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I don't want to Alarm anybody but...

drunkmonkey · 2013-02-15 05:12:05

It appears the Sky is falling... Meteorites have started falling in Russia, more than likely nothing to do with the huge meteorite meant to pass by closely today so no need to panic. http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/02/14/what-is-happening-in-chelyabinsk/

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#92 15-02-2013 05:09PM

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Wurzelbert wrote: »

source?

http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=174956

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#93 15-02-2013 05:09PM

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Wurzelbert wrote: »

source?

here

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#94 15-02-2013 05:18PM

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pmcmahon wrote: »

here

i see, very professional…

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#95 15-02-2013 06:29PM

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Well this screws up the "injured by a meteor" statistics
since your chances are now only 14 million to 1

expect insurance premiums to go up

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#96 15-02-2013 06:36PM

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Can I go out tonight, or might I be killed by an asteroid?

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#97 15-02-2013 06:50PM

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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Can I go out tonight, or might I be killed by an asteroid?

No, best to stay in and replace the woolly red hat with a tinfoil one.

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#98 15-02-2013 06:57PM

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Any merit in proposing we all go hide in Angela Merkels gaff? Not even a meteroite would hit on her.

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#99 15-02-2013 07:04PM

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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Can I go out tonight, or might I be killed by an asteroid?

Ya stay in and watch the Late Late

EVENFLOW

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#100 15-02-2013 07:13PM

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This is the Pope's fault for pissing off God by quitting.

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#101 15-02-2013 07:19PM

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paddy147 wrote: »

Serious question here........

Would your house insurance pay out for damage to the house due to a meteor or injury to yourself from windows breaking and showering you in glass???????

I think they have it all sewn up so they don't get stung with this kind of thing. Act of god and all that.

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#102 15-02-2013 08:26PM

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So...

Are we still alive?

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#103 15-02-2013 08:35PM

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Sofiztikated wrote: »

So...

Are we still alive?

Of course we are. No need for the attitude.

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#104 15-02-2013 08:37PM

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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Can I go out tonight, or might I be killed by an asteroid?

Yes you are perfectly safe. You can only be killed by an asteroid if you are somehow operating outside of Earth's atmosphere.

Asteroids become known as meteors once they enter the atmosphere.

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#105 15-02-2013 09:01PM

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Can someone with a calculator do a quick recheck on the Mayan stuff!

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#106 15-02-2013 09:17PM

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The glazers will be rubbing their hands together..........all those broken windows :cool:

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#107 15-02-2013 09:58PM

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This is too much of a coincidence, bet it was the same one. The "experts" all saying the asteroid will pass 17000 km from earth or whatever, and then meteor hits Russia, hmmm, someone forgot to carry the 1.

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#108 15-02-2013 10:08PM

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I knew it, the rapture has arrived

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#109 15-02-2013 10:21PM

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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Can I go out tonight, or might I be killed by an asteroid?

It doesn't matter!

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#110 15-02-2013 10:35PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSdw6YbcVcY

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#111 16-02-2013 12:13AM

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shedweller wrote: »

Of course we are. No need for the attitude.

Wow, who shít in your cornflakes?

You managed to insinuate that I had an attitude in 17 letters and 4 punctuation marks? Congratulations.

Now that's me copping an attitude.

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#112 17-02-2013 01:14PM

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ArtyM wrote: »

Can someone with a calculator do a quick recheck on the Mayan stuff!

hang on, did they use the Julian or the Georgian Calendar ?

And besides it's still 2005 in Ethiopia.

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#113 17-02-2013 01:38PM

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There was one in California aswell, same night apparantly, albeit not so big or damaging.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/fireball-lights-up-california-sky-585079.html

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#114 16-10-2013 01:15PM

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The largest-discovered fragment of a Russian meteorite, weighing around 570kg, has been lifted from the bed of Lake Chebarkul.

A huge meteorite, weighing around 11,000 tons, exploded over the Chelyabinsk region in Russia on February 15. It injured more than 1,600 people, and inflicted plenty of damage - around a billion rubles ($31 million) worth and also caused mass media frenzy.

http://rt.com/news/largest-fragment-meteorite-lifted-258/

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#115 16-10-2013 01:21PM

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snubbleste wrote: »

http://rt.com/news/largest-fragment-meteorite-lifted-258/

Superman is bricking it

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#116 16-10-2013 01:25PM

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snubbleste wrote: »

http://rt.com/news/largest-fragment-meteorite-lifted-258/

Love the comment after the article hoping that we can study this to come up with ways of defending against meteor strikes.

That's like thinking that you can protect yourself against a bullet which may come from any direction, by firing another bullet at it before it hits you.

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#117 16-10-2013 01:29PM

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seamus wrote: »

Love the comment after the article hoping that we can study this to come up with ways of defending against meteor strikes.

That's like thinking that you can protect yourself against a bullet which may come from any direction, by firing another bullet at it before it hits you.

If we can find out how they breed and find the nest before they strike again.

We could prevent another Buenos Aires

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#118 16-10-2013 02:40PM

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danniemcq wrote: »

If we can find out how they breed and find the nest before they strike again.

We could prevent another Buenos Aires

I sometimes forget that Buenos Aires was wiped off the face of the earth.
RIP

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