Big astreroid impact

[cwiert]

that video i just posted and a bunch more are located here if anyone's interested...
Yellowstone Supervolcano Supervolcano Yellowstone Park

[Targa Me]

IF this happens, i won't have to worry about taxes, health insurance or retirement !

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by Targa Me

WHEN this happens, i won't have to worry about taxes, health insurance or retirement !

Fixed it for you.

[cwiert]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Fixed it for you.

eh... the chances of this happening in our lifetime is extremely remote. Yeah, eventually it WILL happen, BUT... by then, the human race will probably have screwed things up so much that no one will be around to witness it anyway.

[Westy]

All those pork ribs going to waste just brings a man to tears...

On a side note,,,if Ur young and want to find a reason for worry, do a search on the asteroid 'Apophis' (Apotheosis)

[Rick Lee]

Apophis is "only" 1500 ft. across. It can cause a lot of damage for sure. But it's not gonna make us extinct.

[Westy]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Apophis is "only" 1500 ft. across. It can cause a lot of damage for sure. But it's not gonna make us extinct.

True,,,but there'll be a couple billion folks who wished they were.

[cwiert]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Apophis is "only" 1500 ft. across. It can cause a lot of damage for sure. But it's not gonna make us extinct.

plus it's going to miss us. although, i still don't grasp what a "Gravitational keyhole" is.
99942 Apophis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Westy]

Originally Posted by cwiert

plus it's going to miss us. although, i still don't grasp what a "Gravitational keyhole" is.
99942 Apophis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Geeeeeeeeeeeees,,,I thought everyone knew what they are. They're one of those things, you know, that's out there, and does that gravity thing when, it's, um, close to something that moves in one direction or another. Clear enuff for ya now???

[cashflyer]

Whether it is a supervolcano or an asteroid, I do not waste my time worrying about such things.

[cwiert]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Whether it is a supervolcano or an asteroid, I do not waste my time worrying about such things.

neither do i. but i do love science...especially astronomy, geology, and meteorology. So these things fascinate me.

[slakjaw]

Some of the largest fossilized sea turtles are found in Kansas. There is no ocean in Kansas, right? Like every other species, we are just visitors here. Enjoy it while you can.

[slakjaw]

Meanwhile, our politicians try to control the weather. HAHAHA

[GH85Carrera]

There are fossils of a Dire Wolf in the natural history museum in Norman. Imagine a wolf that stood 6 feet at the shoulder. I am real glad those suckers are extinct.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by slakjaw

Meanwhile, our politicians try to control the weather. HAHAHA

And they tell us we need to give them total control over our lives and the economy in order to save the polar bears. 99.9999% of humans will never come close to seeing a polar bear. How did more species go extinct than are alive today and the Earth still manage to survive?

[Fidalgo911S]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

all of human history is a blink of an eye between ice ages. We think we rule the Earth, but we are just brief visitors. In a million years, there will be no sign of our existence and probably not any fossils either.

True. I read a book recently, "a brief history of everything", I think that was the title. If this Yellowstone thing interests you, you'd love this book.

Anyway....There's a chapter on fossils and how rare they are. Chances are if all 6 billion+ humans died today, only about half a human skelton would last to make a fossil. So your right, in a million years, virtually nothing will be left.

[Targa Me]

Hey, if this happens while Obama is president, do you think he'll try to blame it on Bush?

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by Targa Me

Hey, if this happens while Obama is president, do you think he'll try to blame it on Bush?

Why wouldn't he? Bush caused the SE Asian tsunami in 2004 and Katrina too.

[island911]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

Look man, I'm stilling freaking out about killer bees. This is gonna have to wait.

LMAO

hey, the killer bees have gone so far north that the polar bears are now threatened.

Won't someone think of the poor polar bears?

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by Westy

All those pork ribs going to waste just brings a man to tears...

On a side note,,,if Ur young and want to find a reason for worry, do a search on the asteroid 'Apophis' (Apotheosis)

Why would anyone worry about that?


Scientists are stuck between a rock and a hard place these days with the internet. They used to keep information about things like potential near impacts silent until the orbital mechanics were tightly established, sometimes taking years of data collection. You never heard about such thing 10, 20 years ago, because the astronomers didn't rush out and make rash and false press statements. A case like Apophis would never have even been known by 99.999% of the population because they would not have discussed it until the orbit was determined properly. however, someone finds a circular sent out on the first day, or trolls the MPC data site and sees a new asteroid being tracked, and all hell breaks loose.