Meteor injures hundreds in Russia

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edited July 2013 in A Moving Train
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/worl ... e/1921991/

not supposed to be related to the DS119 asteroid
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    SAW THE NEWS...CRAZY!
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    DS119? I think that's just a bit off ;)

    Amazing that more people weren't injured, given that the motherfucker was TEN TONS.
  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    Totally crazy story. Also somewhat frigthening that we didn't even see it coming. Like, at all. No one knew a thing about this hunk of rock until it started punching through the atmosphere. But, meh, that's OK -- let's just cut the budgets for NASA and other science-related projects anyway ... :?

    And to be fair, most of the injuries occured from shards of flying glass that broke due to a sonic boom created by the meteor. I don't think human in history has actually been struck by a meteor ...
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    We are truly more vulnerable than we could ever imagine.

    Sure places things in perspective doesn't it?
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    We are truly more vulnerable than we could ever imagine.

    Sure places things in perspective doesn't it?
    Happens every day, in many ways...the perspective thing, that is. This too, for sure.

    Was hanging with our kitties by the balcony this morning. Warm sunshine, giving them nuzzles and belly rubs...this story came on the news and made me wonder what it'd be like to have such sweet calm shattered.

    Just. Like. THAT.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Well this is just to weird. Last night I had a dream in which my wife and I were looking out the window watching a huge meteor falling to the earth. True!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    brianlux wrote:
    Well this is just to weird. Last night I had a dream in which my wife and I were looking out the window watching a huge meteor falling to the earth. True!
    wow!!i guess you fell weird-strange today???i would for sure!!
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    Well this is just to weird. Last night I had a dream in which my wife and I were looking out the window watching a huge meteor falling to the earth. True!
    wow!!i guess you fell weird-strange today???i would for sure!!

    Yes, indeed, Dimi! Very strange!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    brianlux wrote:
    Well this is just to weird. Last night I had a dream in which my wife and I were looking out the window watching a huge meteor falling to the earth. True!

    You have these dreams too, huh? Aren't they surreal?

    I've seen programs that of course we're vulnerable to space garbage hitting our planet and doing damage, and the possibility of it doing major damage. The thing is that although it's possible, it isn't likely. This is the first meteor doing major damage in how long?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Jeanwah wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    Well this is just to weird. Last night I had a dream in which my wife and I were looking out the window watching a huge meteor falling to the earth. True!

    You have these dreams too, huh? Aren't they surreal?

    I've seen programs that of course we're vulnerable to space garbage hitting our planet and doing damage, and the possibility of it doing major damage. The thing is that although it's possible, it isn't likely. This is the first meteor doing major damage in how long?

    Yeah, that kind of dream is a bit disorienting for me.

    I heard most space junk burns up while falling through the atmosphere but I imagine a big enough chunk could hit earth. I wonder, is any of that stuff radioactive?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    Jeanwah wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    Well this is just to weird. Last night I had a dream in which my wife and I were looking out the window watching a huge meteor falling to the earth. True!

    You have these dreams too, huh? Aren't they surreal?

    I've seen programs that of course we're vulnerable to space garbage hitting our planet and doing damage, and the possibility of it doing major damage. The thing is that although it's possible, it isn't likely. This is the first meteor doing major damage in how long?

    I wouldn't even call this "major damage." It blew out windows and hurt people, sure, but it didn't cause huge damage because most of the meteor burned up. The last time a rock caused huge damage was 100 years ago in Siberiea ... hundreds of miles were scorched when the rock exploded above the ground. Thank God no one really lived up there at the time.
    brianlux wrote:
    Yeah, that kind of dream is a bit disorienting for me.

    I heard most space junk burns up while falling through the atmosphere but I imagine a big enough chunk could hit earth. I wonder, is any of that stuff radioactive?

    It's not the size of the meteor or asteroid but what it's composed of that determines whether it could smash into the ground. Most meteors are ice and chunks of rock, however, and nearly all burn up before impact. If anything does get through, it's probably not radioactive. At least no more radioactive than you or I or another random hunk of rock lying on the ground.

    Fun fact: if you were to pick up a meteor right after it landed, it wouldn't feel hot to the touch but cool. It burns up due to the friction of hitting the atmopshere, but then cools substantially in the free fall afterward.
    "Where's KW?"
    "Let's check Idaho."
  • dancepartner
    dancepartner Posts: 324
    Interesting factoids KY18.

    I too wonder, with all of our amazing intelligence, why was this impending event not picked up on earlier?

    Brain; your dream. It's funny you should say that. A few nights ago I had a dream, (weird of course)
    an old friend & I were trying to figure out what to do with this baby....
    Happened to run into this old friend the very next day. Told her of this dream, that the baby had something to do with her. Her eyes lit up & out stumbled: "2 days ago I started my period."
    Well, considering she's 59 & hasn't had one for 9 years, I could see why she was mystified.
    For me, I hardly ever see this woman. Why then, all these odd connections?
    So! Your meteor dream is the same. Why the connection? Do you often dream of meteors?

    Just some food for thought for this TGIF day!
  • stickfig13
    stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Prequel to the big one?

    All I know is I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep. Cause I'd miss it babe, And I don't want to miss a thing
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  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    dancepartner wrote:
    Interesting factoids KY18.

    I too wonder, with all of our amazing intelligence, why was this impending event not picked up on earlier?

    Long story short? Space is very big. :D

    Well, that and a lot of these rocks are really small by comparison. Making matters worse, the material they're made up of can determine how easy they are to spot. Plus, they're constantly in motion! It's literally like trying to spot a mosquito flying around 100 yards away in the middle of the night. And then you have to try to figure out if it's going to come toward you and sting you! Very complicated. :P

    Glad I could help spread the science! :geek:
    "Where's KW?"
    "Let's check Idaho."
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    The videos are spectacular.
    ...
    The thing I thought about... if this were 500 years ago, it would have been seen as a 'Sign From God' from most of the people of the planet.
    Today, we know what it is... a big ass rock moving within the confines of the laws of physics in our universe.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    The footage is crazy!! A bigger one or a big asteroid hitting the earth is a prospect that scares the shit out of me, however remote the possibility! If I'd seen that thing streaking across the sky like that in person, I might have died of a heart attack. :oops:
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  • whgarrett
    whgarrett Posts: 574
    I had a dream two nights ago where the sky opened up like a black hole and an enormous spaceship came through. Projectiles immediately came shooting from it. They looked like thousands of meteors entering the atmosphere. Balls of fire. It was sooooo fucking awesome. I wanted so badly to stay and experience it, but I succumbed to my fears and ran. I thought I needed to survive. I wish I had the strength to see it all through.
  • aerial
    aerial Posts: 2,319
    kw18 wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    Well this is just to weird. Last night I had a dream in which my wife and I were looking out the window watching a huge meteor falling to the earth. True!

    You have these dreams too, huh? Aren't they surreal?

    I've seen programs that of course we're vulnerable to space garbage hitting our planet and doing damage, and the possibility of it doing major damage. The thing is that although it's possible, it isn't likely. This is the first meteor doing major damage in how long?

    I wouldn't even call this "major damage." It blew out windows and hurt people, sure, but it didn't cause huge damage because most of the meteor burned up. The last time a rock caused huge damage was 100 years ago in Siberiea ... hundreds of miles were scorched when the rock exploded above the ground. Thank God no one really lived up there at the time.
    brianlux wrote:
    Yeah, that kind of dream is a bit disorienting for me.

    I heard most space junk burns up while falling through the atmosphere but I imagine a big enough chunk could hit earth. I wonder, is any of that stuff radioactive?

    It's not the size of the meteor or asteroid but what it's composed of that determines whether it could smash into the ground. Most meteors are ice and chunks of rock, however, and nearly all burn up before impact. If anything does get through, it's probably not radioactive. At least no more radioactive than you or I or another random hunk of rock lying on the ground.

    Fun fact: if you were to pick up a meteor right after it landed, it wouldn't feel hot to the touch but cool. It burns up due to the friction of hitting the atmopshere, but then cools substantially in the free fall afterward.

    Very interesting......Thanks
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    I once had a dream that I was with my sister and we watched the sun get bigger and bigger as it moved closer to the earth. Things then started burning up from the extreme heat. Then my dream ended.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    I once had a dream that my dad and I were sitting there watching a second hand tick down to 3pm, when the world was going to end, and meteors were crashing down out of the sky all around us... a millisecond before the second hand hit 3pm I woke up. :shock:

    Sounds like we are psychic. Definitely. :P
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