[meteorite-list] Carancas crater

[Michael Farmer]

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 <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> 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
> 
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