[Kylon]

http://www.space.com/news/051103_asteroid_apophis.html


Anyway, we will probably have far fewer resources to deal with this problem then than we do now. What's everybody's opinion?

[Armageddon]

I hope it lands right on top of my fucking house

[Fergus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'h')ttp://www.space.com/news/051103_asteroid_apophis.html


Anyway, we will probably have far fewer resources to deal with this problem then than we do now. What's everybody's opinion?

[vision-master]

That's gonna suck, I'll be 83 by then!

[emersonbiggins]

Damn, does State Farm even sell asteroid insurance?

[dub_scratch]

That'll make all the mess we make of the place inconsequential

Rock on Killer Asteroid headed for Earth! Rock on!

[paoniapbud]

I'll be 59 by then. I'm sure life will be so miserable I won't give a flying rat's ass anyhow. Bring on the rock!

[Wildwell]

Something else for the Doomers to look forward to. There's so much these days too.

[Anthrobus]

Since we are all doomed already, according to occams razor the asteroid is an unnessecary additional entity introduced into the whole scheme. It should thus be declared unscientific and ignored.

[Fergus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Anthrobus', 'S')ince we are all doomed already, according to occams razor the asteroid is an unnessecary additional entity introduced into the whole scheme. It should thus be declared unscientific and ignored.

[Ludi]

"Asteroid 99942 Apophis – first labeled as 2004 MN4 -- is estimated to be roughly 1,000 feet (320 meters) in diameter. Were it to strike Earth, it would not set off global havoc but would generate significant local or regional damage, experts say."

[Concerned]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'h')ttp://www.space.com/news/051103_asteroid_apophis.html


Anyway, we will probably have far fewer resources to deal with this problem then than we do now. What's everybody's opinion?

[JoeCoal]

Sorry if this is a doomer's buzzkill, but $this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')n impact is still possible on April 13, 2036, keeping the asteroid at level 1 on the Torino impact hazard scale. As of June 2006, this corresponds to an impact probability of 1 in 38,000.

[TITAN]

I'm sure by 2020 we won't have the desire nor the ability to maintain our, by then, space tracking systems. By 2036, civilization will have dropped so far and lost so much information, the asteroid will take us completely by surprise, if it hits us, which I doubt...

[Dreamtwister]

Look on the bright side: If a monster asteroid hits the earth, it'll kick up so much dust, we might be able to counter global warming!

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Fergus', ' ')

Yea, lets just ignore it, it'll go away.

Come to think of it, maybe if we ignore all the problems, they will go away.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', '
')Works for me. I'm sick and tired worrying about the future. Whatever will happen is out of my control anyway. Peak Oil, Singularity, Super Volcano, Hyper Tsunami, Asteroid - who gives a dime? Nothing I can do to avoid it.

Party on!

[Lighthouse]

What about a thread with the subject:

the 100 worse doomer scenarios?

or 100 reasons why we are doomed

or so ....

Will we get 100 possible catastrophes, which will result in a totalled planet?

[rsch20]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', 'W')hat about a thread with the subject:

the 100 worse doomer scenarios?

or 100 reasons why we are doomed

or so ....

Will we get 100 possible catastrophes, which will result in a totalled planet?

[presidentsherrill]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', 'L')ook on the bright side: If a monster asteroid hits the earth, it'll kick up so much dust, we might be able to counter global warming!