Adam You told everyone on this list that Carancas was not a crater, you have been proven wrong, I was proven right with the papers in the news this week, I am merely clarifying that, nothing more. Now, what problem is it of mine that uneducated idiots pissed in the crater? Does that ruin the event, make it useless, wipe it from the history books? It was handled fine on my end, things just got bad when police tried to steal all of our money. What is your advice, should I have gone to the president of Peru? When you are in the crap, you make decisions on the spot, it is not as easy as sitting at your desk and typing emails. The locals were nice, just poor people who had no idea what was going on, the government was inept and corrupt, and the police took advantage of the situation to try and rob us, then the proverbial crap hit the fan from all sides. Oh well, the crater was studied, a tiny amount of the meteorite was saved, and the rest, as they say, it history. Michael Farmer --- Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike and List, > > I conceded the point long ago that the term crater > also applies to the Carancas event. I also stated > that there are different types of craters and this > one > falls into the impact pit category as was the case > with the Sikhote Alin event. Some of the craters > (impact pits) left by Sikhote Alin were also > explosive > embedding pieces of the meteorite in trees and yet > Ninninger, along with dozens of scientists referred > to > them as impact pits. I admit the definition is > somewhat hazy is why I qualified the term with "To > me," > > My only problem with the Carancas thing is that was > over-hyped from the beginning with much > misinformation > surrounding it. Then, no respect was given to the > occurrence and a circus soon followed. People will > treat you the way you allow them, the same applies > to > the Carancas event. Trash was thrown into the > impact > pit, people relieved themselves into it and greed > soon > became a problem. I think if the event was handled > in > a more professional matter, I would not have a > problem > with it. The way it stands, I have zero respect for > the way it was handled. > > The last from me on this, > > Adam > > > > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list