Hi Chris and List, I agree. As the eyewitness account reads, it's impossible for such an object to create a large wave. However, if the account was in error about the size of the object, then perhaps it becomes a little more possible.
What about the velocity of the object? Let us suppose that it retained a good bit of it's cosmic velocity when it struck the water. Would an object about 10-30 feet in diameter, travelling at a high rate of speed (say, 1km per second), generate a large wave? I would think that the speed at impact would play a role in the effects once it hit the water. I think the underwater landslide theory is more plausible. I was just surprised to see an account about a "meteorite" in this story. Best regards, MikeG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- On 3/15/11, Chris Peterson <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote: > A meteorite that was 1-3 meters across would make a splash, that's all. A > couple of hundred meters away and there'd be virtually no energy left. > There's almost no possibility of such an object creating a wave like the one > you describe (a tsunami, not a rogue wave). > > Chris > > ***************************************** > Chris L Peterson > Cloudbait Observatory > http://www.cloudbait.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Galactic Stone and Ironworks" <meteoritem...@gmail.com> > To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:33 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Caused the Daytona Beach Rogue Wave > in1992? > > >> Hi List, >> >> All of this talk about the tsunami in Japan reminded me of an event >> that happened here in Florida in 1992, that may have a meteorite >> connection. >> >> On July 3rd, 1992, a 20-foot rogue wave appeared out of nowhere (calm >> weather) and washed ashore on Daytona Beach, damaging many vehicles >> parked along the beach and causing scores of minor injuries - >> thankfully there were no fatalities. This event was big news down >> here at the time, but has since faded into obscurity. >> >> I did some digging on the event, to satisfy my own curiosity and I >> came across an account that includes a possible meteorite fall. >> >> Here is a quote from an eyewitness who was a boater that was offshore >> at the time - >> >> "...the boater came forward with the information that, shortly before >> the time of the wave, he was in his boat about eight miles offshore. >> He watched as a distant object approached across the sky toward the >> ocean at a high rate of speed, and crossed the bow of his boat at an >> angle with a "whoosh" (his word). Shortly after, a giant swell made >> his 41-foot sailboat handle like a large surfboard. Various news >> sources state that the meteorite, as it is now being called, was >> anywhere from a meter to 10 feet across. The boater who wished to >> remain anonymous, gave the professors enough information so that they >> are hoping that the Navy will retrieve the object, which is presumed >> to be lying in about 70 feet of water off the Daytona Beach coastline, >> with plenty of coordinates for locating it." >> >> (source : http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf084/sf084g12.htm ) >> >> Does anyone remember this "meteorite" event? And, did anyone look for >> the object? I know 70-feet of water is not exactly prime >> meteorite-hunting territory, but one has to wonder what happened, in >> light of the eyewitness account. >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list