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Videos: Meteor lights up Russian skies; Update: Injuries now up over 900
Hot Air ^
| 8:01 am on February 15, 2013
| Ed Morrissey
Posted on 02/15/2013 1:43:03 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Pretty spectacular and a little frightening, one might imagine, if one of these streaked across your field of vision. Russia Todays English-language service reports on the phenomenon observed over the last several hours, which also shattered windows in the Urals region as the meteor exploded in the atmosphere (via The Corner):
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Weather
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; chebarkul; chelyabinsk; meteor; russia
To: TigersEye; Marine_Uncle; justa-hairyape; onyx; NormsRevenge; SierraWasp; Grampa Dave; SunkenCiv; ...
Multiple viedeos;
Multiple major booms.....WOW!
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posted on
02/15/2013 1:50:16 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Lots of broken windows and bandages going around.
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posted on
02/15/2013 2:09:14 PM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(I'm going John Galt slowly.... But. Honor must be earned.)
To: Marine_Uncle
Was just looking at this one,....no sound but lots of light when he ---likely---brok up.:
Click here
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posted on
02/15/2013 2:19:49 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
“New evidence provided by the former Soviets indicate it was a meteor shower that killed 10s of millions in the Communist error, NOT the policies and orders of Stalin and his ilk!”
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wonder why Russia seems to be in a meteor path?
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posted on
02/15/2013 3:27:58 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Sort of one hot hunker coming in low.
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posted on
02/15/2013 3:52:28 PM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(I'm going John Galt slowly.... But. Honor must be earned.)
To: WVNan
Wonder why Russia seems to be in a meteor path?The country is 8 time zones across, it's a big target.
Plus, meteors are only attracted to macho countries.
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
02/15/2013 4:13:12 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
02/15/2013 4:33:21 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Imagine living in a city where most of the windows are blown out, and it’s the middle of winter. In Russia, getting your window fixed soon would require a bribe.
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posted on
02/15/2013 5:36:01 PM PST
by
aimhigh
( Guns do not kill people. Abortion kills people.)
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posted on
02/15/2013 7:19:48 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: aimhigh
They have Home Depot and Castorama there, too.
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