[meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek

[Linton Rohr]

Jerry, 
It's good to hear from a resident of west Texas.
I appreciate your point of view. And your place of residence. 
Having grown accustomed to the unofficial name,
I believe I can adjust with no serious side effects.
My specimen cards (and those of most others) have a line for...
Specimen name: (Ash Creek) and...
Location of find/fall: (West, Texas).
I believe that does it. ;^)
Linton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry A. Wallace" <jwal2000 at swbell.net>
To: "MeteoriteCentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek


> Hi Dr. Jeff and List,
> 
> I, for one, am tickled that the "WEST", Texas fall has been officially 
> named anything but "WEST".
> 
> Years ago I became aware of the methods and criteria used by the 
> Nomenclature Committee for
> naming any new fall or find. So it was obvious that the name WEST was 
> premature.
> 
> The first email I received about someone actually finding a piece of the 
> fall (may have been Sonny- I
> don't remember) stated that it was found near WEST TEXAS. Well now, by 
> gum, that name takes
> in a huge geographical area. Having lived in Odessa for many years, I 
> have always heard our area
> termed WEST TEXAS. And it is...WEST TEXAS. I have always, arbitrarily, 
> thought of the western
> part of Texas as starting around Abilene or thereabouts. A lot of folks 
> for many years have declared
> that Ft. Worth is "Where the west begins". Who am I to argue. West Texas 
> officially ends just west
> of El Paso. It has to in that New Mexico starts there. So using Ft. 
> Worth as a starting point (going
> west) and ending the trip in El Paso, we have now covered about 603 
> miles and are still a skosh
> away from the New Mexico border. If we start the trip from Abilene we'll 
> be covering over 455
> miles. I believe Darren might declare that distance to be at least an 
> OODLE of miles, may even stretch
> into the next unit of measurement. I won't even go into what constitutes 
> the southern and northern
> boundaries of what is considered "WEST TEXAS", but there are some 
> impressive distances there too.
> 
> Most everyone who lives in the great state of Texas think of the western 
> part of Texas when they hear
> the term WEST TEXAS. And that's a big place.
> 
> So now you can possibly understand that every time I heard the name WEST 
> TEXAS (and frequently
> written without the distinction and clarification of even a comma 
> between the words) applied to the fall
> I was immediately disconcerted, discombobulated, confused, and 
> bewildered. Contrary to popular
> opinion that is really not my normal state of mind.
> 
> HAIL to the new meteorite ASH CREEK. Welcome aboard into the 
> multitudinous family of existing Texas
> meteorites, the ones that had the good sense to aim for our great state. 
> They knew they would be properly
> appreciated and cared for here. Watch for my new book "The Care and 
> Feeding of Texas Meteorites",
> scheduled to be on the bookstore bookshelves any time now.
> 
> It would be greatly appreciated if any of you foreigners (anyone who 
> doesn't live in Texas) who are in
> possession of any of our fine Texas meteorites please send them home. 
> Just write for the correct address
> to mail them to. Or sending them home to Dr. Art Ehlmann at the Monnig 
> Museum would be a good starting
> point. We can work out the distribution details later.
> 
> Best regards from west Texas, not West, Texas,
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Grossman wrote:
>> I just wanted everybody on the list to know that the Nomenclature 
>> Committee has approved the name of the recent fall near West, Texas.  
>> It will have the official name "Ash Creek".  See this and 38 other 
>> recent approvals at:
>> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/ (use the What's New pulldown menu).
>>
>> jeff
>>
>>
>> Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman       phone: (703) 648-6184
>> US Geological Survey          fax:   (703) 648-6383
>> 954 National Center
>> Reston, VA 20192, USA
>>
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