[ansel12]

It was a joke, it was meant to be humor.

[DuncanWaring]

I have been wondering, though, for a while, “What would the effect be if a large meteor/small asteroid missed the earth by a mile (at its point of nearest approach, it was one mile above the ground)?”

There would be, of course, a heck of a sonic boom; over water it would probably trigger a tsunami, over a built-up area it would probably be as bad as being nuked.

The parts that burned off would probably have the same sun-obscuring effect as a volcanic eruption.

What else?

[chiller]

just checking....because the sonic boom caused most of the damage, as I understand but I couldn't imagine a boom knocking down walls.

On the other hand, those Russky building inspectors are pretty lax :)