USA Today: Meteor shower in central Russia injures hundreds

[killerbee99]

Someone get Bruce Willis.......

[SkinInsite]

[killerbee99]

Cue the theme music
" I dont wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna ever sleep bcos I'll miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing"

[alexey]

Here is a video someone caught with sound. Listen to that boom..WOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=zMJzqzEryYc

Right before the video ends there is a male voice saying something... Just FYI he says something like:

"Where did they launch it from?"

[China]

Russia was hit by a meteor shower on Friday in the nation's central Ural Mountains, injuring hundreds and causing damage to buildings in six cities, according to reports.

Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, Russia's Emergency Ministry said in a statement, the Associated Press reported.

At least three had been hospitalized in serious condition but the majority received treatment for minor cuts from broken glass after the explosions broke windows and shook buildings.

Interior Ministry spokesman Vadim Kolesnikov said more than 400 people had called for medical assistance.

More at link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...orite/1921991/

Maybe the Mayans were off a by a few months???

If it's "thinly populated" how does it injure hundreds? The article says it did damage in 6 cities (there a 6 cities in a thinly populated area?). Sounds like there were a helluva lot of fragment from that meteorite. Some of those videos were amazing. Probably would have freaked me out if I'd been driving and one of those things came that close to me.

[KDawg]

Right before the video ends there is a male voice saying something... Just FYI he says something like:

"Where did they launch it from?"

So a male thought the meteorite was a missile/rocket? That looks nothing like either

[renaissance]

[HOF44]

If it's "thinly populated" how does it injure hundreds? The article says it did damage in 6 cities (there a 6 cities in a thinly populated area?). Sounds like there were a helluva lot of fragment from that meteorite. Some of those videos were amazing. Probably would have freaked me out if I'd been driving and one of those things came that close to me.

The sonic boom caused damage and the sky burst caused a pretty good shockwave.

[sideshow24]

So a male thought the meteorite was a missile/rocket? That looks nothing like either.

Maybe he thought it was catapulted?

[Fan since a Fetus]

Is this thing related to the asteroid that is supposed to fly by today?

~Bang

It is being reported that it is just a coincidence. When I first saw this story this morning, I mistaked meteor for asteroid. My initial reaction was Russia got hit worse than they did.

---------- Post added February-15th-2013 at 10:58 AM ----------

According to weather.com - entered the Earth's atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of at least 54,000 kph (33,000 mph) and shattered about 30-50 kilometers (18-32 miles) above the ground

http://www.weather.com/news/meteor-hits-earth-20130215

[mikered30]

The sonic boom caused damage and the sky burst caused a pretty good shockwave.

Cut glass is what caused the injuries.

[KDawg]

Here's the best part from the weather.com article that was linked above:

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a nationalist leader noted for vehement statements, said "It's not meteors falling. It's the test of a new weapon by the Americans," the RIA Novosti news agency reported

[Fan since a Fetus]

Here's the best part from the weather.com article that was linked above:

How did I miss that?

[Dan T.]

So a male thought the meteorite was a missile/rocket? That looks nothing like either

I disagree. From the videos I've seen, I could easily see someone thinking that.

[KingGibbs]

I disagree. From the videos I've seen, I could easily see someone thinking that.

Yep. I can absolutely understand why someone would think that could be a missile. How many people are goping to say "Look! a meteor!" Especially when there wasn't a warning that it was coming. My reaction would be. "What the **** was that?!"