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

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:49:01 -0600
Message-ID: <503BF95D.2050406_at_alumni.caltech.edu>

There is NO suspicion at all that any Colorado fires were connected with
meteors. During one fire, controllers rather foolishly grounded the fire
fighting planes after witnesses reported a daytime fireball over the
eastern part of the state. That's the extent of it. Everything else is
media conflation.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 8/27/2012 4:06 PM, Gary Daniels wrote:
> The recent fires in Colorado are thought to have been started by a meteor:
>
> http://www.ksby.com/news/meteor-may-have-started-latest-blaze-in-colorado/
>
> The air tankers responding to these fires were also grounded by meteor
> sightings:
>
> http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20903873/meteors-trip-across-color
> ado-wows-witnesses-grounds-fire
>
> -Gary Daniels
> http://www.LostWorlds.org
> http://www.2012Quest.com
Received on Mon 27 Aug 2012 06:49:01 PM PDT