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Videos of Russian Meteor Hit. (Original Post) Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 OP
Here's A Great Video Compliation... newszeek Feb 2013 #1
OMG! This is terrific! Thanks so much for posting! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #8
The only thing is there were two different meteors... Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #9
Idiots in that 1st vid. Have I mentioned how much I hate sensationalizing already sensational news? uppityperson Feb 2013 #2
Whole lotta people in Siberia with dash cams Warpy Feb 2013 #3
Makes you wonder if there could have been a precursor at the Tunguska blast. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #10
You mean a near miss? Who knows? Warpy Feb 2013 #11
A blast precursor. Where the shockwave reflects off of the ground causing more damage. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #12
It's a METEOR....NOT a landed Meteorite Submariner Feb 2013 #4
It DID land Liberalagogo Feb 2013 #5
It landed in a lake.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #13
It left a 6 meter diameter hole in ice Warpy Feb 2013 #14
Now how come Liberalagogo Feb 2013 #6
Bigfoot is easily explained... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #7

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
2. Idiots in that 1st vid. Have I mentioned how much I hate sensationalizing already sensational news?
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:19 PM
Feb 2013

How scary for people to experience. And with the cell phone system being immediately overloaded, not being able to figure out wtf was going on.

Warpy

(111,121 posts)
3. Whole lotta people in Siberia with dash cams
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:32 PM
Feb 2013

The damage is really impressive, window frames bent with glass shattered.

They're just lucky it blew apart as far up as it did.

Warpy

(111,121 posts)
11. You mean a near miss? Who knows?
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 03:51 AM
Feb 2013

That one just blew apart a lot closer to the earth. Chelyabinsk was damned lucky, although I'm sure they don't feel that way right now.

Submariner

(12,497 posts)
4. It's a METEOR....NOT a landed Meteorite
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:57 PM
Feb 2013

it's a meteor while streaking across the sky. It's not a meteorite until it lands, if any of it lands, on the ground.

It drives me nuts when so-called news organizations can't get the language right. Amatuers...

 

Liberalagogo

(1,770 posts)
5. It DID land
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:34 PM
Feb 2013

in several different spots.

Not defending the media, FYI, though.

They're the same people that aired this:


and this:

 

Liberalagogo

(1,770 posts)
6. Now how come
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 07:39 PM
Feb 2013

in this day and age, we can get clear pictures and videos of meteors, car crashes, plane crashes, earthquakes, volcanoes, murders, all sorts of accidents, rare animals, etc, as they happen or appear, yet when it comes to Bigfoot, the Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster, UFOs, ghosts, vampires, etc....we get blobs and blurs?

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