Watching the videos of the meteor strike in Russia is a surreal experience, something from science fiction.

Those poor people must have thought it was an atom bomb; it's 4 degrees (F) below zero there, and all those broken windows.



Reports say the roof on a zinc factory collapsed. It didn't occur to me that there is a risk of radioactive exposure from that, but after all the reassurances that no radioactivity has escaped, I wonder just what goes on inside Russian zinc factories.

The thing about stuff falling to earth from space is that it could hit anywhere, so get out your Henny Penny early warning system.

And what about the poor folks who were on that Carnival cruise? Lawsuits coming: claims of emotional distress and PTSD. And not just the passengers claiming it, the families on shore are talking about how frantic and distress they were about the plight of their loved ones.