Another Asteroid Close Call

james was one of a number of people that submitted the news that the earth has had another near miss, this time with an asteroid. This particular one is thought to be about 300 meters in length, meaning that if it had struck the earth, it would have destroyed an area of say...South Africa. Not to mention the fall out. But we don't need a better system for watching the stars. Nope. Obviously not.

Comments

Simple survival system

[richie2000]

DUCK!

Re:Simple survival system

[Sobrique]

The emergency procedure when being faced with being hit by an awfully large rock is to lower your pants bend down and kiss your arse goodbye.

This Just In

[Rope_a_Dope]

Taco Bell has announced that if an asteroid strikes a platform floating off the coast of South Africa, free chalupas to any living survivors.

Re:A reason for funding?

[brassman]

I am sorry to say it but, I beleive that a direct hit it what is needed to force our governments to take action.

But then they'll say "Oh, gee, something like that only happens once every 5,000 years, so we have lots of time before the next one now that it's finally happened."

I'd script it this way:
Bruce Willis: "On average? What does that mean?"
Jeff Goldblum: "It means we're about due for three of these."
Bruce Willis: "Oh."