Meteor shower in Russia causes damage to building and hurts people

[NorthernRaider]

(15 February 2013, 10:46)Geordie_Rob Wrote: It's got me wondering 2 things.

1) Why 20,000 emergency workers are being dispatched for 500 injured (some specified as cuts & bruises or 'walking wounded').

2) why are soldiers being dispatched to guard the impact sites

I never gave a thought to the 3hr/same latitude thing but just shows how lucky we are.

1 Because its a huge and rather hilly and remote area and the explosion occured at altitude so people over a huge area could be hurt, not just the folks in the city

2 Because the debris could be very valuable geologically or financially.

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(15 February 2013, 10:59)Geordie_Rob Wrote:

(15 February 2013, 10:35)NorthernRaider Wrote: Note that Chelyabinsk is almost on the same latitude as the UK, another 3 hours later and it would have hit the UK

Just checked on google earth & it literally wouldve been right on us mate. Same lat as n/east coast over to Cumbria from what I can see. Don't know how accurate google is like.

Aye I dont think the media has cottoned onto just how lucky we actually were, another couple of hours and it would have pebbledashed us.