“...(S)kyscraper-size asteroid will blaze past Earth in a close approach this Sunday”
“Close approach” is SIXTEEN TIMES as far away as the moon, fer chrissakes!! Let me know when it flies a couple miles over Walla Walla, then we can call it a “close approach.” Heck, using the same language as these alarmists, we could just as easily say “The MOON, a FULL QUARTER of the size as EARTH, CONTINUALLY MENACES Earth from ONLY a quarter-million miles away! We’re DOOOOMED!!!”
Relax, there’s at least one out there that has our name on it... Coming soon...
A miss is as good as a mile (or a few million).