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Re: Comet Hit Suspected For 536 AD

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Comet Hit Suspected For 536 AD
From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 08:36:50 +1100
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"Richard W. Travsky" reported:
> 
> Scientists at Cardiff University believe they have discovered the cause of
> crop failures and summer frosts some 1,500 years ago - a comet colliding
> with Earth.

What happened to the Krakatoa theory? Why do we always need some flashy
extra-terrestrial explanation when plain old ordinary earth-bound ones
may be equally valid?

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Dann Pigdon                   Australian Dinosaurs:
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Melbourne, Australia        http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/
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