Meteorite Strikes Russia's Siberia

[Dawn Marie]

Meteorite Strikes Russia's Siberia

A bus-sized meteor exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains, sparking speculation about everything from a missile attack to the end of the world. The shock waves smashed windows and damaged buildings.

A meteor the size of a bus exploded in the atmosphere over the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk Friday, terrifying thousands with blinding light flashes and powerful sonic booms that shattered windows, damaged buildings, and injuries may be heading toward 1,000, mainly due to flying glass and debris.

Thanks to the proliferation of new technologies like CCTV and dashboard cameras in cars, the dazzling meteor shower that hit the far-western Siberian region may be the first event of its kind in history to be filmed from almost every angle.

Dozens of videos have cropped up on YouTube and other social media, and they offer an astounding glimpse of what happens when a huge hunk of rock, estimated at about 10 tons, plows into the atmosphere at a speed of 30,000 miles per hour. It disintegrated in a series of bright flashes while still several miles above the Earth's surface.

According to eyewitnesses quoted by the Ekho Moskvi radio station, the event began around 9 a.m. local time, when it was not yet full daylight. The station said that thousands of people rushed into the frigid streets, looking up at the fiery contrails in the sky, with many wondering if it was an air disaster, a missile attack, or the end of the world.

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[Birgitta]

What a week, lightening at the Vatican, Meteors hitting Russia, N Korea nuke tests. What next?

[Cathleen]

I agree.  This has been a very disconcerting week all around.  :-p

[Dawn Marie]

Bright streak of light reported over Calif.

[Alley]

California?? I cannot find anything on that. But I agree very disconcerting

[Dawn Marie]

Just click the link.  The title is a hyperlink.

The video is in the link. It didn't look like much but it was enough to scare people. I'm afraid the world has lost the fear of God especially San Francisco!

Maybe these events will give them at least pause to think.