[meteorite-list] Rain in Az today

[Mark Bowling]

--- On Sun, 7/5/09, cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson at cox.net> wrote:
> Mark, Ruben, List
>  The way it rained there today I doubt any meteorites
> remain. It poured down rain. My wipers were going full speed
> and even non wash areas had enough water to pick up and wash
> away all small rocks and yes, meteorites too. very sad. 
> 
> Carl or Debbie Esparza
> IMCA 5829

D'oh - those sheet flows can really move the rocks!  We see those here in Vail.  Only the huge cobbles are left.  But if the terrain is rough at the fall site, the stones on the ridges/hillsides will probably "stick around" for a while...