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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Geozay's analysis of my hot meterorite scenarios
In a message dated 12/7/00 3:10:34 PM Pacific Standard Time,
zormsk@bigfoot.com writes:
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>Scenario 2: Meteorite strikes a vehicle or other metallic object containing
volatile and/or flammable materials, again sparks, followed by fire.<
<GZ's retort: Only on TV and in the movies. A fuel truck for example, if
half full
wouldn't have enough oxygen in proper proportions to the fuel vapor to catch
on fire if struck by a red hot meteorite. It would need to puncture the
tank,
let some fuel drain out where there will be the right mixture and then come
into the proximity of a heat source.>
stephen>> That's exactly what would happen if a such a vehicle were to be
impacted. I
make no claim as to the likelihood of such a collision. >>
From the conditions you described above, you wouldn't have what I described
below. Its the egg before the chicken thing.
geozay
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