[meteorite-list] India anecdote (was: Argentine explosion)

Wed Oct 5 11:31:24 EDT 2011

Thanks Richard for the kind words; things aren't well these days so 
they were especially appreciated...

That was a good one you comented on courtesy of Google.  Let me just 
say that this stuff writes itself ;-)

At the moment the score on outlandish meteorite rumors is -
Argentina: 1 Mexico: 1
in the 6-year old photographer vs. War of the Worlds match up.  But the 
powerhouses of India and Russia haven't come out on the field lately.

I'm just sad that the situation in Buenos Aires had casulties making 
this oven accident itself sombering; but the kid's story was the 
anecdote.

Here's another nice anecdote from Mumbai, India and the new 
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Museum:

http://tinyurl.com/moon-over-bombay

Many of us attribute aspects of life to selected meteorites in our 
brief possession - I enjoyed this one since it merges Tucson with 
Mumbai, concerning Dho 458:

" 'Till the sun and moon exist, Mumbai will not be merged with 
Maharashtra.' Hence, we procured the rock so that it serves as a 
constant reminder to people that Mumbai will always be a part of 
Maharashtra. "

Kindest wishes,
Doug

PS There's always more, here's a reference, though not mentioning the 
meteorite shower by name, to the Draconid Meteor Shower (Giacobinids) 
we are entering now.  Fom the Russian Press:  The headline, though 
leaves much to be desired ... they just write themselves!
http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/26-09-2011/119156-meteor_shower-0/

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont at earthlink.net>
To: Meteorite-list <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; MexicoDoug 
<mexicodoug at aim.com>
Sent: Tue, Oct 4, 2011 10:28 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Argentine explosion ("they are hiding 
something")

Doug,
Your colorful insight is, well, always worth-a-read and imminently
anticipated in all stories meteoritic...I urge you to write a 
book...I'd be
the first in line to have it.  I'm serious!

Richard M

----- Original Message -----
From: "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 7:10 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Argentine explosion ("they are hiding 
something")

> http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2011/10/02/noticia_0007.html
>
> Oct 2 article:  The Argentine explosion on September 26 which was 
alleged
> to be meteorite-related caused a tremendous scandal for this young 
dude.
> 19-year old Emilio Veron single-handedly seeded the rumor which 
spread via
> internet like wildfire with a picture he claimed was of the falling 
meteor
> that caused the fireball.  The image he claimed was found not to be 
of the
> explosion. But the quick thinking naughty muchacho had an 
explanation: My
> 6-year old little sister took the picture two weeks earlier of this 
red
> fireball and I am sure this time it was something that fell from the 
sky
> this time so I errrr...showed the press our image, but it was just
> errrr...like an example I was showing them.  It's not my fault.  
Besides
> it's all a big cover-up, I still believe something fell from the sky.
>
> Well, in Argentina they know how to deal with fibbing muchachos.  He 
was
> thrown in jail overnight and complained of getting his human rights
> trampled since he was not given any explanation of why.  After his 
family
> got his release, it was said he was locked up for providing "false
> witness" (comment: as contrasted with pseudometeorite this would be
> pseudowitnessed fall!)
>
> The kid felt bad though since he lived three blocks away and was on 
the
> patio when he heard (Note: did not SEE, although he says it came from 
the
> sky!) the explosion with his brother and they ran to help the 
survivors,
> including the 8 serious besides the one death.  Some treatment for 
being a
> Good Samaritan, huh ;-)
>
> Expert investigators certified that it was a gas leak coming from a 
pizza
> oven which filled the place to an explosive mixture which then 
ignited.
>
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
>
>
>
>
> MONTE GRANDE
>
> "Están tapando algo", afirma el joven que tomó la foto del meteorito
>
> Se llama Emilio Verón, tiene 19 años y estuvo preso por mostrar la 
foto
> del supuesto meteorito que causó la explosión en donde murió una 
mujer.
> Fotos.
>
> Ver Comentarios (43)
>
> 02.10.2011 | 12:05
>
>
> El celular que capturó la imagen de la polémica. | Foto: DyN
>
> Ampliar Fotogalería
>
>
>
> Emilio Verón tiene 19 años y ganó popularidad esta semana por haber
> mostrado una foto de un meteorito que, según se dijo en un primer 
momento,
> provocó en la madrugada del lunes en Monte Grande la tremenda 
explosión
> que causó el derrumbe de un almacén y dos viviendas. Allí murió una 
mujer
> de 43 años y otros ocho vecinos sufrieron heridas.
>
> El hecho es oficialmente atribuido a una fuga de gas de un horno 
pizzero
> del comercio que funcionaba en el lugar. Por esa razón, una foto 
mostrada
> en un mal momento, Verón estuvo preso 12 horas durante el martes, 
junto a
> su hermano Jonathan de 18 años. “Falso testimonio”, dijeron los 
medios,
> pero los policías nunca le dijeron el motivo de su detención.
>
> La foto, en realidad y según cuenta él, había sido tomada por su 
hermana
> menor (María Soledad, de seis años) dos semanas antes de la tragedia 
y
> mostraba un objeto rojo que caía del cielo. Verón les mostró esa 
imagen a
> los medios solamente con la intención de graficar qué pudo haber 
caído. El
> dato se propagó con la velocidad de la luz y así fue que terminó 
detenido.
>
> En entrevista con PERFIL, Emilio contó su historia, aún convencido de 
que
> “algo” cayó del cielo. “Esa madrugada estaba en el patio de mi casa, 
con
> mi hermano Jonathan. Escuchamos la explosión y salimos corriendo a 
ver lo
> que había pasado”, recuerda.
>
> Emilio vive en una casa humilde a tres cuadras de donde sucedió todo. 
“Lo
> primero que hicimos al llegar fue ayudar a sacar gente de los 
escombros,
> era un desastre”, agregó. El estallido fue a las dos de la mañana y 
Verón,
> junto con su hermano, pasaron la madrugada ayudando a los 
sobrevivientes.
>
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