Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
Joe, This is all an alien plot. They are winging rocks at earth. Once they score some direct hits, They'll launch the invasion fleets. Better get Bruce Willis ready... Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > > On Feb 15, 2013, at 07:06 , Darren Addy wrote: > >> People may not realize it, but this is one of the most incredible >> stories of our lifetimes, from an astronomical and historical >> perspective. It is incredible to me that the mother of someone on this >> list actually felt the shockwave from this thing. Wowsers. I'd like to >> give a big thank you to earth's atmosphere for "doing its job" and >> slowing this thing down and breaking it up so that it was not an even >> more destructive event. > > Even more so, given that the chances of two major astronomical events > happening within a few hours is one million to one according to CNN > astro-mathematitions. Add in the mother of one of our own takes that > probability to one in several billion. > > > Joseph McAllister > jo...@mac.com > > It seems that I need to stop my mind running off at the fingertips. > — Mike Wilson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
On Feb 15, 2013, at 07:06 , Darren Addy wrote: > People may not realize it, but this is one of the most incredible > stories of our lifetimes, from an astronomical and historical > perspective. It is incredible to me that the mother of someone on this > list actually felt the shockwave from this thing. Wowsers. I'd like to > give a big thank you to earth's atmosphere for "doing its job" and > slowing this thing down and breaking it up so that it was not an even > more destructive event. Even more so, given that the chances of two major astronomical events happening within a few hours is one million to one according to CNN astro-mathematitions. Add in the mother of one of our own takes that probability to one in several billion. Joseph McAllister jo...@mac.com It seems that I need to stop my mind running off at the fingertips. — Mike Wilson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
It is relieving to know that your mother wasn't injured. Heart goes out to all the people who had to suffer... Boris On 2/15/2013 2:05 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and then felt the hot shock wave. ... And as far as I understand the big expected asteroid has not passed us yet. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
On 15/02/2013 16:06, Darren Addy wrote: People may not realize it, but this is one of the most incredible stories of our lifetimes, from an astronomical and historical perspective. It is incredible to me that the mother of someone on this list actually felt the shockwave from this thing. Wowsers. I'd like to give a big thank you to earth's atmosphere for "doing its job" and slowing this thing down and breaking it up so that it was not an even more destructive event. This guy who lives not far from the city that was struck has a compilation of videos and photos going here: http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place The videos highlight the issue of people not knowing what to do in the event of an exceedingly rare catastrophic event. Looking out of the window at a highly supersonic object passing by is almost on a par with running onto the beach exposed by the backflow of a tsunami. Which is not to say we should have these events more often so that people know what to do. -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
On Feb 16, 2013, at 4:06 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > People may not realize it, but this is one of the most incredible > stories of our lifetimes, from an astronomical and historical > perspective. It is incredible to me that the mother of someone on this > list actually felt the shockwave from this thing. Wowsers. That's pretty much how I was thinking, although I hope Igor's mother didn't get too much of a fright. I'd have needed a change of trousers after something like that. A couple of years ago I heard the sonic boom from a small meteor that passed over here, but I must have been looking the wrong way as I didn't see it. I was up on the hills at the time and thought there had been a big explosion either in the port or downtown. A lack of smoke had me confused until I read the news reports later in the day. Can't be much fun with broken windows and no gas in those temperatures. Hope everything gets back to normal soon, Igor! Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
> > > It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a > > meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite- > idUSBRE9 > > 1E05Z20130215 > > > > My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and > > then felt the hot shock wave. > > > > ... And as far as I understand the big expected asteroid has not > > passed us yet. > > > > > > Igor > > I hope your mom is Ok. > > The news is saying a lot of property damage & several thousand persons > injured (mostly by flying glass from breaking windows), but no known > fatalities. I hope it will get no worse than that. > > Some amazing images - more than 2000 videos up on YouTube so far & > someone already has a chunk of it for sale on eBay. > Let me know who buys it - I have a warehouse full of pieces of the true cross, and several skulls of John the Baptist. I can do a bulk discount deal. PS Glad Igor's Mum is ok. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
Yes, it is a huge thing. People are reporting seeing the meteorite from as far as Yekaterinburg, which is about 200 km away. There are suspisions that there were several meteorites over ~100 km area, and also that when they were exploding they may have broken into several different pieces, and there are verious, yet unconfirmed reports finding a crater and some pieces about 60-80 km from Chelyabinsk. They already estimate damages exceeding 1B rubles (~30M USD). Some portion of the city is without gas. Chelyabinsk is a large (~1.2M people) cultural, industrial and scientific center. A big problem is that thousands of people have windows blown out. (over 3000 large, multi-apartment buildings, many schools, hospitals and medical clinics) And the weather forecast for tonight is -14 C (7 F). Thanks for all the concerns about my mom. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
From: Igor Roshchin It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and then felt the hot shock wave. ... And as far as I understand the big expected asteroid has not passed us yet. Igor I hope your mom is Ok. The news is saying a lot of property damage & several thousand persons injured (mostly by flying glass from breaking windows), but no known fatalities. I hope it will get no worse than that. Some amazing images - more than 2000 videos up on YouTube so far & someone already has a chunk of it for sale on eBay. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
On Feb 15, 2013, at 4:05 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, > a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): > http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 > > My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and then > felt the hot shock wave. > > ... And as far as I understand the big expected asteroid has not > passed us yet. Thanks for sharing. That is awesome. I am so envious. Mind you, being surrounded by forest, multiple meteor strikes in my hometown might do a bit more damage than bust some windows. > > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Wish I could make it > up to the observatory to see it pass. For those who wish to watch online: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/14/watch-asteroid-buzz-earth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> >> >> It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, >> a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): >> http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 >> >> My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and then >> felt the hot shock wave. >> >> ... And as far as I understand the big expected asteroid has not >> passed us yet. Quite amazing ... the news report suggested a ".. ten ton rock the size of a kitchen table .." ... Whew, dense rock! ;-) Glad your mom was not injured. The big one flying by will pass later today. It's supposed to miss Earth by 17,000 miles ... a mere nothing in the dimensions of outer space! ... and come between Earth and the Moon. Wish I could make it up to the observatory to see it pass. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown
wow - glad your Mom is ok... I saw this before reading your post - when I went to see the thing about GIFS that Cotty posted and the side bar had the Meteor stories - several vids ann On 2/15/2013 07:05, Igor Roshchin wrote: It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and then felt the hot shock wave. ... And as far as I understand the big expected asteroid has not passed us yet. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
