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(meteorobs) Fwd: [Falling Stars] Great Chicago fire

I also noted this on the headline scroll at the bottom
of the screen on CNN the other day. Has anyone heard of
this "evidence" - is it in one of the recent journals?

Note: Henry is not a current 'meteorobs' subscriber: if
you reply, please MANUALLY put 'henrytj@alumni.pittdot edu'
in the "Cc:" line of your message.

Clear skies!
Lew Gramer


-----Original Message-----
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fallingstars@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:09 AM
> >    Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 18:19:16 -0000
> >    From: "Henry Tjernlund" <henrytj@alumni.pittdot edu>
> > Subject: Great Chicago fire
> >
> > Yesterday on CNN, or one of the other news stations, there was a
> > brief mention of a researcher (an engineer, I think) who felt he
> > found more evidence of the great Chicago fire, and several other
> > horrific fires in the same tri-state area that night, was caused by
a
> > comet fragment. Now, I've seen this in some television documentary.
> > However, many web sites tend to dismiss this as bad science.  Some
of
> > the reasons for this is that there are no other known incidents of
> > meteorites causing fires. Even the Tunguskie impact that leveled
1000
> > square miles of forrest started no fires.
> >
> > Could a comet fragment contain enough methane, or other organic
fuel,
> > ice to ignite and burn in the atmosphere or on impact with the
> > ground? Or could simply a aerial display have cause people to
abandon
> > controled fires (which were apparently common those days) during a
> > high wind that was supposedly passing through the area after a
> > particularly dry season.
> >
> > Henry




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