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Article: <5fhk9g$pb3@dfw-ixnews11.ix.netcom.com>
From: saquo@ix.netcom.com(Nancy )
Subject: Re: TUNGUSKA
Date: 4 Mar 1997 16:57:20 GMT
In article <5ffpp3$ika@news.ccit.arizona.edu> Jim Scotti
writes:
>> (Begin ZetaTalk[TM])
>> What was plumed outward when Shoemaker-Levy struck the
>> surface of Jupiter was NOT so much the comet, which in
any
>> case is not a massive meteor but mostly frozen water,
but the
>> surface of Jupiter, which as you know is not solid. Drop
a
>> rock in a pond and you see the same thing.
>> (End ZetaTalk[TM])
>
> Wow - I'm about to say that Nancy is actually mostly right
in a
> post - well, about 4/5 right. Indeed, most of what exploded
when
> SL9 hit Jupiter was in fact, mostly Jupiter. ... indeed it
is not
> solid. And dropping a rock in a pond will make ripples.
> SL9 was indeed (perhaps - we really don't know for sure)
> mostly water.
>
> What is obviously wrong is Nancy's understanding of SL9's
> impact with Jupiter and that it completely verifies our
earlier
> statements about how the explosion at Tunguska happened.
> jscotti@LPL.Arizona.EDU (Jim Scotti)
The Zetas were right on all their statements but their CONCLUSION was wrong?
(Begin ZetaTalk[TM])
A rock dropped into water doesn't make RIPPLES, it makes a
SPLASH! Exactly what you're describing occurred with SL9! You've
lost the debate on Tunguska, so admit it.
Since we've managed to dump your arguments so nicely, why not
try to dump OURS? You're avoiding this like the plague, when it
was YOU who brought up Tunguska in the first place! What's wrong,
in your opinion, with the explanation we gave of a large cloud of
methane gas, trapped under wet recently deposited volcanic ash,
then frozen to form a solid cap over rotting vegetation. The cap
cracks due to an earthquake, methane cloud rises, but before it
can disburse a spark from perhaps lightning or friction with air
masses causes it to explode. Landfill managers are quite anxious
to keep their buried garbage vented, as they KNOW what can
happen. What's wrong with our argument? This is the second time
we've asked.
(End ZetaTalk[TM])