[meteorite-list] OR man finds meteorite on roadside 11yrs ago/AD

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 09:57:41 -0700
Message-ID: <4C03EA85.8020909_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Michael is right, I've spent some time adventuring all over in Eastern
and Central Oregon. It's high desert, dry, and rocky. If memory serves
the area near Bend, Oregon is volcanic, and to the east is Smith Rock
State Park. There's a beautiful river that runs through the park, filmed
in the movie Swordfish I think. Anyway, I did some hiking all throughout
central, southern and eastern Oregon, most of the state is cover in the
dry desert-like land. Even the area near Crater Lake Nation Park is
somewhat dry. Not quite like the deserts in the southwest but dry. It's
not until you reach the mountains near the coast that things are lush
and green. Some familiar with the weather know that the rain
storms/clouds get trapped on the west by the high mountains and not much
gets over them.



On 5/31/2010 3:54 AM, Michael Blood wrote:
> I lived in Eastern Oregon for 2 years. At the end of the time I
> Was there I drove to the west coast and was blown away when
> I crossed into the wooded mt.s and then into the lush coastal area.
> The part I lived in was more barren than the inner part of So. CA.
> So, I could see a meteorite doing quite well for some time
> In that environment.
> Michael
>
>
> On 5/30/10 12:17 PM, "almitt2 at localnet.com"<almitt2 at localnet.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Everything that is east of the Cascades in Oregon is a semi desert. It
>> is both very dry, Isolated and there are roads that stretch on for a
>> hundred miles without gas, food and shelter. The Oregonites call it the
>> Oregon outback! The problem hunting Oregon is there is many stones out
>> in the field and it makes hunting nearly impossible. Not that it
>> shouldn't be tried.
>>
>> I think Oregon passed their meteorite law so when and if the Port
>> Orford is ever found they can lay claim ;-)
>>
>> See my ebay auctions ending in 5 hours under almittmet
>>
>> --AL Mitterling
>>
>> Quoting Joe Kerchner<skyrockmeteorites at yahoo.com>:
>>
>>
>>> Here is a link to a story of an OR man finding a meteorite on the
>>> roadside 11ys ago and after wathching a show on meteorites took it to
>>> get tested and it turns out to be a meteorite that landed between 200
>>> and 800 years ago. They said it was pristine, I think if it would
>>> have landed that long ago in OR it would have been quite weathered.
>>> Also I dont see it sitting on the roadside for very long, unless it
>>> is an unmarked road used for farming or something.
>>> Anyone heard anything more on this?
>>>
>>> http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Meteorite-found-along-Ore-road-estimated-at-45-
>>> billion-years-old-95216014.html
>>>
>>> Best Wishes,
>>> Joe Kerchner
>>> http://illinoismeteorites.com
>>> http://skyrockcafe.com
>>>
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