In the skies over chelyabinsk, no one saw it coming. In this day and age, how is that possible . Kpix 5 sharon chin tells us the answer is pretty simple. Reporter a bussized fireball exploded across the russian sky. Dashboard video cameras captured the meteor soaring an estimated 33,000 miles an hour, with the force of two world war ii atomic bombs. [ sound of explosions ] reporter the explosion shattered thousands of windows and injured about 1,000 people in chelyabinsk. The sonic boom was felt in booms and classrooms. Astronomers call it cosmic coincidence that the meteor struck on the same day that an asteroid passed near the earth. But why did we know about the asteroid a year in advance, yet have no warning about the meteor . It just snuck up on us. Thats not unusual for the small ones. Reporter an astronomer at chabot space and Science Center says the meteor was too small to detect by radar. The meteor was only a third the size of the asteroid. The asteroid was about as big as a
Jacks one hit wonder is now a burger. The hot mess is loaded with spicy jalapenos, onion rings and gooey pepper jack cheese. Youre a a hot mess and thats how i met your mom. Hot mess this is kpix 5 news. Up in the sky, a bird, a plane . Nope another light streaking across our sky. This time in the bay area. Good evening. Im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. As the sky lit up, so did our phones, emails and twitter posts came pouring in, about a streak of light over the bay area tonight. Kpix 5s David Jackson saw it with his own eyes. Hell describe it in a minute. But first, Christin Ayers talked to astronomers tonight. Christin . Reporter thats right. Scientists tell me tonight that the streak they saw across the sky was like lie whats called a small sporadic meteor. That means it was not part of a larger meteor shower. Report started coming in at 7 42 this evening. People calling in at kpix 5 to tell us they saw it. The American Meteor Society had at least 20 reports on it website. A
Art and Artisans of Meriden- As in so many other areas, the city of Meriden has a lush history in the visual arts, a gift that continues to the modern era. Speaking to 43 Y’s Men of Meriden (14 by Zoom) on March 8, Justin Piccirillo, art teacher, political cartoonist and area.