Posted on 12/14/2008 11:06:09 PM PST by LibWhacker
Good luck! Keep your find secret. Meteorites can be very valuable. You may have found a pot of gold. :-) I hope so.
If you have a metal detector bring it along. Alot of meteorites have iron in them.
Historically though it was the Pompeii era eruptions that are most noted and analyzed of the Vesuvius eruptions...it hit the Roman psyche hard! Pompeii was quite known as a coastal “sin city” of its day.
...Sorry, mate. It’s me New Zealand, stroilian accent, I’m working on it...
...Naw worries mate, my spelling is atrocious, spell check, dictionary and thesarus are always close by. I spend more time checking myself than actually posting...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire
Ya, it's Wiki.
Yeah, Bullwinkle, but I can't remember what show he did! Let's ask Mr. Peabody. He know everything.
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