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|Rhiannon12866
(204,628 posts)And welcome to DU!
Rhiannon12866
(204,628 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)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)The damage is really impressive, window frames bent with glass shattered.
They're just lucky it blew apart as far up as it did.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Warpy
(111,121 posts)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.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Submariner
(12,497 posts)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)in several different spots.
Not defending the media, FYI, though.
They're the same people that aired this:
and this:
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Warpy
(111,121 posts)on a nearby lake. I'd say at least some of it landed.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)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?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)People would rather mess with him than take his picture.