Posted on 04/13/2009 2:24:52 PM PDT by decimon
Future President’s fault?
Anwar Bush.
Hmmm....if that is "extremely remote" then I guess that Lotto ticket isn't as sure a way to retirement as I thought.
If God don’t come before then.
2004 MN4 (sometimes written 2004 MN4)
Just how is is written other times???
Great a visit by a system Lord and I probably
won’t be around to greet him, no chance for First Prime either.
I will be here too. Only the good die young. I plan to live to 100 or so.
Kree!
Lord Master President For Life Hussein-Obama Dada.
Click on the brief film to see my home town get wiped out by a tsunami from a small asteroid 2000 years ago....
Earth’s atmosphere gives protection against the vast majority of small asteroids which hit. Asteroids hit the atmosphere at typical speeds in excess of 10 km/sec — an average of about 20 km/sec for asteroids whose entire orbits reside within the inner solar system, with exact relative speed depending upon their angle of approach, and with speeds over 50 km/sec common for small cometary objects making a pass from the outer solar system. At this speed, they usually break up due to severe shock pressures, and burn up due to friction with the atmosphere. Think about it — 10 kilometers per second (6 miles per second) is awfully fast — about 36,000 kilometers (22,000 miles) per hour.
For asteroids coming in at 20 km/sec, it’s generally thought that to penetrate the atmosphere and cause major damage by tsunami, an iron asteroid must be around 40 to 60 meters in diameter, and a stony asteroid 200 meters in diameter (Hills, 1994, paper ref.). However, a stony asteroid 60 meters in diameter can cause significant damage by airbursts (Hills and Goda, 1993, paper ref.).
http://www.permanent.com/a-impact.htm
I am sure a rocket or some such will be invented to be used to destroy or change the direction of such threats.
It’s always something. “Climate change”, December 21, 20012, the Yellowstone Caldera, ebola, Apophis, 0bama ...
:’D
Gene Shoemaker said that, an object a mile or so in diameter, delivers on impact more energy than if one were to take all the nukes on the planet, put them into one pile, and set them all off simultaneously. IOW, kind of a lot. :’)
This Apophis thing is only 0.27 kilometer diameter, the online conversion gizmo renders that as 885.8 feet. Pipsqueak. It would only be like, oh, something like one half of one per cent of that amount of energy. And of course, relative velocity plays an important role in the amount of energy, so I won’t worry too much either. ;’) Y’know, give or take having it land near here.
That reminds of this line from Diamonds Are Forever:
Blofeld: The satellite is at present over... Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years. Perhaps New York, with all that smut and traffic... might give them a chance for a fresh start. Washington, DC. Perfect. Since we have not heard from them, *they* will hear from us.
True story: I first saw that movie in Kansas City, Missouri. The place exploded in laughter on that line. :-))
That reminds of this line from Diamonds Are Forever:
Blofeld: The satellite is at present over... Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years. Perhaps New York, with all that smut and traffic... might give them a chance for a fresh start. Washington, DC. Perfect. Since we have not heard from them, *they* will hear from us.
True story: I first saw that movie in Kansas City, Missouri. The place exploded in laughter on that line. :-))
That’s a great story. :’)
Yes, Michelle Obama will be in her first term representing the Socalist Party.
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