A Russian emergencies official says at least 1 meteorite has fallen in Chelyabinsk region

[billys kid]

Praying!

[fso301]

There was a 5.0-6.0 seismic event in Siberia a day or two ago.

[cynwoody]

http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place

[SatinDoll]

You’ve got to check this out - meteroite falls in Russia and more expected on the way.

[cynwoody]

Urals meteroite shot down by Russian air denfense - military source

Yeah, right. How likely is that?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20609795

[Eurotwit]

Be glad your media is not covering this.

They would be blaming global warming.

CNN Anchor Blames Asteroid on Global Warming? Guest, Bill Nye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObU7awpJctQ

[Eurotwit]

More expected?

[cunning_fish]

Off... Rust was intercepted several times. They ‘ve seen a kid in a cockpit and flew away thinking of it as a kind of provocation (KAL007 event was only a few years earlier).

[LibertyRocks]

Updated information at the RT website includes photos, and video of the meteorite impact. Updates indicate at least 3 debris locations/damage locations, and estimates are growing as to the number of injured. As of posting indications are as many as 500 people injured.

Not sure why this doesn't qualify as “News”... It's not a UFO, and it's not like this isn't being reported across the globe at this point...

Here's the original link again with the updated title;
Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, up to 500 injured (Photos, VIDEO)

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/
Admin Mod - perhaps you could add the correct link, and delete the one video link that isn't related or something?

[LibertyRocks]

Adding some more news links as the US wakes up...

Wall Street Journal:
Meteorite Falls in Russian Urals (w/ video)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578305163574597722.html

[cynwoody]

Off... Rust was intercepted several times. They ‘ve seen a kid in a cockpit and flew away thinking of it as a kind of provocation (KAL007 event was only a few years earlier).

Yes. On a timescale of hours, they failed miserably. Rust's successful stunt enabled Gorby to sack the Old Guard in the Soviet military.

Of course, this meteor's timescale was way faster than hours. They never even knew it was coming. It was over after they photograhed it but before they knew what it was. They were gazing skyward bemused when the shockwave arrived, at which time, they were truly amazed.

There was a much bigger example of similar in 1908, 1500 miles to the east, in Tunguska. It had an estimated explosive yield in the tens of megatons. There would have been a lot fewer Youtube uploads if anything like it had hit Chelyabinsk.

[LibertyRocks]

What’s puzzling to me is how many here are thinking this is a hoax. I’m praying for those 500+ injured at this point, and praying nothing decides to break off the “big one” that isn’t here yet. It amazes me how many think this is no big deal. The big rock is passing inside our satellite orbits. What about a debris field? It doesn’t take something huge to cause a serious problem when it comes in at tens of thousands of mph.

[huldah1776]

I read that we won’t be able to see it because of daylight

[GeronL]

lol. Shot down?

It was coming down on its own. lol

[penelopesire]

I am sure the morons in our media will get around to it today...lol. The American Pravda media never misses a chance to promote the prog program!

[Jed Eckert]

LOL, You got that right.

Game over.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[SatinDoll]

You’re welcome.

Weather.com had a photo of a large hole in the ice covering a lake. Reporters said that is where the meteorite ended its trip. How bizarre!

[SunkenCiv]

I’ve just added a pile of similar topics to the catastrophism keyword and the russia keyword and (where possible) topic, because I’m not where I can easily ping. :’) Some whackjob over there claimed that the event was the result of US weapons testing.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ConservativeMan55, and for the pings to the other topics, thanks Ernest, GeronL, gleeaikin, SatinDoll, and moose07. Here's a link from today's APoD:

Videos & Discussion: Russian Meteor Explosion

and here are the rest of the Russian meteor stories (that I've found so far):

• Russian Meteor Seen From CCTV. Blows out Windows and Doors.
• Stay away from meteors, government tells Russians (Video)
• A problem that is bigger than global warming ( How about hits from Global Objects!)
• Videos: Meteor lights up Russian skies; Update: Injuries now up over 900
• Russian parliament member says meteor was actually a U.S. weapons test
• Russian meteor blast injures at least 1,000 people (3000 damaged buildings)-VIDEO-
• Russian meteorites not caused by asteroid flyby, NASA says
• Russian MP Blames Meteor Shower On US Secret Arms Test
• Video of Meteorite Explosion over Russia - Collected Videos
• Urals meteorite allegedly intercepted by Russias air defense (BS Alert)
• 500 Hurt as Meteor Plummets to Earth in Russia
• 500+ Injured, Major Havoc Wreaked as Russians Reportedly Intercept Meteorite with Missiles
• Meteorite crash in Russia: UFO fears spark panic in the Urals (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

and the topic about the asteroid we knew about somewhat in advance, could be from the same debris stream, but maybe not:

• Nasa video shows just how close asteroid will come to hitting Earth