The Cosmic Corner

A diverse blog about science, engineering and genealogy of original thoughts by Britt Maxwell often with Mississippi connections. Some of my topics are about Cosmology, Geology and History. Some specific topics are expansive clays, Hurricane Katrina, Biblical volcanoes with tsunamis, meteor shock waves that can kill, the meteor at Chelyabinsk and one in Mississippi that destroyed a store. I update my more popular blogs regularly so check back. See Blog Archive on the right side. Click on arrows.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Extreme Building Damage Caused by Yazoo Clay

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 Every time I look at this picture I can't help but compare it with earthquake damage. The end result can be very similar. Geologic de...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Historical Meteor Shockwave Events That Destroyed Structures

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This blog is Part II of a three-part series about possible meteor shock wave damages to structures. It was updated on 8/18/2019. Part I is...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Google Earth Photos on the Day of the Meteor at Chelyabinsk

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By Britt Maxwell This blog is Part I of a three part series about meteor shock wave damage to man made structures. Part II is about str...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

Designing and Repairing Slab Foundations built on Yazoo Clay

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by Britt Maxwell P.E. The Yazoo clay is an Eocene epoch expansive clay deposit that outcrops in a tilting band through Central Mississ...
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