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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 03:25 AM
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Asteroid that almost did

My hubby watched this on Fox News today. Supposedly, the panic button was almost hit last month about an impact. Interesting reading. Kind of puts that Sudden Impact/Armegeddon thought in my head.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3517319.stm
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 07:20 AM
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Holy crap!!! 500 meters!!!!
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 08:49 AM
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That was one big space rock.....

Ya know, if i had to go, i want it to be in some kind of freak accident...but i'm afraid that i wouldn't have wanted to been around when that thing smacked us....talk about having a headache from being hit upside the head with it...

Fraid there isn't enough advil in the world to stop that headache tho...
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 09:36 AM
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frankly, I don't want them to tell us. Why should I care, you can't out run it, you can't hide, it shouldn't matter if we don't know. I don't want to see mass panic, fools that think they can outrun something like this.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 10:10 AM
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..........good point matt......some things are best left to mystery!!!--though it gives george the idea he can save the earth by 'nukin' the things-------------I can see it now!!!
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 12:38 PM
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We couldn't have done anything about it,but if we knew we were going to be hit,we could have emergency personel ready to respond in case it struck a populated area.People would scream bloody murder it there was a disaster and they weren't warned about it.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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There is alot of flying rocks out there, and a few that can hurt REAL bad.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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Man i could so see Bush tryin the Armageddon nuking idea. I would love to see what he would have to say in that situation.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 05:08 PM
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Man i could so see Bush tryin the Armageddon nuking idea. I would love to see what he would have to say in that situation.
He would call the asteroid a terrorist and declare war on the rock.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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He would call the asteroid a terrorist and declare war on the rock.
OMG laughed so hard when i read this. Thats some funny S#1t
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 11:14 PM
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HAHA good stuff. then some judge would declare the asteroid has the right to collide with other space objects, regardless of what orbit they take
 
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 11:18 PM
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Since were on this topic i just have one question. Why arent hemroids called astroids.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 12:04 AM
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haha assteroids
 
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 12:06 AM
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I would rather them try to nuke it than do nothing at all.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 06:56 AM
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Originally posted by 02superstroker
I would rather them try to nuke it than do nothing at all.
The asteoid or the hemroid
 
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