NAW Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Pretty wild! Heard about this on the new this morning. http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/15/hundreds-hurt-as-meteor-screams-across-russian-sky-leaving-6-metre-crater/ I also heard that you can get free OFSC trail passes for this weekend!!
Rod Caster Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Watching the CBC report as we speak. Wild stuff. I wonder how the super religious feel about stuff like this? God skipping stones or something?
LucG Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Definitly pretty crazy! Also read this: What will happen tonight? Just before 7.30pm today, a 150ft wide chunk of space rock will whizz past us in the closest shave since records began. If it hit the planet, it could wipe out a city the size of London and do as much damage as 1,000 of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima. Nasa has stressed that ‘no Earth impact is possible’ – but scientists say there is a small chance that TV signals may be affected. The asteroid will cut through the orbit of some satellites used for weather forecasting and for satellite phones and television. Mobile phones won’t be affected as they rely on land-based masts and cables. Asteroid 2012 DA14 was discovered last year by a Spanish dentist turned amateur astronomer and has been closely tracked ever since. Hurtling through space at speeds of five miles a second, eight times as fast as a speeding bullet, it will come within 17,000 miles of Earth at 7.24pm tomorrow. Astronomy expert Daniel Brown, of Nottingham Trent University, said: ‘In astronomical terms, that’s very close.’ Although the asteroid won’t be visible with the naked eye, it should be possible to see it with binoculars. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279020/Moment-meteorite-exploded-sky-Russian-town-doctors-treat-500-people-injured-sonic-boom-shattered-windows.html#ixzz2KySHKPfI Edited February 15, 2013 by LucG
Oryx Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 WOW, imagine if it was a direct hit instead of exploding. The Tungaska event comes to mind.....
Luke V. Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 I heard it was going to be close But that's crazy close Would have been devastating if it held together and hit the earth
Muskieman Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Apparently unrelated to the asteroid ... Edited February 15, 2013 by Randy from Sturgeon
Terry Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 I think it's all misinformation Korea couldn't get the rockets to work so now they are tossing big rocks at everyone
NAW Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Posted February 15, 2013 I bet they thought the Chechen's where on the attack!!
Christopheraaron Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 can you imagine the auger that made this?! LOL
Rich Clemens Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Tungusta revisited - this time over a populated area. Could have been a heck of a lot worse.
capt bruce Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 I think it's all misinformation Korea couldn't get the rockets to work so now they are tossing big rocks at everyone Cup of starbucks best out the nose . Lucky I have dual monitars as the right one needs a rinse ... LMAO
Rich Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Why did they take the video down? Rather suspicious.
Jigger Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Why did they take the video down? Rather suspicious. Its still on youtube Rich. Pretty crazy
tb4me Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Its still on youtube Rich. Pretty crazy Can you post it here? I cant seem to find it..Is it hte one of the in car dash cam? This is Crazy stuff
DRIFTER_016 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Always lots of good info on the RSOE EDIS worldwide disaster site!!! For all of your disaster needs!!!!! Worldwide real time disasters and events map. http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php RSOE EDIS facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/RsoeEdis?ref=ts&fref=ts
DRIFTER_016 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 OH, almost forgot watch a live stream of the big meteor going by in just over 4 hours here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/clay-center-observatory
Jigger Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Sorry, was at work. Tbis one shows all the best shots... http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F#/watch?feature=g-logo-xit&v=90Omh7_I8vI
Rizzo Posted February 16, 2013 Report Posted February 16, 2013 I wonder how the super religious feel about stuff like this? ...super religious believe a whole bunch of these things came down and destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, so one close call ain't nuthin
Jigger Posted February 17, 2013 Report Posted February 17, 2013 Did anyone else notice the meteorite went through several time zones? 9:26 9:22 6:30 (Dec 31 2012) 9:12 9:14 9:20 Vodka and lapses in time go hand in hand
pikehunter Posted February 17, 2013 Report Posted February 17, 2013 I want to go over there with my window order book in hand, there's thousands of square feet of glass to replace! There's. A fortune to be made! Proof that rocks and glass really don't like each other.
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