Talk:Peshtigo Fire

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Peshtigo, Wisconsin Fire of 1871 is the same think, only a stub, merge the info?--Rayc 03:19, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comet Theory

Question -- the comet theory was indeed proposed as early as 1882 and that the comet now known as 3D/Biela was the cause. Why does this article now have a concluding sentence that states: "But now scientists who study meteors now state that meteorites do not pose a threat of starting fires."???

First of all, a comet is not a meteorite. And secondly, as recently May and June of 2007, a group of science researchers asserted that a huge comet hit the Earth's atmosphere over North America approximately 12,900 years ago, wiping out the Clovis culture and large numbers of animal species and (I quote): "wildfires spread across North America". Here are some links:

1. Comet may have doomed prehistoric Clovis 12,900 years ago
2. Ice Age Ends Smashingly: Did a comet blow up over eastern Canada?
3. Comet Wiped Out Early North American Culture, Animals, Study Says

SunSw0rd 20:53, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

There is a difference. When a large comet or meteor hits the Earth, the impact catastrophe is similar to a nuclear explosion (cf. the Tunguska event and other impact events). That a wildfire is also started is secondary. In the Chicago and Peshtigo fires, there was no report of a large explosion. If it was started by meteors or comet fragments, they would need to be small enough not to cause such an explosion.

Far more likely is that environmental conditions that day were just right over this entire area to turn both places into tinderboxes. Another possibliity is that cinders from one fire were carried at high altitude to the other fire, but I don't know of any evidence to support that. --IanOsgood 19:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

The fire jumped the Bay of Green Bay, which is 10 to 20 miles of solid water across and barely visible from one side to the other. There were fires across the 30+ miles of solid waters across Lower Michigan at roughly the same latitude. These three fires line up pretty good, which could support a comet theory. These three fires don't align at all in with the Chicago fire. The weather was the key to all four fires, with winds from a very intense front that fanned the flames in a drought ridden region. Maybe the November gale force wins tha come most years came early that year. The comet section needs to remain a small section for an alternate theory. Royalbroil 04:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] comet/asteroid theory

Meteorite experts say that meteorites are cold when they land on earth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.42.47 (talk) 01:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

So then please see preceding discussion of the difference between an asteroid and a comet. SunSw0rd 15:19, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Discuss revisions made by User:WolfmanSF -- removing supporting evidence for alternative comet hypothesis and retaining only the cold meteorite commentary. SunSw0rd (talk) 15:01, 21 April 2008 (UTC)