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A bunch of videos around town and some photos of damage etc.

http://oleg-kozyrev.livejournal.com/4468083.html

Examples of other meteorite strikes in the past:

http://oleg-kozyrev.livejournal.com/4468452.html

Damaged zinc plant? https://twitter.com/Dokhrimovich/statuses/302269134685757442

Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorit...

AP News Story: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_METEORITE?S...

Video close to epicenter.. Loud boom then broken windows and alarms.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0cFOIoITW4

Hashtag #Челябинск on twitter for more info.

I'm not sure the meteor hit the zinc plant. Considering how loud the sonic booms were it's possible that they caused enough structural damage to an old brick building to result in a partial collapse.

I wish we had more information.

Edit: on second thought, it could easily be a fragment, we'll see.

There's a video of two guys driving by the zinc plant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptnGvd0dmLI

Is it just me, or is there always house/techno/trance playing in Russian dashboard videos?

Their is a continuum between dance music and mainstream pop music in Europe in the same way their is for hip hop in the states. So it's not unusual for it to be played on standard pop radio stations.

Russians love their house and trance music.

> damaged zinc plant?

Yes, that's what it says

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