Meteorite Crashes in Russia

reply to post by bluemooone2


I have been watching this vid over and over again, I'm simply awestruck by it. The sound of that sucker is phenomenal. We are but a speck of no consequence compared to the power of the Universe's specks

I can't wait to see more pictures of the area. I can gather from the current photos that the shockwave busted out a ton of windows & mangled frames, but that impact crater must be impressive.

reply to post by CranialSponge

Maybe this asteroid has knocked around some rock debris, or perhaps it's being proceeded by a meteor/debris shower ?

That has me thinking to. Did the asteroid hit another rock, and that collision sent some of those fragments our way?

Or, is it possible that maybe the asteroid DA14 is surrouned/ has a cluster of other rocks around it and the one in Russia was one of those in the cluster?

ETA - RT link is saying now there are around 500 injuries, mostly minor.

rt.com...

Up to 500 people sought medical attention as a result of the incident, according to the Russian Interior Ministry. No serious injuries have been reported, with most of the injuries caused by broken glass and minor concussions.

Other links have said there's a few serious injuries, but the news is still breaking so im guessing itll be awhile longer until the reports are clearer.

Some more info on the Zinc factory. A piece hit the wall and that caused the roof to collapse.

At least one piece of the fallen object caused damage on the ground in Chelyabinsk. According to preliminary reports, it crashed into a wall near a zinc factory, disrupting the city's Internet and mobile service.

Also 3 aircraft have been deployed to search for other fragments.

The Emergency Ministry reported that 20,000 rescue workers are operating in the region. Three aircraft were deployed to survey the area and locate other possible impact locations.

some screen grabs from a few of the videos;

reply to post by Brainiac


Reports of a Meteor that has hit a lake... Russia

Is it supposed to be nicely split like that?

And what was that crazy flash of yellow light?

ok if you say so Tanitka lives there and this is coming live of of thier news feed so Hey I hve been a member for years and rarely reply been years hd to get my password sent to me .So if she says this is what just happened I believe her. period and if it is not 10 miles wide looks pretty freakin wide to me based on the size of the human I live on a farm and I would say that is 10 mies wide personally but thats me If I wass lining u a target with my 300 win magJust saying looks wide to me that is not a mile or so.anyways just have been a I said in the loop she skyped me just after it happened freaking out so and when she sent me this link had to post it


Cheers

Another video....this one too the vapor trails for a long while, and then the explosion.
I am sure feeling for all of these Russians, I hope no one was seriously hurt.

Those in Chelyabinsk who had their windows smashed are scrambling to cover the openings with anything available – the temperature in the city is currently -6°C. rt.com...

Blessings to your Russian comrades.

I must say that this is kind of a reassuring experience, to see all of these
brave people recording this with cell phones, and video cams, its
almost comforting to know that if something major comes down the
pike, its going to be caught on video. Its all very cohesive.


www.youtube.com...

Originally posted by Brainiac
reply to post by Brainiac

 

Reports of a Meteor that has hit a lake...

In my most guttural death metal voice:

SOOOOUUUURRRRCCCCCEEEEEE

reply to post by whiteroot


No joke bud, unless she's talking about a different crater than's on that vid.

And thanks for posting

Originally posted by whiteroot
ok if you say so Tanitka lives there and this is coming live of of thier news feed so Hey I hve been a member for years and rarely reply been years hd to get my password sent to me .So if she says this is what just happened I believe her. period and if it is not 10 miles wide looks pretty freakin wide to me based on the size of the human I live on a farm and I would say that is 10 mies wide personally but thats me If I wass lining u a target with my 300 win magJust saying looks wide to me that is not a mile or so.anyways just have been a I said in the loop she skyped me just after it happened freaking out so and when she sent me this link had to post it


Cheers

Just because you have been a member for years doesn't mean anything, and neither does your word. If you want to keep making claims make your data available and cite the source, easy as that.

In case people (like me) are having problems with the RT website timing out or 500 internal server errors, here are some images on their web of the damage:






From the sonic boom?! I can imagine a few ear drums being blown.. ouch.

SSSOOOUUUURRRCCCCEEE >>> Meteorite fell into Chebarkul lake

Excuse me.

While that meteor looked crazy on all the videos, I think people overestimate the impact (pun intended!) the meteor really had.

A fighter jet flying over a town can ALSO bring on a massive soonic boom, causing many windows etc. to burst and maybe even some old structures to fall.

IF there is a crater (?) it would be exciting, maybe we can even recover parts of the meteorITE in question, but we cannot conclude from the sonic booms to the size of the meteor - for what it's worth it could've been much smaller than what people assume and possibly even that no piece made it to Earth (since the meteor split up in 10km height). Short: Sonic boom, windows broken, people insured from broken glass - but it's NOT a doomsday event by a long shot and for sure no reason to "stay awake" 10 hours later in the US looking forward to the apocalypse Seriously people.... calm down.

8:56 GMT: The Chelyabinsk regional governor reported that an emergency team discovered that a meteorite fell into a lake near the town of Chebarkul.

RT Live Updates

reply to post by Aqualung2012


Haha, this just broke.

Originally posted by yubiaden
SSSOOOUUUURRRCCCCEEE >>> Meteorite fell into Chebarkul lake

Excuse me.

Well, good job they shot it down and then it also crashed into a lake.

Media fail lol.

reply to post by Aqualung2012


WTF, now reports of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Russia 20 mins ago>??? ABC news

reply to post by whiteroot


Man your girlfriends trollin you hard. Can you see for ten miles? Its old news about hells gate... I suggest you lok that up and show her what you find...

reply to post by Brainiac


Why are Russia scrambling jets to the Lake? WTF this is interesting.

7 jets.


ABC reported 20 mins ago a 6.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Russia.