Meteor Strike - 400 injured

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/meteorite-shower-hits-russia-injuring-400-084133496.html

 

huh... thought this had mistakenly been posted in the wrong section those are some very statistically unlucky people

 

Wow - are you off to collect some rocks then ?
Debris also reportedly fell on the west Siberian region of Tyumen.

 

Could be debris from the asteroid thats passing by tonight,i think nasa are live streaming it

 

Its a bit of a coincidence thats for sure Joolz.

I expect there will be a few Russians that will beat me to it Jenny, but the thought did cross my mind.

 

Here's some pretty scary video's [Volume warning]





more car dash cams here: http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/02/14/what-is-happening-in-chelyabinsk/

 

We've got a Meteor strike forum??

 

Blimey that was bright, i've seen a couple burn up, but nothing like that. Somebody call Bruce Willis.

 

No I thought it was going to be joke and should of been in the muppetshow

 

Aah.

It'll be interesting (although not pleasant) to see if anyone has been actually hit by one.

As far as I know only one person has been recorded to have been hit by a Meteor, they were sat on the sofa, it went straight thru the roof & floors & grazed them on the arm.

There is a historical story of a bloke being struck dead by a possible one, and I think a dog got killed by one.

 

Busy night tonight then:

• ISS at 7.07pm W to N/E if those on board look our of their window on the right, they should see this:
• Asteroid at 7.25pm in the Southern sky ( we will need binoculars to view) going steadily North. Will be in The Plough's (saucepan ) handle around 9.30pm in the Northern sky

 

Astonishing pictures!!

 

When does that big asteroid pass us ( hopefully ) at less then two Earth diameters away ?

 

See Jenny's post, #11