[meteorite-list] Risk assessment of Tunguska class events

[E.P. Grondine]

Hi Rob - 

My book is available from me to meteorite list members at a low price.

It links Native American oral and written history, the geological record, and the archaeological record, and is as solid as a rock.

Could someone fire Ed Weiler now?

Ed

--- On Tue, 9/29/09, Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty at yahoo.com> wrote:


> From: Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty at yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Risk assessment of Tunguska class events

> To: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 4:30 PM

> I too, would love to read the

> document when it's ready.

> 

> I always think this sort of thing is like trying to work

> out the odds of you winning a raffle.

> You may have some sort of idea how many people are entering

> it but you're really just guessing.

> 

> Am I the only one who feels uneasy that some committee

> somewhere will shelve plans to tackle this on the grounds

> that "Ahhh! It'll probably be all right"

> 

> I read a book called "From Exodus to Arthur" (it's not

> brilliant, once it starts geting to conjecture to be honest

> and it reaches that point fairly early).

> One good thing about it is the fact that ancient myths,

> legends and writings have the remote possibility of being

> impact events if they are origined on anything other than

> utter fable.

> Even if just a one of the old legentd come from impact

> stories and comets, it raises questions over just how often

> Tunguska events may happen.

> 

> (the best bit of the book is the pretty thorough

> explanation of dendochronology and a paragraph that points

> out that all our climate change data for the last 100,000

> years comes from just 4 ice cores and there are gaps. Now

> there really is no reason for you to buy it).

> 

> Rob

> 

> --- On Tue, 9/29/09, E.P. Grondine <epgrondine at yahoo.com>

> wrote:

> 

> > From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine at yahoo.com>

> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Risk assessment of Tunguska

> class events

> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> > Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 9:55 PM

> > Hi - 

> > 

> > I am looking forward to reading the pdf soon. 

> > 

> > I tried to come to an estimate of Tunguska class

> events via

> > the historical and archaeological record - a small

> part of a

> > a book I wrote titled "Man and Impact in the

> Americas". 

> > 

> > E.P.

> > 

> > 

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