Yakov Smirnoff ‏@Yakov_Smirnoff

Here in America you have tweeter so people follow you and they know where you are. In Russia we had secret police for that.

Meteors break apart and fall on your head, break the sound barrier causing windows to shatter, a roof of a factory fell...



http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013 ... ussia?lite

A huge meteorite flared through the skies over Russia's Chelyabinsk region early Friday, triggering a powerful shock wave that injured hundreds of people.

"Preliminary indications are that it was a meteorite [shower]," the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted an emergency official as saying. "We have information about a blast at 10,000-meter (32,800-foot) altitude."

The Associated Press quoted a spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry, Vadim Kolesnikov, as saying that the fireball caused an explosion and sonic boom that broke windows in Chelyabinsk, 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) east of Moscow. Reuters cited figures from Russia's Emergencies Ministry saying that 514 people had sought medical help, mainly for light injuries caused by flying glass, and that 112 of those were hospitalized.
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The ministry said helicopter teams surveyed the area, looking for signs of damage and the remains of the meteorite. In a Web update, it reported that the shock wave caused the roof of a zinc factory's warehouse to collapse, but no fatalities were reported.

In Russia and around the world, observers marveled at the fireball and its aftermath. "There have never been any cases of meteorites breaking up at such a low level over Russia before," Yuri Burenko, head of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Emergencies Ministry, told Reuters.

Multiple videos were posted from the scene. Several included the sound of a loud boom, followed by a cacophony of car alarms. One video showed the hurried evacuation of an office building in Chelyabinsk.

"I was standing at a bus stop, seeing off my girlfriend," Andrei, a local resident who did not give his second name, told Reuters. "Then there was a flash and I saw a trail of smoke across the sky and felt a shock wave that smashed windows."

The meteorite raced across the horizon, leaving a long white trail in its wake that could be seen 125 miles (200 kilometers) away in Yekaterinburg. "I was driving to work, it was quite dark, but it suddenly became as bright as if it was day," Viktor Prokofiev, 36, a resident of Yekaterinburg, told Reuters. "I felt like I was blinded by headlights."

News reports indicated that President Vladimir Putin, who was due to host Finance Ministry officials from the Group of 20 nations in Moscow, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev were informed.

Probably evidence that that asteroid that is supposed to miss us at 1:24pm is most likely a planet-killer and the government just felt it pointlessly dangerous to tell the public.

Goodbye, everyone. It's been fun.

Probably evidence that that asteroid that is supposed to miss us at 1:24pm is most likely a planet-killer and the government just felt it pointlessly dangerous to tell the public.

Goodbye, everyone. It's been fun.

Using "that" 3 times in four words is impressive.

I like Dr. Ken's glass haff full perspective.

This thread is a cry for the Yakov Smirnoff mult.

Probably evidence that that asteroid that is supposed to miss us at 1:24pm is most likely a planet-killer and the government just felt it pointlessly dangerous to tell the public.

Goodbye, everyone. It's been fun.

The Last Massive Exploding Meteor Hit Earth in 1908, Leveling 800 Square Miles of Forest

I think the biggest story not being reported in all of this is how many dashcams people have in Russia.

It's Tunguska all over again! But not!

An older couple at the scene claims a baby was found near the remains of the crashed and burned meteor so they took him home. That seems nearly impossible and I call bullshit.

I've never seen Soviet Superman .... comic or not, that's a itty bit unsettling ...

I've never seen Soviet Superman .... comic or not, that's a itty bit unsettling ...