Meteorite strikes Russia, injures over 1000.

[ploomf]

Scary stuff, they were lucky no one was killed.

About 1,100 injured as meteorite hits Russia with force of atomic bomb | Fox News

[EarlJibbs]

Amazing. They have good footage on this on youtube.

[Vort]

Amazing.

[Dravin]

For those curious about what how an impact of various conditions might play out I recommend playing around with this: Impact: Earth!

[Guest]

On a side note, my friend I mentioned here earlier, who has been in Russia for the last month fighting the government to bring her legally adopted special-needs son home, finally came home with him yesterday. Her strength and determination is remarkable (and from such a small, usually quiet person!). I'm sad that people got hurt, but some amusing remarks about her have been made today, like that the sky there is falling now that she's not there to hold it up, and she is an action hero who defeated Russia, dove out of the country with her son right before the meteor hit . . .

[LittleWyvern]

Here's a link to a website with a great collection of Youtube videos of the meteor strike. It's amazing this event was so well documented, and that there are so far no casualties: the very high injury count is mostly due to shattered windows.

[Just_A_Guy]

On a side note, my friend I mentioned here earlier, who has been in Russia for the last month fighting the government to bring her legally adopted special-needs son home, finally came home with him yesterday. Her strength and determination is remarkable (and from such a small, usually quiet person!). I'm sad that people got hurt, but some amusing remarks about her have been made today, like that the sky there is falling now that she's not there to hold it up, and she is an action hero who defeated Russia, dove out of the country with her son right before the meteor hit . . .

This one, Eowyn?

[Wingnut]

On a side note, my friend I mentioned here earlier, who has been in Russia for the last month fighting the government to bring her legally adopted special-needs son home, finally came home with him yesterday. Her strength and determination is remarkable (and from such a small, usually quiet person!). I'm sad that people got hurt, but some amusing remarks about her have been made today, like that the sky there is falling now that she's not there to hold it up, and she is an action hero who defeated Russia, dove out of the country with her son right before the meteor hit . . .

I'm so glad they got to bring him home!!

[Guest]

This one, Eowyn?

Jeana was with her every step of the way and they became great friends. We are in Idaho. Here's the story about our friends:

Nampa family finally reunited | Local & Regional | Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Idaho News, Weather, Sports and Breaking News - KBOI 2

[NeuroTypical]

I would like to point out the very suspicious absence of any media accounts of space zombies rising from the crater.

[Vort]

I would like to point out the very suspicious absence of any media accounts of space zombies rising from the crater.

As a matter of professional modesty, the press rarely reports on itself.

[Backroads]

I would like to point out the very suspicious absence of any media accounts of space zombies rising from the crater.

Where's mirkwood?

[Dravin]

As a matter of professional modesty, the press rarely reports on itself.

There is also the issue that space zombies are invisible, that's why you can't see them in the Mars rovers images.

[Dravin]

Where's mirkwood?

To summon Mirkwood:

Stand in a dark room in front of a mirror and chant: "Glock! Glock! Glock!"

[Guest ghostwind]

Amazing.

Amazing? Maybe... but "Russia Strikes Meteor" would probably be more amazing.

( Originally Posted by Loudmouth_Mormon View Post)

I would like to point out the very suspicious absence of any media accounts of space zombies rising from the crater.

Why should the space zombies rise from the crater...? See it like this: it's Sibiria, not the Bermuda Islands, and perhaps the crater appears to them as the more comfortable place.

Edited February 19, 2013 by ghostwind

[Just_A_Guy]

I would like to point out the very suspicious absence of any media accounts of space zombies rising from the crater.

They're too obsessed with trying to figure out what Global Warming™ has to do with all of this.

[NeuroTypical]

Oh for the love of pete.

I'm forced to continue to love Bill Nye for his charitable answer.

[LittleWyvern]

They're too obsessed with trying to figure out what Global Warming™ has to do with all of this.

Yeah, those dirty stupid libe-- wait, that's Bill Nye the Science Guy!

[bytebear]

My small contribution to the topic.

meteor vs. meteorite vs. meteoroid – The Correct Way to Use Each – English Learning

[Guest ghostwind]

My small contribution to the topic.

meteor vs. meteorite vs. meteoroid – The Correct Way to Use Each – English Learning

So let me correct my last post: "Russia strikes Meteoroid" seems to be more exact, then. But it wouldn't only be the more amazing story but in my opinion even the greatest thing mankind one day should be able to do in avoiding the destruction of its civilisation. What I mean is the distraction of a meteoroid from its course to Earth. And the question is not if it happens but when it happens that such an object is taking course in direction to Earth.

There are many ideas how a meteoroid can be distracted from its course, if it's discovered early enough, but still there are no attempts to advance any concepts to distracting such an object from its way to our planet. One idea is to hit or strike the meteoroid by one or several nuclear headed rockets. Only a small deviation from its course, if the strike comes early enough and the distance is great enough, would get a meteoroid flying past at the Earth and avoid the impact.

As far as I know we have one decisive advantage compared to the dinosaurs: we are better in maths and science than they ever were (and the stagnating lazy dogs were having more than 200 million years of time to learn a bit more), and this might give us a chance those poor devils never had.

Edited February 17, 2013 by ghostwind

[LittleWyvern]

I've also found this picture showing that the asteroid and meteor were completely unrelated to each other:

[NeuroTypical]

So the meteor and the asteroid were going to meet in our solar system and do some sort of nefarious zombie-for-space-drugs swapping deal, and Russia got in the way?

Yeah, sure that won't tick anyone off...

[Just_A_Guy]

Yeah, those dirty stupid libe-- wait, that's Bill Nye the Science Guy!

Nye shot it down. The one bloviating about the possibility was one of yours.

[Guest ghostwind]

I've also found this picture showing that the asteroid and meteor were completely unrelated to each other:

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The latest strike of a meteorite (2 mtrs. length approx.) was nothing in comparison to the impact of the Tunguska meteorite in 1908 in Sibiria / former Sowjetunion. (Tunguska Sibirien / 1908 1150-fache Sprengkraft der Hiroshima-Bombe) with the power of 1150 Hiroshima atom bombs. It's assumed that it was exploding in the athmosphere.

An impact of the DA 14 Asteroid would have caused a devastating catastrophy if it hit a city or densely populated area.

Tunguska event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

By the way: The Yucatan meteorite was about 10 (!) kilometers in diameter and its impact velocity was about 20 times faster than a rifle bullet. Its impact energy corresponded to about 1 billion atom bombs.

Edited February 18, 2013 by ghostwind
link for Tunguska catastrophy

[Guest ghostwind]

My small contribution to the topic.

meteor vs. meteorite vs. meteoroid – The Correct Way to Use Each – English Learning

Meteoroid, Meteor, Meteorit, Bolid, Asteroid: Geschosse aus dem All - SPIEGEL ONLINE

A meteorite is a fragment or the rest of a meteor (metéōros, Greek) that impacts on the surface of the Earth. An asteroid (from Greek ἀστήρ, astēr „star“ and the ending -eides „similar“), is bigger than a meteoroid but smaller than a dwarf planet, and both move in the solar system.

Edited February 17, 2013 by ghostwind