February 15, 2013 Russia
What did the asteroid entry sound like?
Most have impacted in areas that are remote.
This one blew out windows, doors, walls, and damaged many buildings injuring over 1,000 people. It has been determined this explosion on arrival was equivalent to a 500 kiloton atomic blast. Good thing it missed the city.
The bombing of Hiroshima was done with a 15 Kiloton bomb and here is a before and after pictures.
On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the nuclear bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, flown by Colonel Paul Tibbets,[15] directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought total casualties to 90,000–140,000.[16] The population before the bombing was around 340,000 to 350,000. Approximately 69% of the city's buildings were completely destroyed, and another 7% severely damaged. (Source Wikipedia)
We know of 10,000 near earth objects larger than the one experienced in Russia last year. Some are destroyed by missiles before they have a chance to impact us. Why wasn't the one in Russia destroyed before causing all the damage?
We can't see them coming from the suns direction as the asteroid in Russia did. It's sort of like playing Russian roulette with two rounds out of five every year. Not very good odds and since we have only had one impact out of twenty six that was widely publicized since 2001 we could be due for more.
You can help improve our odds by getting involved in support of this project.
Watch it live at this link. April 22, 2014 - 11:30 PDT
Sleep well,
Wise Weirdness
