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originally posted by: stormcell
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: KansasGirl
So, maybe a meteorite struck some dry grass. Why couldn't it be that?
Guy on the video keeps saying "We definitely have a problem." But he doesn't say what that problem is, specifically.
Because small meteorites aren't hot when they reach the ground.
Any meteorite large enough to reach the ground while still hot would be big enough to have caused a shock wave with many kilotons of energy and left a crater. None of that happened.
A meteorite hitting the atmosphere at the right angle can skip off the atmosphere and be bounced back into space. The air ablation could melt bits of meteorite and have them fall to Earth. No explosion, no disintegration, or shock wave.
PG&E has disclosed to regulators that a transmission line, located near the spot where the Camp Fire ignited, experienced a problem a few minutes before the fire was reported early Nov. 8. Cal Fire continues to investigate the cause of the blaze, which has killed at least 88 people and has become the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history.
The utility’s disclosure about the power line, along with a statement to investors that damage claims might overwhelm PG&E’s liability insurance coverage, has sent the company’s stock price tumbling by almost half. It did gain $1.85 a share Tuesday to close at $26.97 on the New York Stock Exchange, but lost 2 cents in after-hours trading as news of the judge’s order began to circulate.
Cal Fire cited PG&E power lines and other equipment for causing at least 16 of the October 2017 wine country fires, which killed 44 people. Cal Fire still hasn’t determined the cause for the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, which killed 24 of the 44 victims.
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originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: stormcell
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: KansasGirl
So, maybe a meteorite struck some dry grass. Why couldn't it be that?
Guy on the video keeps saying "We definitely have a problem." But he doesn't say what that problem is, specifically.
Because small meteorites aren't hot when they reach the ground.
Any meteorite large enough to reach the ground while still hot would be big enough to have caused a shock wave with many kilotons of energy and left a crater. None of that happened.
A meteorite hitting the atmosphere at the right angle can skip off the atmosphere and be bounced back into space. The air ablation could melt bits of meteorite and have them fall to Earth. No explosion, no disintegration, or shock wave.
Theoretically, yes that could happen. But then the bits that came off would essentially just be little meteorites. Small meteorites are incapable of punching through the complete atmosphere and reaching the ground while still traveling at the high speeds with which they enter the atmosphere. They dissipate all their entry speed very high in the atmosphere and then just fall at terminal velocity through very cold air. Terminal velocity is not nearly fast enough to heat the meteor's external surface. Some meteors which have fallen at terminal velocity and been observed by people on the ground (it is rare, but happens occasionally) have broken open and formed frost on the exposed surfaces because they were so cold.
Meteoriticists estimate that the smallest meteorite that could punch all the way through the atmosphere while still retaining enough speed to be incandescent would weigh a few hundred tons.
This has been studied by those scientists who work in the field of planetary defense from asteroids.
originally posted by: Zanti Misfit
a reply to: DBCowboy
So , Agenda 21 was not Engaged there ? hmm...
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
a reply to: Zanti Misfit
Laser or beam weapons are likely to be mounted on a plane, something we know for sure exists.