Duck and Cover

It's Friday in Texas,

I hope this BLOG finds you and finds you well!   That meteor strike in the Urals was really wild to say the least and has made a "huge impact" on the world.  I'm just happy that the Russian air defense system didn't see that as an inbound ICBM and do a launch on warning or impact.  Pretty spooky stuff when you think about it.  Not too long ago, events like this at the height of the Cold War could have sparked a global Armageddon.      

Kevin from the Brazil office remarked this morning that what makes it so unusual is that it was all caught on video and has spread across the Wild West Web.  Technology today makes it possible for events to be easily captured and spread around.  Not but a few years ago, there might have been a few still pictures of the event and maybe a shaky video image, but nothing like the technology of today.

In Russia, it has become very commonplace for drivers to have dash mounted video cameras capturing everything that is going on.  Of course, the news sources closest to the impact have the best images and videos - as it was right on top of them.  With the Wild West Web - one can go to the Russian news sources and get the latest information from RT, Pravda, and the St. Petersburg Times.  The satellite images of the meteorite streaking across the sky are very, shall I say, striking... as well as the impact crater. 

I do hope that the people are not seriously injured and there are no fatalities.  From what I gather, people naturally rushed to the windows, human nature, to see what was going on, and were then cut up with flying glass from the explosion.  Truly frighting experience. The windows makers and installers will be quite busy for sometime.

All is well in the land of Synchro and Richy has safely returned from Turkey and Simon is headed out to the States for his 2nd visit of the year.

Everyone is looking forward to CastExpo and plans are well in place.  I myself will be heading to Milwaukee before long for the AFS Wisconsin Regional.  Fingers and toes crossed for temperate weather.  Details at Synchro ERP Exhibitions Schedule

Until next time, see you on down the road and DUCK AND COVER.

Shane Allen
Head of North American Operations