Wow...I have actually been to Chelyabinsk..many years ago on a business trip!
Sent from Gator Goddess' iPad On Feb 17, 2013, at 5:44 AM, "mail.bobparks.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > It was close to Georgia. > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Jeannene <[email protected]> >> Date: February 16, 2013 6:00:42 PM CST >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [gatornews] Meteor Game, Meteorite actually >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> We often designate a non-Gator athletic event as a meteor game. (There's the >> requisite Gator tie-in.) >> >> Traktor Arena, home to KHL’s Traktor Chelyabinsk, closed due to meteor damage >> >> >> >> By Harrison Mooney | Puck Daddy – Fri, Feb 15, 2013 10:19 AM EST >> >> >> In what has to be an historic first, a professional hockey arena has been >> temporarily shut down after suffering damage in a meteor shower. >> >> The Russian city of Chelyabinsk was hit by a massive meteor on Friday. >> Hundreds were injured, and the meteor also caused a great deal of property >> damage, as you might imagine. Arena Traktor, the home to the KHL's Traktor >> Chelyabinsk pictured above, was among the facilities put out of commission. >> >From the KHL's Facebook page: >> >> The meteor shower which struck Chelyabinsk and its environs has also caused >> some disruption to the hockey season schedule. The emergency services have >> confirmed that the walls of the Arena Traktor were among those structures to >> suffer damage, and therefore large-scale events at the stadium have been >> postponed. >> >> The sporting facilities will undergo an inspection by experts to assess the >> readiness of the arena to return to full operational use. >> >> For the time being, the facility shutdown hasn't affected any KHL games. >> Chelyabinsk wraps up their regular-season with a road game on Sunday. >> However, they will be opening the Gagarin Cup playoffs at home in a week, >> and it remains to be seen whether or not they'll be able to do that. >> >> The results of the inspection will be announced Monday. >> >> In the meantime, two Youth Hockey League games between Belye Medvedi of >> Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk’s Stalnye Lisy, as well as the opening of the >> Traktor’s museum have had to be postponed. >> >> It's all absolutely surreal. An example of the sort of damage the arena >> might have taken can be seen in this video, where CCTV footage captured the >> force of the meteor's impact blowing out doors and windows: >> >> For extended coverage of the meteor shower, head on over to Russian Machine >> Never Breaks, who have done tireless, excellent work on this story. >> >> Follow Harrison Mooney on Twitter at @HarrisonMooney >> >> >> -- >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GatorNews" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
