[meteorite-list] Meteorite Caused the Daytona Beach Rogue Wavein1992?

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:25:58 +1100
Message-ID: <BA8DDF253ABE4113B8C05B472798846C_at_JeffPC>

Hi Mike, Chris, List,

Personally I think Chris hit the nail on the head when he said "But
realistically, a 10 meter object that was moving at hypervelocity all the
way to the sea, and near shore, would have produced a massive fireball,
rivaling the Sun, would have left a long lasting dust debris train, and
would have been witnessed by thousands of people."

I'd assume that a large event like that would have also shown up all all
sorts of monitoring points from satellites and/or radar to seismic stations
too.

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Galactic Stone and Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Caused the Daytona Beach Rogue
Wavein1992?


> 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
>>
>> *****************************************
>> Chris L Peterson
>> Cloudbait Observatory
>> http://www.cloudbait.com
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Galactic Stone and Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:33 AM
>> 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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