(meteorobs) ?Errant Geminid? - Meteorite Destroys Warehouse inAukland, New Zealand?

Alister aling at telus.net
Sun Dec 14 15:48:04 EST 2008


Thanks for the points of additional clarification Doug - as you saw I was 
not attempting to cover the subject in depth!

<snip>
> (Probably no meteoroid is hot enough to cause fires.  ....
>  A Supersonic fireball at ground level is an
> impending disaster for many other reasons.

Essentially that was point. If it was big enough to cause a fire, there 
would be plenty of collateral damage that would be of greater impact <grin>. 
I had meant to be more blatant, but I must have let my intent slip.

Alister. 




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