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NSF Press Release: Comet May Have Exploded Over North America 13,000 Years Ago
National Science Foundation Press Release ^ | August 14, 2007 | Cheryl Dybas, NSF

Posted on 08/15/2007 5:32:04 PM PDT by baynut

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To: baynut

Bush’s Fault for not signing the Kyoto Protocol, no doubt.


21 posted on 08/15/2007 9:27:48 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
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To: ml/nj
Comets are not bombs. It is unlikely that one "exploded." (especially if they are composed of ice, as the conventional wisdom would have it.)

Meteors are not bombs, either, but judging by the Tunguska event of 1908 and the Barringer crater, they explode just fine.

Get anything with mass going fast enough and it will always explode on meeting the denser part of our atmostphere.

22 posted on 08/15/2007 11:35:01 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: taxed2death
Planet "X"?

If it explodes every 3600 years they should call it Houdini...

Just saying...

23 posted on 08/15/2007 11:37:30 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: StructuredChaos

What does post refer to?


24 posted on 08/15/2007 11:48:26 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: Publius6961

It doesn’t explode every 3600 years, it passes through our inner solar system, causing an increase in volcanic and seismic activity due to it’s gravitational pull.


25 posted on 08/16/2007 4:39:40 AM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: ml/nj

LOL, NO IT ISN’T. MY WIFE USED MY ACCOUNT TO SEND ME DIRECTIONS. BUT SHE TOOK SOME LIBERTIES. I TOLD HER NEXT TIME TO EMAIL IT TO MY HANDLE HERE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT


26 posted on 08/16/2007 6:14:00 AM PDT by StructuredChaos
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To: wildbill
Thanks wildbill. I wish they'd pachyderm and stick with it. [rimshot!]

The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: Flood, Fire, and Famine in the History of Civilization The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes:
Flood, Fire, and Famine in
the History of Civilization

by Richard Firestone,
Allen West,
Simon Warwick-Smith


27 posted on 08/16/2007 9:05:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, August 14, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Saint Louis; 75thOVI; AFPhys; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
 
Catastrophism
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28 posted on 08/16/2007 9:11:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, August 14, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

It’s a shame we have never been able to study a comet in captivity. :p


29 posted on 08/16/2007 9:12:01 AM PDT by Some hope remaining.
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Did comet start deadly cold snap?
Canada.com | Monday, May 14, 2007 | Margaret Munro
Posted on 05/16/2007 6:00:33 PM EDT by Mike Darancette
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Diamonds tell tale of comet that killed off the cavemen
Guardian | 5-20-07 | Robin McKie
Posted on 05/20/2007 7:50:33 PM EDT by Renfield
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Catastrophic Comet Chilled and Killed Ice Age Beasts (and Clovis people)
Live Science | 05/21/07 | Jeanna Bryner
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Oregon Researchers Involved In New Clovis-Age Impact Theory (More)
Eureka Alert
Posted on 05/23/2007 5:30:19 PM EDT by blam
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Comet May Have Doomed Mammoths
Red Orbit | 5-26-07 | Betsy Mason
Posted on 05/26/2007 9:12:53 AM EDT by Renfield
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Ice Age Ends Smashingly: Did A Comet Blow Up Over Eastern Canada?
(More) (Carolina Bays)
Science News | 6-1-2007 | Sid Perkins
Posted on 06/02/2007 6:14:23 PM EDT by blam
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Comet Theory Collides With Clovis Research,
May Explain Disappearance of Ancient People
University of South Carolina(USC News) | June 28, 2007 | Staff
Posted on 08/04/2007 2:29:34 AM EDT by ForGod’sSake
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Rare Meteor Shower To Shed Light On Dangerous Comets
New Scientist | 8-8-2007 | Stephen Battersby
Posted on 08/08/2007 6:08:54 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878374/posts


30 posted on 08/16/2007 9:22:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, August 14, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: baynut

bump


31 posted on 08/16/2007 9:23:32 AM PDT by VOA
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To: StructuredChaos
Arrive at 802 W MAIN ST, CLAXTON

... and buy a fruitcake!

32 posted on 08/16/2007 9:28:14 AM PDT by LTCJ
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To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach
An update topic.

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33 posted on 08/16/2007 9:30:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, August 14, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: baynut
an inter-glacial warm period

Sounded like a fancy term for global warming, so I looked it up and yeah, it is a fancy term for global warming. I guess we wouldn't want to confuse people between real inter-glacial warm periods and AlGore's global warming "let's get rich off carbon credits" crisis.

34 posted on 08/16/2007 9:39:13 AM PDT by Elyse (I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
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To: StructuredChaos
Can I make a thread out of it?

"StucturedChaos gets Directions from Wife"

35 posted on 08/16/2007 2:39:47 PM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee (const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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To: Publius6961
Meteors are not bombs, either, but judging by the Tunguska event of 1908 and the Barringer crater, they explode just fine.

I'm wondering what definition of explode you would choose. No one really knows what happened at Tunguska, and Barringer is just an impact crater. When an airplane crashes into the ground and debris is scattered all over the place no one would suggest that an explosion occurred unless the event were accompanied by a rapid combustion of fuel. (oxidation or other exothermic reaction)

ML/NJ

36 posted on 08/16/2007 3:02:35 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: StructuredChaos
LOL

Did you really understand the reference to "St. Valentine's Day Massacre"?

ML/NJ

37 posted on 08/16/2007 3:05:03 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: baynut
I only hope there were no injuries...


38 posted on 08/16/2007 3:08:48 PM PDT by steveo (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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To: Yollopoliuhqui; SunkenCiv; blam
The lightnings flashed and the thunders roared terribly and all were afraid. Then the heaven burst and the fragments fell down and killed everything and everybody. Heaven and earth changed places. Nothing that had life was left upon the earth.

from the tradition of the Cashinaua, the aborigines of western Brazil. Quoted by Bellamy, Moons, Myths and Man. p. 80.

39 posted on 08/16/2007 6:11:39 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Nice!


40 posted on 08/16/2007 10:11:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, August 14, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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