[meteorite-list] Tunguska Solved-And you think we just have meteorwrong issues

From: Mr EMan <mstreman53_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:01:18 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <981010.35883.qm_at_web55202.mail.re4.yahoo.com>

Light reading for those in need of humor. Recently posted elsewhere, name withheld to protect the magnificent mind that conceived this masterpiece of exotic explainatons.
Elton
Gist: Tunguska was a the mother of all lightening strikes

During and just prior to the meteor entering the Earth's
atmosphere, it was picking up a strong charge from a particularly
strong CME (coronal mass ejection) reaching the Earth from the
Sun. The meteor was highly charged as it entered the atmosphere
and passed safely through the ionosphere. However, as the meteor
began disintegrating it left behind a chain of positively charged
dust particles as it approached the Earth. When it was just a
few thousands feet above the Earth, the highly charged ionosphere
found a conducting path to the Earth along this dust trail and
sparked over to the Earth. The amount of power coming through
this electrical discharge was enough to create the nuclear like
effects and completely disintegrate the remainder of the meteor
in midair.
Received on Tue 01 Jul 2008 12:01:18 PM PDT