METEOR(ITE) WAKE UP CALL TO EARTH!!!

[the Scribe]

This happened yesterday and seems to be a precursor to todays meteor flyby:

[the Scribe]

South Carolina

[erik]

Well, it did weigh ten tons and hit Russia at 7 miles per second in its breakbasket. If that isn't a DEEP IMPACT kind of a warning, I don't know what is.

But that asteroid that's up there is unlikely to hit Earth, though it may put our communications satellites in some peril.

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Some of the still pictures are amazing.... as one poster said, thank goodness this wasn't during the Cold War when some itchy fingers could have pushed the button:

englishrussia.com/2013/02/14/breaking-tremendous-flash-in-the-skies-now/