Meteor Explodes Over Russia

[Flesh Thorn]

A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 500 people, many of them hurt by broken glass.
"There was panic. People had no idea what was happening. Everyone was going around to people's houses to check if they were OK," said Sergey Hametov, a resident of Chelyabinsk, about 930 miles east of Moscow, the biggest city in the affected region.
"We saw a big burst of light then went outside to see what it was and we heard a really loud thundering sound," he told The Associated Press by telephone.


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[RangerX]

They probably thought they were getting nuked :)

Apparently at least one Russian political nutter already claims it was the US testing a new weapon.....

[Jim]

They probably thought they were getting nuked :)

Apparently at least one Russian political nutter already claims it was the US testing a new weapon.....

The White House is preparing an apology, to be releasede later.

[rangertough]

Good thing we stopped serious aerospace technology development.

Tough

[AntonA2W]

Maybe our genius hierarchy will ship medals equal to our SILVER STAR to the Russian government, to be disbursed among the survivors, for their bravery in surviving such a horrible incident??