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Re:A huge fireball exploded in Earth's atmosphere in Decembe... by dsfyu404ed on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:14PM (#19424168)
>Many of the injured went to a window to see the spectacle in the sky, not realizing that the shock wave was about to shatter the window in their face.

Same thing happened in the Halifax explosion.

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Re:A huge fireball exploded in Earth's atmosphere in Decembe... by rtkwe on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:59PM (#19424600)
That explosion was close enough that there would be basically no chance to react between the actual explosion and the shock wave.
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