[SunkenCiv]

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The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: Flood, Fire, and Famine in the History of Civilization by Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith

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[dp0622]

My stomach was a little upset that day..

I just chalked it up to that :)

For those that know, does this explosion rival Hiroshima, just to get an idea of the strength.

[JimRed]

The scary part...for all our watching, no one saw it coming.

[Larry Lucido]

So if an asteroid makes a nuclear blast over the Bering Sea and nobody notices, does it make a sound?

[WKUHilltopper]

4 later

[raybbr]

The narrators voice reminds me of the two Scotsmen in the voice activated elevator skit.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cA6ektXRVak

[grey_whiskers]

Breaking up is hard to do...

[IronJack]

Suuuuurrrrrre it was. Not the Russians. Or the Norks. Or the Chinese. Not Michael Moore farting. A meteor ...

[Centurion2000]

I don't worry about the 173 kiloton exploding asteroids that enter Earth's atmosphere.

I worry about the 173 PETATON exploding asteroids that might enter Earth's atmosphere.

[PLMerite]

“And almost nobody noticed.”

Yeah...how close did the Russians come to launching?

[gleeaikin]

This is a fascinating book and well worth reading. Question? Was this explosion more or less than the Tungusku (sp?) meteor? Also, what would it have done over an urban location?