[meteorite-list] Tunguska wood

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 21 17:03:42 2006
Message-ID: <0pcj929hijeb85095lfpd69t2ov2f24p0e_at_4ax.com>

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:31:48 -0500, you wrote:

>> it happened in 1908 - they couldn't blame nukes - but just imagine the
>> consequences of it happening 4 hours later over the eastern seaboard of


>so next in line for being whacked by
>Tunguska is the rest of Russia, eastern
>Europe, western Europe, England...

I think of Sikhote Alin. Not much longer at all sooner and it would have hit
Japan instead of Siberia. Not nearly as big a blast as Tunguska, but it still
could have done nasty things to a population center (and nukes sure would have
been fresh on their minds then).
Received on Wed 21 Jun 2006 05:06:15 PM PDT