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Meteor hits Russia.

BhanteLuckyBhanteLucky Alternative lifestyle person in the South Island of New ZealandNew Zealand Veteran
in General Banter
Yowzer!! Hope nobody is seriously hurt. This is like a movie.

This one is pretty amazing but I can't embed it.
http://video.news.com.au/2335322022/Meteor-causes-mass-panic


Good compilation from Youtube



Comments

  • ZeroZero Veteran
    That was one big bang... makes you think!
  • CoryCory Tennessee Veteran
    sabbe satta anigha hontu
  • karastikarasti Breathing Minnesota Moderator
    Scary. They said this morning that over 700 people were injured, mostly from glass that shattered because of the sonic boom. Does it have anything to do with the big asteroid that was passing near earth today?
  • howhow Veteran Veteran
    edited February 2013
    I believe the asteroid is coming in from the opposite direction so..no, not connected.
    The video was interesting in that it was evidence that the meteor had split apart in the atmosphere and the shock wave took at least 15 second to reach the ground.
  • howhow Veteran Veteran
    edited February 2013
    It wasn't that long ago when Hollywood predicted a black president would be dealing with an approaching doomsday asteroid and many folks said that the USA black president part was just not credible!
    BhikkhuJayasara
  • ZeroZero Veteran
    Not often have opportunity for this one...
    :hiding:
    VastmindYaskan
  • BhikkhuJayasaraBhikkhuJayasara Bhikkhu Veteran
    edited February 2013
    A similar event happened exactly 100 years ago over I believe the same area of Russia. Its called the tunguska event and you can see the impacted area with waves of trees down even today.

    The difference was that the previous one was much much much larger, and 100 years ago the area wasn't very populated.

    Unless the body is large enough to make it through, they almost always break up on impact with the atmosphere.
  • BhanteLuckyBhanteLucky Alternative lifestyle person in the South Island of New Zealand New Zealand Veteran
    Jayantha said:

    A similar event happened exactly 100 years ago

    If 105 years is 100 years, then yes, exactly. :D
    BhikkhuJayasaraToshvinlyn
  • karastikarasti Breathing Minnesota Moderator
    So, if an event such as this, or the one in 1908 happened in NYC or Tokyo or similar place, what would be the result? Is there a reason that both of the notable ones happened in Russia? Or are they are likely to happen anywhere on the planet?
  • BhikkhuJayasaraBhikkhuJayasara Bhikkhu Veteran
    JamestheGiant said:

    Jayantha said:

    A similar event happened exactly 100 years ago

    If 105 years is 100 years, then yes, exactly. :D
    i never was very good at math lol...close enough!
    BhanteLucky
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    edited February 2013
    karasti said:

    So, if an event such as this, or the one in 1908 happened in NYC or Tokyo or similar place, what would be the result? Is there a reason that both of the notable ones happened in Russia? Or are they are likely to happen anywhere on the planet?

    Russia's a big place. The Sov Union was 1/5 of the world's land mass, not sure about the stat for today's Russia. But it stands to reason that they'd be more likely to hit a big target like that. Few, if any, people would know if one flew over sparsely inhabited parts of the Pacific Ocean. Smaller ones have hit the US, and scientists collect the debris and study it.
    http://meteorites.wustl.edu/numbers_by_state.htm On meteorite falls in the US
  • vinlynvinlyn Colorado...for now Veteran
    Yes, there is the rather famous meteor crater in Arizona, and another in Texas. At the Smithsonian they have quite a large collection of various types of meteors.
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