[meteorite-list] 7 plagues

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:32:10 -0500
Message-ID: <040e01c7ac78$5a0ea270$c3e08c46_at_ATARIENGINE>

    Give me The Rain Of Frogs anyday!

Sterling
(PS: Toads will do if you're short of frogs)
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From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>
To: "Allan Treiman" <treiman at lpi.usra.edu>; "Meteorite List"
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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 7 plagues


on 6/11/07 2:11 PM, Allan Treiman at treiman at lpi.usra.edu wrote:

> Burning ice??? Is that in the Bible?
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One of the 7 plagues of Egypt - Moses was one of those
"by any means necessary" dudes. They were being held
as slaves, you know.
Lets see, they had:
frogs
grasshoppers
Nile turned red
Rained burning ice & couple of others, including
the cincher, which was the death of the first born son of
every house - which is the basis of "Passover,"
when the Jews painted their doors with the blood
of a lamb to insure protection from same. I can understand
if you didn't read the book, but didn't you see the movie?!!
They show it on TV every Easter.
        Michael

> Could they have found some methane clathrate?
>
> aht
>
> Allan Treiman
> Lunar and Planetary Institute
> 3600 Bay Area Boulevard
> Houston TX 77058 USA
>
> 281-486-2117
> treiman at lpi.usra.edu
>
>
>
> 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 altmann at meteorite-martin.de
>> 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
>>>>
Received on Mon 11 Jun 2007 06:32:10 PM PDT