Hiroshima-sized explosion in Norway

[james_davis_nicoll]

Norway is reported to have experienced a fair sized meteor impact.

Luckily the region involved doesn't seem to be densely populated.

Comments

[nexstarman.livejournal.com]

I'm not convinced there will be a crater. The picture that's circulating seems to show the aftermath of an airburst. This could be another Tagish Lake, that was a 5 kiloton airburst.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

Good thing we saw that coming. Oh, wait.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

And lucky us, our meteor defense system took care of it and...*sigh*.

I think Clark may be right- we'll need a major impact on a major populated area before governments get serious about doing something about potential meteors.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Do we really need one? Earth is so thinly populated that the odds of a major strike on a city are probably fairly low. We might be able to save more lives in the long run by investing the money in other efforts.

[(Anonymous)]

>The picture that's circulating seems

Do you have any links to that picture ?

Most important, is actually anyone trying to collect any samples ?



Andreas Morlok

[casaubon.livejournal.com]

It's probably just Wal-Mart testing their orbital bombardment satellites in revenge for this.