[meteorite-list] Meteorite Caused the Daytona Beach Rogue Wave in1992?

From: Galactic Stone and Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:17:02 -0400
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Hi Chris and List,

I agree. As the eyewitness account reads, it's impossible for such an
object to create a large wave. However, if the account was in error
about the size of the object, then perhaps it becomes a little more
possible.

What about the velocity of the object? Let us suppose that it
retained a good bit of it's cosmic velocity when it struck the water.
Would an object about 10-30 feet in diameter, travelling at a high
rate of speed (say, 1km per second), generate a large wave? I would
think that the speed at impact would play a role in the effects once
it hit the water.

I think the underwater landslide theory is more plausible. I was just
surprised to see an account about a "meteorite" in this story.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 3/15/11, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> A meteorite that was 1-3 meters across would make a splash, that's all. A
> couple of hundred meters away and there'd be virtually no energy left.
> There's almost no possibility of such an object creating a wave like the one
> you describe (a tsunami, not a rogue wave).
>
> Chris
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> From: "Galactic Stone and Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Caused the Daytona Beach Rogue Wave
> in1992?
>
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> All of this talk about the tsunami in Japan reminded me of an event
>> that happened here in Florida in 1992, that may have a meteorite
>> connection.
>>
>> On July 3rd, 1992, a 20-foot rogue wave appeared out of nowhere (calm
>> weather) and washed ashore on Daytona Beach, damaging many vehicles
>> parked along the beach and causing scores of minor injuries -
>> thankfully there were no fatalities. This event was big news down
>> here at the time, but has since faded into obscurity.
>>
>> I did some digging on the event, to satisfy my own curiosity and I
>> came across an account that includes a possible meteorite fall.
>>
>> Here is a quote from an eyewitness who was a boater that was offshore
>> at the time -
>>
>> "...the boater came forward with the information that, shortly before
>> the time of the wave, he was in his boat about eight miles offshore.
>> He watched as a distant object approached across the sky toward the
>> ocean at a high rate of speed, and crossed the bow of his boat at an
>> angle with a "whoosh" (his word). Shortly after, a giant swell made
>> his 41-foot sailboat handle like a large surfboard. Various news
>> sources state that the meteorite, as it is now being called, was
>> anywhere from a meter to 10 feet across. The boater who wished to
>> remain anonymous, gave the professors enough information so that they
>> are hoping that the Navy will retrieve the object, which is presumed
>> to be lying in about 70 feet of water off the Daytona Beach coastline,
>> with plenty of coordinates for locating it."
>>
>> (source : http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf084/sf084g12.htm )
>>
>> Does anyone remember this "meteorite" event? And, did anyone look for
>> the object? I know 70-feet of water is not exactly prime
>> meteorite-hunting territory, but one has to wonder what happened, in
>> light of the eyewitness account.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
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