[meteorite-list] Stat. Speaking / killer Hammers

From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:37:02 -0700
Message-ID: <CAH3bqeL-RDHVPyHjSE3XbWAS1y2DvpSHc5CgmdDp_01KFyn-gA_at_mail.gmail.com>

A nice list member just sent me this text in an email. I've never
heard this...is it true?

BARBOTAN
07.24.1790 (france)
killed a man!
(the man was a farmer)


On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 9:29 AM, John.L.Cabassi <John at cabassi.net> wrote:
> Michael
> You just beat me to Carancas :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
> Michael Blood
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 1:05 AM
> To: Met. Anne Black; mrmeteorite at gmail.com; Meteorite List
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stat. Speaking / killer Hammers
>
>
> I am responding using Anne's responses, as they seemed as informative As
> the best of the bunch:
>
> REGARDING METEORITES THAT STUCK LIVING CREATURES:
>
> Other than the most famous of all, the 1947 Sylacauga hitting
> ? ? ? ?Hulitt Hodges and leaving a huge bruise on her side, the
> ? ? ? ?photo of which is famous, there have been other documented
> ? ? ? ?Hammers which nailed living critters:
>
> (NOTE: the list below does not include some of the biblical references
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?nor the Roman report of a legion being killed)
>
> 1860 New Concord Ohio meteorite struck and killed a colt.
>
> 1908 TUNGUSKA, Russia killed countless forest animals
> ? ? ? ?which inevitably inhabited the remote forest which was
> ? ? ? ?ripped asunder when eighty million trees were blasted,
> ? ? ? ?left lying on their sides in a radial pattern over an area
> ? ? ? ?of eight hundred square miles.
>
> 1911 Nakhla, Egypt fall reportedly killed a dog. Kevin Kichinka
> ? ? ? ? wrote a thorough article concluding that the rumor was
> ? ? ? ? false. However, in a series of heated debates on "The List,"
> ? ? ? ? Between Kevin and Ron Balke. The latter held his own,
> ? ? ? ? presenting credible arguments that left at least a crack of
> ? ? ? ? doubt as to the possibility of regarding the issue. (These
> ? ? ? ? rousing debates can be read in the List Archives of Meteorite
> ? ? ? ? Central).
>
> 1972 Valera is documented up the yin yang (Darryl Pitt, I believes, owns
> ? ? ? ?the original, signed and notarized papers on this one).
>
> 1992 Dutch Meteorite Society photo of Ugandan boy struck by and
> ? ? ? ?holding a 3g Mbale meteorite, the force of which had been
> considerably diminished having passed through a banana tree
> ? ? ? ?before striking the boy:
> ? ? ? ?http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/MbaleBoyW.jpg
>
> 2003 Park Forrest fall killed a minimum of 2 termites when striking
> ? ? ? the Garza house. An entomologist attested to the death taking
> ? ? ? ?place at the time of the impact.
>
> 2007 Carancas Peru impact shock force killed a ewe and a llama.
>
>
> ADDENDUM:
>
>>5. Q. Has any animal ever found a meteorite?
> ? ? ? ?2010 Mifflin, Wisconson, a 198g stone was recovered by Sonny
> Clary's dog, Brix
>
> ? ? ? ?Best wishes, Michael
>
>
> On 11/19/11 6:25 PM, "Met. Anne Black" <Impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> A few answers below.
>>
>> Anne M. Black
>> http://www.impactika.com/
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
>> http://www.imca.cc/
>>
>> In a message dated 11/19/2011 6:46:16 PM Mountain Standard Time,
>> mrmeteorite at gmail.com writes: Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I know there are a lot of people on this forum that know meteorite
>> statistics way better than I do. So I thought I'd ask for a little
>> help. In a week or two I'll be doing an interview for a brand new TV
>> Show about stats - my episode will obviously be about meteorite
>> statistics. With any luck these questions will go to a scientist (and
>> not me) and I can just concentrate on the hunting aspect - which is
>> why I'll really be there.
>>
>> Here are a few basic questions that I should probably know. But....
>> I'm not sure if I do. So, if you're feeling like helping - send me an
>> email with the correct answers.
>>
>>
>> 1. Q. How many meteorites hit the ground per year?
>> A. On average about 1 per square mile per thousand years. About 20,000
>
>> to 40,000 per year.
>>
>>>>>> ?Are you looking at the planet or ground only? 2/3 of the planet
>>>>>> is
>> water.
>> I think I'll let rob Matson or Sterling answer that one.
>>
>> 2. Q. Has anyone ever been hit by a meteorite?
>> A. I only know of Ann Hodges - Sylacauga, Alabama, USA
>>
>>>>>> ?A young boy was hit lightly by a Mbale fragment ricochet off a
>>>>>> tree.
>> There were others but mostly fiction.
>>
>> 3. Q. Has any animal ever been hit by a meteorite?
>> A. I'm not sure... there are stories of a dog and a cow being
>> hit...but?
>>
>>>>>> ?Valera did kill a cow. New Concord might have kill a young horse,
>
>>>>>> but
>> not verifiable, and the Nakhla dog is most likely fiction.
>>
>> 4. Q. How often does a city ending meteorite (think Canyon Diablo)
>> strike the earth? A. ?
>>>>>> ? How often? I don't know (Sterling????) but Sikhote-Alin could
>>>>>> have
>> done a lot of damage if it had impacted a city. And how big does it
>> have to be to be a city?
>>
>> 5. Q. Has any animal ever found a meteorite?
>> A. Sorry, ?I just threw that one in to see if you were paying
>> attention....lol
>>
>>>>>> ? You are on your own on that one.
>>
>> 6. Q. How much in weight does the earth gain per year by all the
>> meteorites that enter our atmosphere? Including all, from tiny grain
>> of sand meteorites to large bunker-busters. A. No clue..........
>>
>>>>>> ? (Sterling???? ?Rob Matson?????)
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