Asteroid craash in Russia blows out windows and start fires

[railbird]

Screenshot from YouTube user Gregor GrimmThe regional Emergency Ministry said the phenomenon was a meteorite shower, but locals have speculated that it was a military fighter jet crash or a missile explosion.
“According to preliminary data, the flashes seen over the Urals were caused by [a] meteorite shower," the Emergency Ministry told Itar-Tass news agency.
The Emergency Ministry reported that no civil aircraft were damaged by the meteorite shower, and that “all flights proceed according to schedule.” No local power stations were damaged, either.
Residents of the town of Emanzhilinsk, some 50 kilometers from Chelyabinsk, said they witnessed a flying object that suddenly burst into flames, broke apart and fell to earth. A black cloud was reported hanging above the town.
Witnesses in Chelyabinsk said the city’s air smells like gunpowder.

Screenshot from YouTube user Gregor Grimm
Many locals reported that the explosion rattled their houses and smashed windows.

“This explosion, my ears popped, windows were smashed… phone doesn’t work,” Evgeniya Gabun wrote on Twitter.
“My window smashed, I am all shaking! Everybody says, that a plane crashed,” Twitter user Katya Grechannikova reported.
Many speculated on what caused the powerful explosion – some claimed it was a crashed plane, while others said it could have been a UFO.
“My windows were not smashed, but I first thought that my house is being dismantled, then I thought it was a UFO, and my eventual thought was an earthquake,” Bukreeva Olga wrote on Twitter.
It is believed that the incident may be connected to asteroid 2012 DA14, which measures 45 to 95 meters in diameter and will be passing by Earth tonight at around 19:25 GMT at the record close range of 27,000 kilometers.


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[Mizuno]

hell with Russia...commies.

[Brock Landers]

sounds similar to this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

[nedrow9]

Meteorite crash in Russia: UFO fears spark panic in the Urals (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

[nedrow9]

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-u...elyabinsk-283/

[cheapseats]

just showing this shit on the local new, interesting to be sure

[Timely Hero]

http://gawker.com/5984470/apparent-m...?post=57438264

For sure a meteorite. This has to be pieces from the very large asteroid that is supposed to just miss earth tomorrow. It doesn't seem good that the small pieces are this big - I would guess they won't be the only ones to hit. Hopefully none any bigger. Supposedly Russian air defense shot it and broke it down when it was 20 km up still.

Oddly enough, as was already posted in this thread, Russia has received the largest asteroid impact in recent history at Tunguska. That one burst into air though and didn't make direct impact. Much more powerful than nuke and this one was said to be as big.

[cheapseats]

Not sure any air force on earth can defend an asteriod, speed is still beyond our ability.

[nedrow9]

whats fuked up is they only knew about Fridays rock for about a year

[railbird]

I have a feeling we are going to get smashed 2mrw

[Timely Hero]

What's fucked up is the Moon didn't take any of this for us - coward. That's his job.

[Timely Hero]

I have a feeling we are going to get smashed 2mrw

By the big rock? Zero % chance. There's no way every brilliant person at NASA got the calculation wrong and every source has said there's no chance at all that it hits.

[KingRevolver]

NASA? If Railbird (and possibly Moi) say it's going to hit- it's going to hit.

[Deal With It]

I have a feeling we are going to get smashed 2mrw

You must be planning on releasing a "lock of the year" card.

[Viejo Dinosaur]

Rail thinks it was part of an air show....

[steak tartar]

NASA? If Railbird (and possibly Moi) say it's going to hit- it's going to hit.

true dat

[trytrytry]

RAIL why rush to predict end of the world early? Just wait like normal until after the end and predict it then..might get more signups that way?

[2W2P2S]

RAIL why rush to predict end of the world early? Just wait like normal until after the end and predict it then..might get more signups that way?

LOL......I'm hoping the next meteorite hits one of his NAMBLA meetings.

[Mr.Gin]

Rail thinks it was part of an air show....

[Mr. Smith]

wantitallformoi must be in his bunker

[hels]

I parlayed the big asteroid to hit with superbowl power outage

I'm feeling pretty good right now

[blackbeasst]

25 minutes till dooms day folks.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[trytrytry]

I parlayed the big asteroid to hit with superbowl power outage

I'm feeling pretty good right now

LOL..

[railbird]

lots of amature comedians here, means they are nervous.

[Solador78]

Bro, did you see that?

[avonbarksdale]

i think the occasional asteroid is good for humanity, kill a few and clean up the herd theres way too many of us here anyways

[pvcpipe]

By the big rock? Zero % chance. There's no way every brilliant person at NASA got the calculation wrong and every source has said there's no chance at all that it hits.

Agreed. But the question is...if they knew....would they tell us? I say no.

[Solador78]

Agreed. But the question is...if they knew....would they tell us? I say no.

The govt gave people three weeks in this movie.

[groovinmahoovin]

The asteroid was actually on pace to hit the Earth but Wantitallformoi deflected it.

[ArchieBunker]

RAIL why rush to predict end of the world early? Just wait like normal until after the end and predict it then..might get more signups that way?

Post of the week!

[ArchieBunker]

The asteroid was actually on pace to hit the Earth but Wantitallformoi deflected it.

With his ego....

[hels]

Reports coming in from Cuba that an asteroid hit today too.

[Bagiant]

At least there wasn't a sunamai

[nedrow9]

its like throwing a snowball little bits fall off but follow the same path, ittle pices broke off this 10 years ago and that's what was over russia

[silvereye]

Bro, did you see that?

awesome