Twenty-one scientists dig up evidence from 3,600 years ago for the city of Sodom — and how it was destroyed by a meteor.
Original study. In 2013 a book called Discovering the City of Sodom told the story about an archeologist from Albuquerque who dug up Tall el-Hammam, a prominent geographical mound in Jordan, and claimed it was Sodom. Here’s what he found out:• Sodom flourished for 3,000 years, until an abrupt destruction recorded in the Bible, in … More “Twenty-one scientists dig up evidence from 3,600 years ago for the city of Sodom — and how it was destroyed by a meteor.”
Three large meteors that hit and damaged the earth – are there more to come?
I watched a Nova film on PBS recently about a meteor that struck the earth near a small town in Siberia. It was a gripping story called “Meteor Strike” and scientists had a wealth of data to plot the trajectory and calculate the velocity and size of the meteor.
What is a meteor?A meteor is … More “Three large meteors that hit and damaged the earth – are there more to come?”
What it Feels like in a Tornado Shelter
When the tornado sirens began to whine, I was shaving. Stupidly, I made a decision to finish shaving, which took about two minutes. On the last day of May 2013, we watched on TV a line of deadly thunder cells stretched out along a north-east direction. It was crawling eastward toward southeast Kansas where we … More “What it Feels like in a Tornado Shelter”