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2006-10-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-21 11:03|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Meteors - why do they hate cottages?

Posted by Raj 2006-10-21 11:15|| 2006-10-21 11:15|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a parallel thing to tornados and trailer parks. Sort of games elementals play.

Posted by twobyfour 2006-10-21 12:29|| 2006-10-21 12:29|| Front Page Top

#3 It doesn't add up, for me. A sub 10mm particle couldn't sustain enough airspeed to stay hot enough to start a fire, or to penetrate a roof.

Posted by Grunter 2006-10-21 14:16|| 2006-10-21 14:16|| Front Page Top

#4 It doesn't add up, for me. A sub 10mm particle couldn't sustain enough airspeed to stay hot enough to start a fire, or to penetrate a roof.

Yah. Have to agree with Grunter here. Not enough speed, not enough energy, and not enough heat to even penetrate the roof.

Something's flakey here. The "arc of blazing light" doesn't fit with a 10mm bolide either. Something much bigger smashed down here.

('Course, maybe the little grey guys were just collectin' a specimen again)

:-)

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-10-21 15:41|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-10-21 15:41|| Front Page Top

#5 German cottage destroyed by meteor

hot kryptonite plasma burnz like Hades.

Posted by Persephone 2006-10-21 15:57|| 2006-10-21 15:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Right, 10mm bolide would maybe make a small hole in the roof, but not burn down the house. Okay, how about a thunderbolt?

Posted by twobyfour 2006-10-21 18:09|| 2006-10-21 18:09|| Front Page Top

#7 The admittedly minor impact could have ruptured a gas line or shorted some wiring. That's all I can attribute the subsequent fire to.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-21 23:57|| 2006-10-21 23:57|| Front Page Top

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