Things that make you want to scream at the TV set

[kelloggs2066]

Nova had an episode about the meteor that hit Russia in February

Astrophycisist Peter Brown about how large the impact was:
"My first estmate was 40 to 50 kilotons based on no data, just an estimate from experience as we tried to get some indication really of what the overall character of what the event was so that people would be informed with

Comments

[spikedpunch]

At least it didn't hit the atmosphere at six times the speed of light....

[makovette]

Not a hair over 2x in fact, but we're still waiting for the data :P