway). <BR><BR>I will post more info as soon as I can. = <BR>Mike Farmer<BR>Meteorite Hunter<BR>Writing from Orissa=20 = India.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>______________________________________________<= BR>Meteorite-list=20 mailing=20 = list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/ma= ilman/listinfo/meteorite-list</BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR SIZE=3D1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://shopping.yahoo.com/?__yltc=3Ds%3A150000443%2Cd%3A22708228%= 2Cslk%3Atext%2Csec%3Amail">The=20 New Yahoo! 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