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New Fri 15 Feb 13 11:58   Russian Meteor. - Zero

500 people injured. Some fantastic videos here www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116 What an event probably wont happen again in my lifetime on this scale. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:04   Russian Meteor. - Mapmaker

>>What an event probably wont happen again in my lifetime on this scale. I think events like this are more likely to 'happen' than they used to be - because communication is better. 100 years ago nobody would ever have heard about this. Astonishing though is the number of videos of the meteor that have appeared. Says a lot about modern way of life! Finally, the BBC says: >>Such meteor strikes are rare in Russia but one is thought to have devastated an area of more than 2,000 sq km (1,250m) in Siberia in 1908. The corollary being that they are common otherwise than in Russia?! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:17   Russian Meteor. - Zero

>> Finally, the BBC says: >> >>Such meteor strikes are rare in Russia but one is thought to have devastated an >> area of more than 2,000 sq km (1,250m) in Siberia in 1908. The tin foil hat brigade always try and pass that one off as a UFO crash landing. Russia and less so The USA being two large land masses have records of large meteor strikes. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:17   Russian Meteor. - Bromptonaut

>> Astonishing though is the number of videos of the meteor that have appeared. Says a >> lot about modern way of life! >> Commentary on net points out prevalance of dash cams in Russia. A consequence of shockingly poor driving standards and need for proof of road rage based assaults. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:08   Russian Meteor. - R.P.

Mention on the excellent report on the Today programme of the Russians deployed their missile defence system.... Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:14   Russian Meteor. - Zero

>> Mention on the excellent report on the Today programme of the Russians deployed their missile >> defence system.... After the event, bit late that. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:12   Russian Meteor. - henry k

>>Some fantastic videos here Looks like a bonus from the in car video cameras that were mentioned as being common in Russia. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:24   Russian Meteor. - henry k

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXT_B4kx6YA&feature=youtu.be www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b0cRHsApzt8 Listen to it. Last edited by: henry k on Fri 15 Feb 13 at 12:25 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:25   Russian Meteor. - BiggerBadderDave

One flies close to us tonight about 8pm. It's 20,000 km away, so within the orbit of the moon and some other artificial satellites. It's 46 metres wide, 8 km per second and packed with energy. Lucky for us it won't hit London. Shame it won't hit Scotland. Get your bins out tonight, you might see it. Somewhere around Leo I think. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:43   Russian Meteor. - Runfer D'Hills

>>Shame it won't hit Scotland. Oi ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:46   Russian Meteor. - Zero

if it did it would land in the deep fat frier. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 12:52   Russian Meteor. - BiggerBadderDave

Of course I read about it a couple of weeks ago and slightly got the facts wrong Here's an article with the facts. tinyurl.com/d52a6z5 And I meant Wales (sorry Humph) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 13:08   Russian Meteor. - Runfer D'Hills

Fair play...or Birmingham would be ok... :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 14:11   Russian Meteor. - bathtub tom

They say it's going to miss us, but would they tell us if it was going to hit? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 14:32   Russian Meteor. - madf

It's the alien spacecraft leaving the meteor I worry about. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 15:56   Russian Meteor. - Dog

I'm waiting until it cools down and the top starts unscrewing. ^_^ Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 15:58   Russian Meteor. - Zero

Its ok for you, you are miles away, Its going to land 2 miles away from me on Horsel Common. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 16:07   Russian Meteor. - Dog

You should be so lucky! :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 16:35   Russian Meteor. - Dog

>>Its ok for you I geddit now! scifi.uk.com/2005/09/19/war-of-the-worlds-and-woking-horsell-common/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 17:02   Russian Meteor. - corax

>> >>Its ok for you >> >> I geddit now! scifi.uk.com/2005/09/19/war-of-the-worlds-and-woking-horsell-common/ That is fantastic. Wouldn't it be great if some chav's tried to deface it, and it rose up and obliterated them. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 16:59   Russian Meteor. - corax

>> I'm waiting until it cools down and the top starts unscrewing. >> >> ^_^ Don't worry, the aliens will die from norovirus before they get you. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 17:15   Russian Meteor. - R.P.

Or they'll get slaughtered and included in supermarket burgers. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 16:09   Russian Meteor. - No FM2R

>>It's the alien spacecraft leaving the meteor I worry about. That was no alien, it was Bruce Willis in a modified space shuttle trying to get away from the reviews of Die Hard 5. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 17:31   Russian Meteor. - zookeeper

was it a Meteor .or a bomb gone wrong? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 17:36   Russian Meteor. - R.P.

I wonder.... Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 17:54   Russian Meteor. - Zero

everyone's first thought was NORTH KOREA Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 17:56   Russian Meteor. - R.P.

If had had been it would be so much cat litter by now. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 15 Feb 13 18:06   Russian Meteor. - Zero

Hmm Dunno. The rumour is that the Russian Nuclear deterrent is unusable. Reply to this message | Report message