[meteorite-list] Fire caused by meteorites.. Is it possible?

From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:39:05 -0400
Message-ID: <57398E72F8D448E8AE4E99F13CF3F9FA_at_ET>

That's like saying guilty by association or proximity. If you're walking by
a crime scene as the crime is in progress, this in no way implies you're a
suspect. It's a coincidence. Same with the suspected super bolide fires.
Just because fires start during a bolide sighting, it in no way implies
cause and effect. Especially when the fires are 50 km away from the
projected impact area.

Phil Whitmer

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Here's a discussion you might want to read.

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2002/pdf/1882.pdf

Randy Korotev
Received on Mon 27 Aug 2012 07:39:05 PM PDT