We're all going to die

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

And even if it does make it through the atmosphere without burning up, 75% of the planet is ocean, so it would likely impact there.

Surf's Up Dude!

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Surf's Up Dude!

There's no way Bells is bigger than Wiamea, bro, even with the astroid.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by HaXx

my cousin and i touched wieners once

Ummmm

[Atmo]

As a young dude I once bought a clapped out Rambler wagon for $40 mainly because the seller, a graduating college student, included his primo surfboard he wouldn't need back in Montana. This one looks concours compared to the hulk I bought and drove for a summer before it threw a rod.

Originally Posted by HaXx

my cousin and i touched wieners once

Do either of you identify as female today?

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Surf's Up Dude!

Radical. OT, but The Big One that took out the dinosaurs and left an enormous crater over 90 miles wide mostly below the sea floor near Chicxulub, Yucatan, generated a mile high tsunami that swept around the world. Gnarly. The crater can easily be seen through the shallow water on a sunny day from high altitude flying into Cancun from the North.

[Captain Snooze]

Ok, this first part is important: I'm not quite sober so I'm not sure if my post is justified or not. Probably not but here goes. Ready?

Mexico uses the Metric system so

Originally Posted by Atmo

over 145.8 kilometers wide mostly below the sea floor near Chicxulub, Yucatan, generated a 1.62 kilometer high tsunami

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by HaXx

my cousin and i touched wieners once

Was there any sauce?

[why?]

Originally Posted by Atmo

Radical. OT, but The Big One that took out the dinosaurs and left an enormous crater over 90 miles wide mostly below the sea floor near Chicxulub, Yucatan, generated a mile high tsunami that swept around the world. Gnarly. The crater can easily be seen through the shallow water on a sunny day from high altitude flying into Cancun from the North.

What's crazy is there are larger asteroids/comets that have hit the earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...firmed_craters


There's at least 8 that left impact craters over 300 km.

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by why?

What's crazy is there are larger asteroids/comets that have hit the earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...firmed_craters


There's at least 8 that left impact craters over 300 km.

Consider this scenario: some authority says there's a significantly large asteroid on target to hit earth. Do the conspiracy theorists pipe up and say ignore the threat because it's a hoax? Do politicians say it's under control and not to worry? Is society so fragmented that nothing gets done and we all perish due to tsunami or extended deep freeze?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Consider this scenario: some authority says there's a significantly large asteroid on target to hit earth. Do the conspiracy theorists pipe up and say ignore the threat because it's a hoax? Do politicians say it's under control and not to worry? Is society so fragmented that nothing gets done and we all perish due to tsunami or extended deep freeze?

And are we really all so clueless we really think we can stop it from happening even with the help of Bruce Willis and Aerosmith?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

And are we really all so clueless we really think we can stop it from happening even with the help of Bruce Willis and Aerosmith?

Well, I don't want to miss a thing!

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

And are we really all so clueless we really think we can stop it from happening even with the help of Bruce Willis and Aerosmith?

Depends on how far out it is. 3+ years, maybe. Special committee has to be formed, budget has to be approved, politicians need to fight over the name and point fingers, budget approval needs to be filibustered because it doesn't include a provision to use sugar beets from Arkansas or whatever, then the contract has to go to competitive bid, then be protested, then rewritten because an election occurred, and eventually we would have about a year to actually go deflect it.

[NoHaveMSG]

The important question is will we get asteroid stimulus checks?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Depends on how far out it is. 3+ years, maybe. Special committee has to be formed, budget has to be approved, politicians need to fight over the name and point fingers, budget approval needs to be filibustered because it doesn't include a provision to use sugar beets from Arkansas or whatever, then the contract has to go to competitive bid, then be protested, then rewritten because an election occurred, and eventually we would have about a year to actually go deflect it.

Meanwhile Russia has already taken care of it within 4 days of becoming aware.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Meanwhile Russia has already taken care of it within 4 days of becoming aware.

And Elon Musk has designed a space tow truck that will just hitch up to it, and haul it off to the Sun, using technology designed for use in Angry Birds.