justoffal
Senator
Recently I had the pleasure of viewing the National Geographic special entitled ASTEROIDS.....
This is a well presented documentary dealing specifically with a species of Galactic objects known as Earth Crossing meteors or in the case of those that happen to be of some considerable size and speed, Asteroids.
These bits and pieces of leftover catastrophes and collisions number in the hundreds of thousands and have left their signature impact craters on every major celestial object in our cozy little Solar Neighborhood.
From one quarter of a mile wide and up we are looking at a major change in the way life proceeds here on Earth should something fitting that description make an impact anywhere on this planet even in the deepest parts of the oceans. From one mile wide and up it's pretty much lights out and start over and when I say start over I mean not even bacteria will survive. This is a sobering thought.
Asked by the interviewer what he thought of the next possible collision with something that large ( mile wide and up ) an old, war weary Astronomer who serves us better unnamed than named said simply and stoically: " Yes, I think it will happen and when it does it is likely that we will have no warning at all. The first thing you will feel is the trembling of the earth. Following that you will feel a shock wave that will present in the form of a quick blast of hurricane force winds. Very soon after that you will see the blast front rushing up over the Horizon. "
JO
This is a well presented documentary dealing specifically with a species of Galactic objects known as Earth Crossing meteors or in the case of those that happen to be of some considerable size and speed, Asteroids.
These bits and pieces of leftover catastrophes and collisions number in the hundreds of thousands and have left their signature impact craters on every major celestial object in our cozy little Solar Neighborhood.
From one quarter of a mile wide and up we are looking at a major change in the way life proceeds here on Earth should something fitting that description make an impact anywhere on this planet even in the deepest parts of the oceans. From one mile wide and up it's pretty much lights out and start over and when I say start over I mean not even bacteria will survive. This is a sobering thought.
Asked by the interviewer what he thought of the next possible collision with something that large ( mile wide and up ) an old, war weary Astronomer who serves us better unnamed than named said simply and stoically: " Yes, I think it will happen and when it does it is likely that we will have no warning at all. The first thing you will feel is the trembling of the earth. Following that you will feel a shock wave that will present in the form of a quick blast of hurricane force winds. Very soon after that you will see the blast front rushing up over the Horizon. "
JO
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