Can’t see a thread on this yet, but take a look at the video. It’s all over the TV news

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/15/meteorite-explodes-over-russian-urals-live-updates

Russian meteors??? Jesus, they’re cunning b@stards!

I was just about to post this

Bugger. Just found a 2hr old thread on this. Sorry. 🙂

They’re talking about 500 injured, mostly from the sonic boom

Wish I had a glazing business out there

Oooh, and i’ve just finished reading this:

spooky!

Wow. That’s almost as amazing as the Russian driving videos.

They do seem to video every car journey in Russia don’t they

If you scroll down on PP’s grauniad link and read some of the guff then the video in car thing is explained.

Thanks allthepies, I need to read things fully more often

FFS. I’d have probably pooped myself if I’d experienced that.

Hmmmmmmmmm…..

Meteor you say??…..

They’re at it again aint they!

Hmmmmm

Isn’t it just a trailer for the big one that’s coming soon/

They do seem to video every car journey in Russia don’t they

Very odd, I never video my car journies….

Can’t see a thread on this yet,

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/look-to-the-skies

(-:

Just imagine if that had gone over That London. You wouldn’t want to be anywhere near the Shard, that’s for sure!

Can’t see a thread on this yet,
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/look-to-the-skies

(-:

I’m Not the only one missing things….

Bugger. Just found a 2hr old thread on this. Sorry.

😛

Incredible the force of the blast – especially considering how high up it was.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kvHl5Qcnzc[/video]

Boom!

Oh you laughed, you LAUGHED! when I told you that you were DOOMED!…

If you scroll down on PP’s grauniad link and read some of the guff then the video in car thing is explained.

Basically if you value your life then dont drive in Russia

Certainly a lot of energy in a 33,000 kph lump of rock.

reported this may happen three days back
Asteriod to skim the Earth this Friday

Grantway, that’s entirely unconnected. That’s not happened yet. 🙂

If that one were to enter the atmosphere we’d have a serious problem on our hands as a species, not just a Big Bang and a rattle….

If that one were to enter the atmosphere we’d have a serious problem on our hands as a species

As I understand it a 45m asteroid would not come anywhere near to causing an extinction scale event. It would cause devastation on a local level especially in the unlikely event of it hitting a city but once you got a few of hundred kilometres from the impact zone life would be largely unaffected.

A fractionally larger asteroid hit in 1908, it caused massive localised damage but life marched on regardless.

If that one were to enter the atmosphere we’d have a serious problem on our hands as a species, not just a Big Bang and a rattle….

Nah its only 50 metres across.

A really bad day if you happen to be within about 50 miles of where it landed but not the end of the world.

EDIT about 40-50 megatons based on some fag packet maths

and if Bruce Willis wasn’t too busy promoting his latest Die Hard film he’d have armageddon it.

A really bad day if you happen to be within about 50 miles of where it landed

*a picolax thread bell rings in my head*

If it hit it would be as bad as the Meteor Crater, Arizona event.

Justr watched The One Show when they said the Big Event meteor would hit and nothing.

Typical, the trailer was better than the main event.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/huge-asteroid-skim-past-earth-18-641mph-031636509.html

Disappointed

The Russian impact was half a megatonne according to NASA estimates. That’s equivalent to a decent-sized an atomic bomb.

NASA [they’re always right, aren’t they?]