What happened over Russia?

In the past week we've seen some spectacular events in our skies. It started when news came in about a meteor strike in Russia that injured nearly a thousand people, destroyed property around the city of Chelyabinsk. Within a matter of hours fireballs were Northern California and Cuba as well.

Now, upon second thought, experts are saying that the meteor in Russia, which culminated in a fireball, loud blast and widespread damage, was the equivalent of a nearly 500 kilotons of TNT. That puts it at 30 times the power o the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Think about that for a moment..... this was a meteor?

If you recall a bit of history you might remember that Russia was host to another amazing meteor event back in 1908. This event has been the center of conspiracies and debate, with people unsure exactly what happened. On the table has been a collision with a black hole or some sort of natural atomic explosion.

Whatever it was, it knocked down 80 million trees over 830 square miles. This current event, also in Russia, is being described as being nearly 30 times the power of  the Hiroshima atomic bomb. This is estimated based off of sensor information gathered from around the world, including in Alaska, which registered the event.

Hours later a fireball streaked across the sky in California's Bay Area and similarly, another one in the skies above Cuba. Sound odd? If you think so, you're not the only one.Leaders in Russia have claimed that this wasn't an act of nature, but rather a U.S. test over their airspace. They have deployed thousands of military to help with the clean up.

At this point, I'm not sure what to think. Could these three events be related in that one is the meteor and the other are pieces of it that broke off and fell to earth? That seems possible but nobody seems to be making that claim. It does seem odd that we've had nothing like this happen in modern history and all of a sudden three events occur

The magnitude of the event in Russia also seems difficult to fathom. 30 times the power of Hiroshima? Doesn't that seem like something big enough that we'd have had some type of heads up before it hit Earth? That alone is an entirely different problem.

What do you think? What hit Russia? We'd love to hear your comments below.