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Meteor impact in Chelyabinsk Russia, 950 injured by debris

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Dixie:
http://www.weather.com/news/meteor-hits-earth-20130215

First of all to all our gamer friends & opponents from the Motherland, descendants of the proud Viking Rus, I hope none of your loved ones were among the 950 injured by debris from the chunk of meteor that hit a building, if they were I wish them a quick recovery. When I first heard of it, a friend of mine was spreading an apparent rumor that 500 people died by it. I checked out several online news sources and found nothing about any deaths, only mounting injuries. I fear a possible cover up involved here if the initial rumor was actually the true news that leaked out but I am hopeful that no one was killed. So please confirm this.

For those who are not aware, 950 people were injured by flying glass and debris from a building in Chelyabinsk, Russia by a meteor hitting the earth. Meteorites actually bombard our atmosphere every day but most are burned up before they can reach the earth. This sort of event is very rare. But what happens when the earth's atmospher gets too thin to hold them back? Or if one gets through that is just large enough to cause nationwide or worldwide fallout upon impact?

A concerned wastelander:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5saMA-__hMQ

Surf:
Quite awesome to see such a spectacle, though I hope no one got seriously injured and the damage done to the enviroment isn't too high.

Redivivus:
It's passage through the dense layers of atmosphere looks more spectacular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W90i4nZZAQ

Alvarez:
People were hurt and the world enjoys the show.:(

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