Oh look, a meteorite - BOOM

[mashman]

It's the end of the world folks (http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/)... must been a tad scarey seeing that fucka look like it was comin atcha. Asteroid tomorrow 8:30am ;).

[FJRider]

It probably wont hit anything important. (I'm hoping for Auckland)

[Akzle]

that's not fair. my last brew has another 12 days bottle conditioning to go.... :crybaby:

[slofox]

that's not fair. my last brew has another 12 days bottle conditioning to go.... :crybaby:

Many years ago I saw a movie of Neville Shute's book, "On The Beach" (Nuclear disaster and end of the world scenario). The last place to be wiped out was Orstralia (makers didn't know NZ existed of course).

One scene that has always stuck in my memory was some old boys club in Sydney or somesuch hearing that their end was mere days away. They were aghast. "Two weeks? How the hell do they expect us to drink up all the Port in the cellar in that time eh what? Not good enough! Better get started right away I suppose! Haw haw haw."

[mashman]

that's not fair. my last brew has another 12 days bottle conditioning to go.... :crybaby:

Well get yerself an overnight courier and send it down here just in case we survive. I'll look after it.

[Zedder]

It's the end of the world folks (http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/)... must been a tad scarey seeing that fucka look like it was comin atcha. Asteroid tomorrow 8:30am ;).

Cool, best sightings will be before dawn in the South East. Telescopes or binoculars needed though.

[mashman]

Cool, best sightings will be before dawn in the South East. Telescopes or binoculars needed though.

I gots me a tellingmascope... but it's a big sky and fookin hard to focus it on anything that's moving quickly. Might get up early for a look see though.

[EJK]

What movie is this? Is it out on DVD yet?

[Akzle]

Cool, best sightings will be before dawn in the South East. Telescopes or binoculars needed though.

20-50x rifle scope. boojah.

[mashman]

Deep Impact on FOUR ;)

[steve_t]

Bruce Willis will save us. Steve Buscemi will ride the nuclear warhead. Oops. Same movie but wrong movie :chase:

[FJRider]

Cool, best sightings will be before dawn in the South East. Telescopes or binoculars needed though.

The time to worry ... is when you DON'T need a telescope to see it.

[Motu]

Mega disasters seem to only hit LA or New York, I think we are pretty safe here...so long as Peter Jackson doesn't read War of the Worlds.

[ellipsis]

...one of them there things came to visit us off Banks Peninsular some years back...a huge boom was heard by most that were outside at the time...was no actual technical info available as no-one has figured out what or from whence it came...then as some will recall we had one enter the atmosphere over Canterbury that made me think Lyttelton or Chch had been nuked, from where I was on the peninsula...I'd rather not contemplate the vastness of our futile nothingness here on our wet rock...too many bikes to keep going...

[Zedder]

The time to worry ... is when you DON'T need a telescope to see it.

Don't worry FJR, it's going to be 27,700 kms away as it passes by.

[Gremlin]

It probably wont hit anything important. (I'm hoping for Auckland)
Thank you for your kind thoughts. We're hoping it doesn't hit us too...

[FJRider]

Thank you for your kind thoughts. We're hoping it doesn't hit us too...

Think of all the new roading Auckland would get afterwards though ... :niceone:

[mashman]

Thank you for your kind thoughts. We're hoping it doesn't hit us too...

You'll have a place to off-road in the city :)

[FJRider]

Don't worry FJR, it's going to be 27,700 kms away as it passes by.

I'll stay in bed then ... just to be on the safe side.

[FJRider]

Mega disasters seem to only hit LA or New York, I think we are pretty safe here...so long as Peter Jackson doesn't read War of the Worlds.

You don't live in Christchurch then ... :rolleyes:

[Road kill]

Personally I think the super volcano currently forming 1800 Kms north of NZ is more interesting.

In a million years we're all going to be fucked.

If the Herald has it right that is.

[Zedder]

I'll stay in bed then ... just to be on the safe side.

The only problem is it might hit one of the satellites up there. I'm getting up early to check it out though.

[ellipsis]

Personally I think the super volcano currently forming 1800 Kms north of NZ is more interesting.

In a million years we're all going to be fucked.

If the Herald has it right that is.

...that reads 100-200 million in the article I read...fairly moot that is though...

[FJRider]

The only problem is it might hit one of the satellites up there. I'm getting up early to check it out though.

Ours or there's ... ??? Let me know how it goes ...

[spookytooth]

and then there was this
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10865697

[TheTengTheory]

and then there was this
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10865697

Damit...Bruce obvoiusly didn't push the button.

[Akzle]

The only problem is it might hit one of the satellites up there. I'm getting up early to check it out though.

if 0830 is early, you need a real job...

[schrodingers cat]

Many years ago I saw a movie of Neville Shute's book, "On The Beach" (Nuclear disaster and end of the world scenario). The last place to be wiped out was Orstralia (makers didn't know NZ existed of course).



Not quite right. Book references Devenport.
Only it is an Aussie author and the book is set in the 'lucky country'

[mashman]

Well I never got up to see it... peeked through the curtains and saw cloud and figured typical, it's always cloudy when things like this go by.

[slofox]

...that reads 100-200 million in the article I read...fairly moot that is though...

I might be dead by then...

[ellipsis]

I might be dead by then...

....maybe Hampton Downs will be finished tho...

[slofox]

....maybe Hampton Downs will be finished tho...

You're obviously an optimist.

[Road kill]

You're obviously an optimist.

It's for sale so as long as more Kiwi's don't buy it there's always hope.:rolleyes:

[Jantar]

Best collection of videos I've found of the event.

http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place

[Crasherfromwayback]

Best collection of videos I've found of the event.

http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place

Unreal eh! Imagine what a monster would sound like!

[mashman]

Best collection of videos I've found of the event.

http://say26.com/meteorite-in-russia-all-videos-in-one-place

Great find. There's a couple of videos in there that are looking at the vapour trail and have a lag of about 25 seconds before the explosion. That's some serious explosion... wonder how far the shockwave travelled.

[Zedder]

Great find. There's a couple of videos in there that are looking at the vapour trail and have a lag of about 25 seconds before the explosion. That's some serious explosion... wonder how far the shockwave travelled.

Yeah, by comparison the asteroid this morning was very boring. I didn't even see the damn thing due to cloud.

This one was thought to be doing about 54,000kms/hour and was several kilotonnes in size. From what I understand then, and it depends on quite a number of factors, the shock wave probably travelled about 150kms.

[oldrider]

It's the end of the world folks (http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/)... must been a tad scarey seeing that fucka look like it was comin atcha. Asteroid tomorrow 8:30am ;).

Aren't we still in the time zone for some of that "end of the world" malarkey? :eek: They seem to have gone all quiet about it lately! :confused:

[mashman]

Aren't we still in the time zone for some of that "end of the world" malarkey? :eek: They seem to have gone all quiet about it lately! :confused:

S'ok, they found the perfectly circular hole and are looking for bits, it's all over and done with til the next time. :rofl: we're always in the time zone for some of that end of the world malarkey ;).