{"id":32525,"date":"2013-02-15T05:50:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/15\/and-always-watch-the-skies.html"},"modified":"2013-02-22T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T22:48:25","slug":"and-always-watch-the-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/15\/and-always-watch-the-skies.html","title":{"rendered":"And always watch the skies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Crikey.<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/65904000\/jpg\/_65904558_65903113.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-21468116'>Meteor injures hundreds in Russia<\/a><br \/>\n                                                A meteor crashing to earth in Russia&#8217;s Ural mountains injures at least 500 people, as the shockwave blows out windows, Russian officials say.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/BbLeV7pFUJG' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crikey. Meteor injures hundreds in Russia A meteor crashing to earth in Russia&#8217;s Ural mountains injures at least 500 people, as the shockwave blows out windows, Russian officials say. 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Just lovely. Embedded Link Meteor Over Crater Lake Meteor Over Crater LakeDid you see it?One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32529,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/15\/russians-dash-cams-and-meteor-strikes.html","url_meta":{"origin":32525,"position":1},"title":"Russians, dash cams, and meteor strikes","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 15-Feb-13 9:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"Margie's first thought was that the dash cam footage she was seeing of the Russian meteor strikes was from cops. 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