Hi Mike, Do you know any details on their injuries? Was the broken back a result of falling debris? I imagine flying glass wasn't responsible for the spine injury, but I could be wrong. And what about the other injuries? I don't recall hearing much about it in the media reports. A shame that people are clinging to life in ICU wards as a result of this event and we don't hear anything about them.
Best regards, MikeG PS - if someone dies as a result of injuries sustained from this fall, would that be a first in modern times? This makes Ms. Hodges Sylacauga wound seem minor in comparison. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 ------------------------------------------------------------- On 3/25/13, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > There are still 4 people in critical condition in the hospital there. > > > Michael Farmer > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 25, 2013, at 7:11 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Has there been any update on the woman who suffered a broken back from >> the event? >> >> >> >> On 3/25/13, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I was just in Chelyabinsk, a city under emergency for the last month, >>> -20 >>> and tens of thousands of windows blown out, not only glass, but entire >>> walls >>> of many buildings caved in, entire buildings collapsed, and more than >>> 1500 >>> wounded, some still in the hospital, and that was just a meteorite >>> passing >>> overhead 30 miles high. >>> Are you telling me that those hundreds of thousands of stones, doubtless >>> many weighing tons, would not have killed thousands or destroyed hundreds >>> of >>> buildings if it had directly impacted the city at a high angle? I think >>> the >>> damage would have been catastrophic and the death toll in the thousands. >>> >>> >>> Michael Farmer >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Mar 25, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Chris Peterson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It's extremely doubtful that this body could have done all that much >>>> more >>>> damage. It simply wasn't big enough, or strong enough. A little steeper >>>> (or just as likely, as little shallower), a little earlier or later, >>>> probably wouldn't have made much difference. >>>> >>>> While I'd love to see a constellation of IR space telescopes looking >>>> for >>>> asteroids in this size range, realistically there's probably nothing we >>>> could do if we found one, and as a matter of public policy, the money >>>> might well be considered poorly spent. >>>> >>>> The reality is that the actual risk to human life and property from >>>> small >>>> asteroids is absurdly small compared to a large number of other things >>>> that we actually have some control over. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> ******************************* >>>> Chris L Peterson >>>> Cloudbait Observatory >>>> http://www.cloudbait.com >>>> >>>> On 3/25/2013 3:15 PM, Michael Farmer wrote: >>>>> Congratulations to Dante Lauretta of UOfA Lunar and Planetary >>>>> Laboratory >>>>> and Osiris-Rex mission, who presented a piece of Chelyabinsk that I >>>>> donated, to President Obama and Congress today while there to discuss >>>>> the >>>>> threat of asteroid impact. >>>>> >>>>> Chelyabinsk was almost a "City Killer" as Richard Kowalski told me >>>>> yesterday, had it come in a few second earlier and steeper angle, a >>>>> million people in Chelyabinsk would likely be dead today. >>>>> Time to take meteorites serious. >>>>> >>>>> Michael Farmer >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone >> Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >> RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
