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Quote from: Band8PGeek on September 14, 2007, 06:27:29 amAsteroids aren't the end of the world. Global warming is. I think Manbearpig is a bigger threat than global warming.
Asteroids aren't the end of the world. Global warming is.
Meh. I don't care either way if this Earth is obliterated. Just so long as I die right away.
I'd be fine with it... if I didn't know it was gonna happen until it did.
A "doomsday" asteroid is defined as one with a diameter greater than .6 mile (1 km), which could cause global climatic catastrophe if it collided with Earth. Debris from such a collision would be predicted to cause worldwide clouding and cooling, with possibly disastrous effects on crops and animals.Such asteroids come along perhaps once every 100,000 years or more, according to the newly approved Torino scale that assesses how asteroid and comet collisions would affect life on Earth.A "doomsday" rock would rate a Torino 10, the highest rating. But the vast majority of asteroids rate a zero, "events having no likely consequences," according to the Torino scale.
So, if it were the end of the world as we knew it, you'd feel fine?
Well, I have also read December 12, 2012 is supposed to be the end of the world, due to an asteroid colliding with Earth. Every other day is the "End of the World", so really, you never know.