[meteorite-list] Lost Meteorites(?) Announcing new Strewn Field inPennsylvania

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:41:43 -0400
Message-ID: <004101c7d7ca$f1e6d130$6101a8c0_at_BranchFamily>

Hi Elton,

Thank God you were not seriously hurt. I know you are thinking about your
meteorites but they can be replaced; your good health is not so easily
replicable. Believe me, I know.

Your sense of humor seems to be intact. Nice reference to the latest
"strewnfield"

-Walter Branch
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
To: "Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 1:30 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Lost Meteorites(?) Announcing new Strewn Field
inPennsylvania


> The good news is I escaped with my cell phone, shoes
> glasses, underwear, and most of my blood and bodily
> tissues. The bad news (which includes meteorite
> related issues) everything else is in the wreckage.
>
> Late Friday night minding my own business driving down
> a 4 lane road my truck and trailer was totaled by an
> impaired driver who thought I had some gall to be in
> his drag racing lane. I did all kinds of Demolition
> Derby quality manuevers but near the end it was me
> following my cargo trailer down the highway not vice
> versa. For all of 1 second I was thinking. "Hey! Not
> a bad moonshiners turn I can get this rig
> stopped--NOT". The trailer rolled to the driver's
> side, taking the truck with it. As I skidded along
> watching road gravel bounce off my nose I wasn't
> concerned about my life but was worried about my
> meteorite collection's survival. I remain worried
> because everything was catapulted onto the roadside
> and down an embankment.
>
> They won't let me see what was recovered until Monday
> morning but did say that lots of small things weren't
> picked up. I was transporting my meteorite collection
> around 400 specimens plus several cases of mineral
> specimens. So you are the first to hear about the
> latest strewn field location. Since the wreck was an
> observed event does this make them falls or finds?
>
> Aside from writing the list to lament this "ouch", I
> may need help in the Allentown PA area recovering and
> sorting. If anyone might have some spare time local
> to the area to help look for the pieces please let me
> know and I'll share location with you. I am not up to
> walking much but hope to start some searching Tuesday.
>
> Lucky to still be a collector,
> Elton
>
>
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Received on Sun 05 Aug 2007 09:41:43 PM PDT