Meteor Strike, Fireball From Space On Channel 4 Now

[Jonnyjoseph]

Where this is being screened

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Culture/Religion-and-Spirituality/Question1220624.html

[Jonnyjoseph]

Horizon on Bbc 2 now "The truth about meteors"

Very interesting programs, apparently the meteor wasn't seen as it came from the direction of the sun so we couldn't see it.

Why do i have a feeling that if the president was in that vicinity he would've been mysteriously whisked away before this meteor strike.

[jim360]

Because you're labouring under the mistaken impression that the people in power pull all the strings. I think that Reality is far more frightening than that, i.e that we are all at the mercy of random chance. Remember that the Polish President and many other powerful people in that country all died in a single tragic accident a couple of years back. Those in control are also at the mercy of the universe, just as we all are.

[I_Hate_Infinity]

Great doc, watched it awe at some of the footage and the discovery that stoney meteors can cause more damage than predicted. Your views on government conspiracy to prevent public knowledge of large, Earth bound asteroids needs further thought. If...

(a) government already knows of an extinction level event impact due to strike soon and they have nothing to defend against it, what would be the sense of telling the world we're going to die days, weeks, months or years before we will because we know anarchy will rule, people will feel free to do as they please with no long term consequences.

(b) government doesn't expect ELE impact bu discovers one imminent, naturally the top level of society would be evacuated (if physically possible within time frame) to safety, because global population preservation is impossible.

(c) government knows of non-ELE impact due and due to the nature of estimation, cannot predict the meteor's striking point, again with no defense against it, they would organise emergency meetings between governments to discuss prevention strategy, if that fails then (depending on when they discover ground zero) would evacuate populations as best they could.

All scenarios dictate that to preserve law and order, peace and civility, no fore-warning of mass destruction should be issued. And I agree with that policy. I don't want to see the world rioting and I don't want a countdown to my death. Ce la vie