Crikey that was close !

SteamWake · 03-02-09, 01:00 PM

Ponder your mortality ladies and gentilman.

Near miss asteroid over the weekend.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,503164,00.html

{1.SS}Eberhardt · 03-02-09, 01:10 PM

Damn, and I'm still so young

03-02-09, 01:32 PM

Wrath of Xenu.

Ok that made very little sense.

But seriously, I suppose this is a real threat that is out there. Now we need Bruce Willis who is an oil driller to be sent up there with Ben Affleck etc. etc.

Aramike · 03-02-09, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Wrath of Xenu.

Ok that made very little sense.

But seriously, I suppose this is a real threat that is out there. Now we need Bruce Willis who is an oil driller to be sent up there with Ben Affleck etc. etc.

Heh, perhaps Ben Affleck could distract an asteroid with bad acting...

baggygreen · 03-02-09, 04:54 PM

Whoops.

Oberon · 03-02-09, 06:04 PM

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-earth-monday/

Platapus · 03-02-09, 06:32 PM

The Klendathu need better targeting computers

Terror_666 · 03-02-09, 06:39 PM

so basically we almost had another tunguska event. I'm not worried.
you have better chances of a plane landing on you head than being killed by somthing like that.

SteamWake · 03-02-09, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Terror_666

so basically we almost had another tunguska event. I'm not worried.
you have better chances of a plane landing on you head than being killed by somthing like that.

But what if... just if... that event happened over say Los Angeles.

Now that would be a different event, thousands would die.

Torplexed · 03-02-09, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terror_666

so basically we almost had another tunguska event. I'm not worried.
you have better chances of a plane landing on you head than being killed by somthing like that.

But what if... just if... that event happened over say Los Angeles.

Now that would be a different event, thousands would die.

If it landed off the coast in the Pacific it would probably obliterate every city and town within a hundred miles of the ocean with a half mile high tsunami.

Given how crazy surfers are they'd probably flock to the scene.

Digital_Trucker · 03-02-09, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

If it landed off the coast in the Pacific it would probably obliterate every city and town within a hundred miles of the ocean with a half mile high tsunami.

Given how crazy surfers are they'd probably flock to the scene.

Cowabunga, dude

rubenandthejets · 03-03-09, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

The Klendathu need better targeting computers

"Goddam bugs whacked us, Johnny!"

Reminds me of "Greg the stop sign!" Verse 2, Line 1

"Sometime in the next ten thousand years a comets' gonna wipe out all trace of man. I'm banking on it coming before my end of year exam."

clive bradbury · 03-03-09, 10:47 AM

After seeing Ben Affleck's performance in 'Pearl Harbour' one cannot escape the conclusion that if humanity was wiped out be an asteriod we probably deserve eveything we get...

baggygreen · 03-03-09, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by clive bradbury

After seeing Ben Affleck's performance in 'Pearl Harbour' one cannot escape the conclusion that if humanity was wiped out be an asteriod we probably deserve eveything we get...

I second that... particularly after the barf-worth scene following the dogfight when they're emerging from their P40s....

03-04-09, 02:26 PM

We had a small, half a kilo, meteorite hit the ground here in Finland. So it's not like these things aren't really impacting earth all the time.

There could be others earlier but this one is another big one that will hopefully not hit earth in 2029.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

03-02-09, 01:00 PM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Crikey that was close ! Ponder your mortality ladies and gentilman. Near miss asteroid over the weekend. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,503164,00.html __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Terror_666 Watch Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Monitoring my back-yard SAM site. Posts: 30 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	so basically we almost had another tunguska event. I'm not worried. you have better chances of a plane landing on you head than being killed by somthing like that. __________________ Evil, Malice, Death, Decay. Just another working day.

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{1.SS}Eberhardt Maschinist Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: the briny deep Posts: 54 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Damn, and I'm still so young

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OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Wrath of Xenu. Ok that made very little sense. But seriously, I suppose this is a real threat that is out there. Now we need Bruce Willis who is an oil driller to be sent up there with Ben Affleck etc. etc.

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baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Whoops.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-earth-monday/

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clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	After seeing Ben Affleck's performance in 'Pearl Harbour' one cannot escape the conclusion that if humanity was wiped out be an asteriod we probably deserve eveything we get...

03-04-09, 02:26 PM	#15
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	We had a small, half a kilo, meteorite hit the ground here in Finland. So it's not like these things aren't really impacting earth all the time. There could be others earlier but this one is another big one that will hopefully not hit earth in 2029. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis