[meteorite-list] Read it and laugh!

From: Count Deiro <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:39:00 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
Message-ID: <6252913.1299947940730.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-cypress.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Yes, Dirks.

When I talked to him last on Skype, he was on the floor enduring another after shock and trying to rescue his rocks from the shards of broken glass and trashed cabinets.

Count Deiro
IMCA

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>From: Galactic Stone and Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 12, 2011 8:29 AM
>To: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
>Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Read it and laugh!
>
>Hi Count and List,
>
>I do agree about the fear-mongering in the media. It is interesting
>to visit the major US news websites and pay attention to which outlets
>are using the most sensationalistic language and engaging in blatant
>fear-mongering. Some outlets are reasonably reporting the news with
>minimal sensationalism, while others are offering big helpings of fear
>with a side of panic.
>
>Best regards,
>
>MikeG
>
>PS - on meteorite-related note, are there any national or major
>Japanese meteorite collections that have been impacted by the quake or
>tsunami?
>
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>
>On 3/12/11, Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Dear List,
>>
>> The suffering Japanese have enough "real" threats and consequences to
>> shoulder without the added fear and panic being spread about a possible
>> "nuclear meltdown" in the media.
>>
>> No reactor has "disappeared". Nobody, not even the guys in the white smocks
>> on scene, has been exposed to a level of radiation remotely harmful. Nor
>> will they be. They did get knocked on their butts when the quake hit and the
>> exterior "hall" subsequently blew because of accumulated hydrogen/oxygen.
>>
>> The USA did not send any cooling "material" to the scene. A bald faced lie
>> by Clinton.
>>
>> The evacuation ordered is to cover the power consitorium and the
>> government's ass from the inevitable flood of liabilty claims that will
>> inundate the courts after this tragic event runs it course and the lawyers
>> crawl out from under the tables and things begin to return to normal.
>>
>> Read the sensational headlines implying nuclear Armageddon has already
>> occurred and then peruse the body copy. Without fail the stories are
>> prefaced by the qualifiers.."May","Could","Might". Nothing definite. All
>> supposition and cynical fear mongering.
>>
>> Stay calm,
>>
>> Count Deiro
>> IMCA 3536
>>
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