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[erikruud]

I can't believe I am the first to post on this.

news.yahoo.com/meteorite-not-end-world-strikes-russias-siberia-144416162.html

Just amazing. Hopefully there were no serious injuries.

[erikruud]

More information.

news.yahoo.com/russian-meteor-explosion-not-caused-asteroid-flyby-nasa-133437487.html

[erikruud]

Ignore the hype attached to this video. On the other hand it gives some great shots showing how bright the object was.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8QjaAPrxvQ

[Paulie pchris00]

Been too busy watching the coverage of this and webcasting of 2012 DA14 to bother posting.

But...

Has anybody noticed page 37 of the February 2013 issue of Astronomy magazine?

Under "Meteor Watch," the subtitle is "Keep an Eye out for Fireballs." What did they know? When did they know it? How was Obama involved with this, and can we impeach him for it?

[Centaur]

Feb 15, 2013 14:08:59 GMT -6 Paulie pchris00 said:

How was Obama involved with this, and can we impeach him for it?

Well, Paulie, if Italian scientists can be imprisoned for six years for not predicting an earthquake, certainly our president can be impeached for not mentioning this incoming bolide in his state of the union commentary.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

I blame Yakov Smirnoff.

In Russia, space comes to you.

[patrickm]

This compilation of shockwave videos is the scariest of the meteor videos. Like a horror movie, you know what's coming, just not when or exactly how.



Also, hi everybody. Still alive.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

The rock seems to have split in two, creating two paralleled debris trails and yes...the shock wave is scary.

The Americans should have the dashcams installed ien masse like the Russians for events like this.