[meteorite-list] Louisiana fall
From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:18 2004 Message-ID: <01d901c387cb$df346690$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01D6_01C38791.32A11110 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I will give a little information, not much, if you want more, go there = and find out, spend the $$$ to do so.=20 I was in Arkansas so luckily I just hopped a commuter plane with Gary = Loyd and had a blast on Bourbon Street. Anyone who thinks that only = Mardi Gras is party time needs to rethink that assumption, the party = never stopped there.=20 There is a meteorite, it fell and crashed a guy's home, = unfortunately he threw the desk that it smashed, and the house debris = including alot of meteorite pieces in the trash that day while cleaning = up the mess. The damage has all been repaired so there are no house = smasher artifacts to get, no cool holes to cut out and preserve, and = last but far worse than anything else, he left almost all of the = meteorite under the house in the damp New Orleans dirt under the house, = for the last week, and yesterday while trying to get under, found that = the meteorite actually damaged a water pipe and flooded under the entire = house. I told him Saturday to get under there and of course volunteered, to = no avail, now the meteorite sat there a week in water, and is severely = damaged.=20 He did recover 1.5 kilos of fragments from the floor and they are = ok. This meteorite is EXTREMELY fragile, like Bjorbole or Saratov, = Chondrite (low metal) turns to dust while handling it.=20 As far as the stuff that was been covered in either water or sewage = (I don't know if it was a water line or the sewage line that was = damaged) it will be very highly damaged and perhaps melted by now. I = will know alot more tomorrow night.=20 There will be very little to go around if any at all. Please don't = ask me for pieces until I offer them for sale.=20 This could have been another spectacular fall, but he didn't know = about meteorites so most data was lost and the destruction repaired = without measurements or even photos! Mike Farmer ------=_NextPart_000_01D6_01C38791.32A11110 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I will give a little information, not = much, if you=20 want more, go there and find out, spend the $$$ to do so. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was in Arkansas so luckily I just = hopped a=20 commuter plane with Gary Loyd and had a blast on Bourbon Street. Anyone = who=20 thinks that only Mardi Gras is party time needs to rethink that = assumption, the=20 party never stopped there. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> There is a meteorite, = it fell and=20 crashed a guy's home, unfortunately he threw the desk that it = smashed, and=20 the house debris including alot of meteorite pieces in the trash that = day while=20 cleaning up the mess. The damage has all been repaired so there are no = house=20 smasher artifacts to get, no cool holes to cut out and preserve, and = last but=20 far worse than anything else, he left almost all of the meteorite under = the=20 house in the damp New Orleans dirt under the house, for the last week, = and=20 yesterday while trying to get under, found that the meteorite actually = damaged a=20 water pipe and flooded under the entire house.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I told him Saturday = to get under=20 there and of course volunteered, to no avail, now the meteorite sat = there a week=20 in water, and is severely damaged. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> He did recover 1.5 = kilos of=20 fragments from the floor and they are ok. This meteorite is EXTREMELY = fragile,=20 like Bjorbole or Saratov, Chondrite (low metal) turns to dust while = handling it.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> As far as the stuff = that was=20 been covered in either water or sewage (I don't know if it was a water = line or=20 the sewage line that was damaged) it will be very highly damaged = and=20 perhaps melted by now. I will know alot more tomorrow night. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> There will be very = little to go=20 around if any at all. Please don't ask me for pieces until I offer them = for=20 sale. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> This could have been = another=20 spectacular fall, but he didn't know about meteorites so most data was = lost and=20 the destruction repaired without measurements or even = photos!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_01D6_01C38791.32A11110-- Received on Tue 30 Sep 2003 11:26:58 PM PDT |
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