Mankind being so vulnerable is the last thought I have about the event.

What am I missing here?

From a quick google search:

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The asteroid will pass 27,700 km (17,200 mi) from the surface of Earth.

So.. perhaps a factor of 1000?

Alternatively he could be reading km as kilo-miles instead of kilometers...

damn, i woudn't know what to think if i saw that streak across the sky.

i hope this get's people thinking more about advocating space exploration, this could have easily been a decimating event.

A funny thing in the comments of the OP's link, the people are talking about how if this had just happened just a couple decades ago, we might be all hiding in nuclear shelter's right now.

Really?

I thought it was a joke.

C'mon, Russia is so big and empty. It's fairly difficult to hit a town. Well, shit happens I guess!

It seems only 20 people were hospitalized. I guess they have all been "lucky" somehow, I know a dude who were struck by a blast years ago, it isn't pretty, I hope they'll be fine.

A funny thing in the comments of the OP's link, the people are talking about how if this had just happened just a couple decades ago, we might be all hiding in nuclear shelter's right now.

Horse meteors. Now you're going to tell me that friendship is magic too...

Horse meteors would be about 20% cooler.

Just learned that if that meteor would have hit earth just about 1 min 40 seconds earlier, it could have hit the city where I live.

Horse meteors would be about 20% cooler.

Horse meteors. Now you're going to tell me that friendship is magic too...

would that create a sonic rainboom?

@Olof, scary stuff to think about.

The real cause...

hahahahaha! :D