wtf surely meteorologists or whatever they are called could have predicted this.... was there no warning,,,,?
The main event is tonight about 19:30 uk time. Btw I thought this was a 'The sky is falling' said Eeyore reference from Whinne the Pooh for a sec?
We're doomed I tell ye, doomed. It's the start of an intergalactic invasion, I've read War of The Worlds. There'll be huge machines with death rays all over the Russian countryside in no time. I for one, welcome our new intergalactic overlords & will be only to pleased to help them
From sky news, in case your not near media. Last Updated 11:38 15/02/2013 Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent More than 500 people have been injured after a meteor strike in central Russia, the country’s interior ministry said. Fragments of at least one meteorite - the weight of a double-decker bus - were seen falling from the morning sky in the Chelyabinsk region at around 9am local time, around 1,500km east of Moscow. Witnesses described feeling a pressure wave and hearing explosions overhead as the object hurtled to earth. Windows shattered and there were localised power cuts, sparking panic among residents. The Russian Academy of Sciences estimates the meteor weighed about 10 tonnes and entered the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of at least 33,000mph - 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet - and shattered up to 32 miles above ground. The emergencies ministry said that 20,000 rescue workers had been dispatched to help the injured and locate those needing help. The defence ministry said it had identified a six metre crater near a lake in this region and has sent soldiers to the site of the impact. Police urged people to remain calm and asked those who had been injured to call a special hotline. Russia’s Ministry of Interior said more than 500 people had reported injuries, with most requiring treatment for minor cuts and bruises caused by broken glass and damage to buildings. No serious injuries have been reported. The local office of the National Emergencies Ministry said in a statement: "A meteorite disintegrated above the Urals (mountain range in central Russia), partially burning up in the lower atmosphere. "Fragments of the meteorite reached Earth, falling in sparsely populated areas in the Chelyabinsk region." Many drivers in Russia have video recorders fitted in their cars in case of accidents or disputes with traffic police. Footage from these uploaded to YouTube show the fireball crashing to the ground. There were reports of traffic in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk grinding to a halt and people seeking shelter in buildings as the fireballs lit up the sky. The emergencies ministry confirmed the mobile phone network was temporarily cut. Schools have been closed for the day across the region after the impact blew out windows. The Chelyabinsk region is Russia's industrial heartland, home to many factories and other huge facilities that include a nuclear power plant and the Mayak atomic waste storage and treatment centre. A spokesman for Rosatom, the Russian nuclear energy state corporation, said that its operations remained unaffected. "All Rosatom enterprises located in the Urals region - including the Mayak complex - are working as normal," said a Rosatom spokesman.
Ironically a couple of hours earlier they posted this: Last Updated 08:13 15/02/2013 A 150ft-long asteroid will skim past the Earth today - closer than any other near-miss on record. The huge chunk of rock - so big it is capable of wiping out London - will travel closer to the planet than many satellites. But while it should be visible as a tiny dot of light crossing the sky to those using binoculars, scientists say there is no chance it will hit Earth. There is a remote possibility that it could collide with one of more than 100 telecommunication and weather satellites in fixed orbits. Asteroids Close Shave with Earth Experts have been closely tracking the asteroid, 2012 DA14, since its discovery a year ago. They say it will reach its nearest point to Earth at around 7.30pm UK time on Friday. It will stay at least 17,200 miles (27,681km) away - easily far enough to be safe - but very close in astronomical terms. Astronomer and asteroid expert Dr Dan Brown, from Nottingham Trent University, said: "It will be too faint for the naked eye but with binoculars it should be visible if you know where to look. It will be low to the northeastern horizon and moving quite quickly. Major Asteroid Strikes "You'll be able to see it pass from the constellation Leo to roughly the Plough, more or less from anywhere in the UK, and it will be bright for about an hour." DA14 belongs to a dangerous family of near-Earth objects (NEOs) that are small enough to be missed but large enough to cause serious damage. It was detected in February last year by La Sagra Observatory in southern Spain as it fell under the spotlight of the Sun's rays. Travelling at between 12,427mph (20,000kph) and 18,641mph (30,000kph) - around five miles a second, or eight times the speed of a rifle bullet - the asteroid will fly inside the orbits of high geostationary satellites.
Supposed to see something tonight everywhere except Cornwall way I think? According to the wireless this morning? Btw Sky news???? Ffs you dont watch that rubbish do you? They cause a panic if someones wing mirror drops off on the M56! ;-)
The one in Russia this morning was just a smaller version of what happened in Tunguska in 1908 that levelled over 800 square miles of forest The asteroid that passes by tonight is within the orbit of some satellites so if your sky TV goes out you know why.
the vapour trail looks a bit suspect, its in the shape of a twin vortex spiral...a bit like the Aurora Stealth planes
