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Meteorite smashes into factory compound leaving 20ft crater in ‘celestial event’
Daily Star ^ | Sofie Jackson

Posted on 02/14/2020 11:59:26 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

This is the instant an unexpected meteorite smashed into a city in India, vaporising on impact and leaving a 20ft crater.

Luckily, the space rock did not hit any residential areas and instead impacted in a factory compound in an industrial part of the city,

"I was urinating... I saw a bright light I was scared I ran away midway," confessed one witness.

“My city is in now plot for sci-fi movie,” joked another viewer on social media.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; boom; catastrophism; india; meteor; meteorite; meteorites; meteors; science
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Video at link.

NB: Recall the Microsoft tech on the pole with the spaghetti bowl of wires?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3185040/Danger-8ft-high-voltage-Lethal-power-cables-dangle-perilously-close-men-women-Old-Delhi-s-no-wonder-poor-electricians-blow-fuse.html The video is on his home server, and he getting it back up and running as you read this...

Not too many viewers at once, you will overload his server.

1 posted on 02/14/2020 11:59:26 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

You posted a dailymail link. They probably have lots of capacity!


2 posted on 02/14/2020 12:04:03 PM PST by Aqua225 (Realist)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Using the upgraded Edge Chrome based browser and visited the link you posted to the comment. It blocked all of the photos laden with who knows what trackers contained within. Thanks for the test material.


3 posted on 02/14/2020 12:06:12 PM PST by chulaivn66 ("...government will follow its natural tendency to despotism.")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

At what time to the expected meteorites arrive?


4 posted on 02/14/2020 12:08:23 PM PST by GMMC0987
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To: DUMBGRUNT
""I was urinating... I saw a bright light I was scared I ran away midway," confessed one witness."

I'd p^ss my pants too if I was nearly evaporated by a screaming death laden meteorite!
5 posted on 02/14/2020 12:08:59 PM PST by RedMonqey
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“I was urinating ... then suddenly I was defecating ... in my shorts!”


6 posted on 02/14/2020 12:11:24 PM PST by IronJack
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Something like that could certainly stimulate the bladder and/or bowels.


7 posted on 02/14/2020 12:14:25 PM PST by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Thanks DUMBGRUNT.



8 posted on 02/14/2020 12:17:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Aqua225

You posted a dailymail link. They probably have lots of capacity!

They probably are just fine, BUT the DAILYSTAR link to the article/video, not so much.


9 posted on 02/14/2020 12:20:59 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

hmmm. ... It is unusual for meteorites to hit the earth ...


10 posted on 02/14/2020 12:23:01 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There is supposed to be another big one (near miss?) tomorrow morning at 5:00am Eastern time


11 posted on 02/14/2020 12:29:38 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: chulaivn66

Thanks for the test material.

Stops and starts on Linux/chrome?

Seeing the moving spotlight, I think someone went over the wall?

Slightly more watchable?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJd8wZKhTU


12 posted on 02/14/2020 12:30:00 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: GMMC0987

At what time to the expected meteorites arrive?

Twelfth of Never and that’s a long, long time


13 posted on 02/14/2020 12:31:27 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

What city or state did this happen???


14 posted on 02/14/2020 12:50:42 PM PST by BipolarBob (Joe Biden: "We can't let Trump keep on making America great".)
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To: TexasGator

All meteorites strike earth


15 posted on 02/14/2020 12:53:46 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Very crowded part of the world. Amazing nobody was hurt. I wonder if there was a boom. The one that hit over Russia Broke windows causing injuries. I actually heard the one that hit near Phoenix but brushed it off as noisy neighbours.


16 posted on 02/14/2020 1:03:18 PM PST by Nateman ( Unless the left is screaming you are doing it wrong.)
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To: al baby

just musing over the factoid in the article


17 posted on 02/14/2020 1:04:15 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: BipolarBob

FIRST LINE OF THE ARTICLE!!

city of Alwar, in Rajasthan, on Tuesday – with the blast captured on many people’s home CCTV


18 posted on 02/14/2020 1:53:40 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Show a picture of the crater or it didn’t happen. Not seeing one at the link


19 posted on 02/14/2020 6:51:24 PM PST by DAC21 ( and Naflet)
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To: TexasGator

” It is unusual for meteorites to hit the earth ..”

Not really as rare as you might think.

And technically, every meteorite hits earth. Otherwise it’s just a meteor.


20 posted on 02/14/2020 6:59:57 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder.)
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