Posted on 05/03/2014 5:11:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Don't worry, NASA's known about it for ages. Like, four whole days.
So heres a fun fact: while you were sleeping last night, you had a near-death experience. Yes, you and everyone else on this lovely planet. In the wee hours of the morning, a pretty sizeable asteroid soared by the Earth, just missing it. But were okay. For now.
At 4:13am EDT, asteroid 2014 HL129 essentially side-swiped the Earth, coming within 186,000 miles of our planet. For reference, the moon is 238,855 miles away. Which means the asteroid was much, much closer to us than the moon will ever be. And the moon is pretty damn close. Like, we-sent-people-there-in-the-60s close.
Oh, and why is it called 2014 HL129? Its because we pretty much just discovered that this asteroid exists. Yep, a rock that NASAs Asteroid Watch says was about 25 feet wide (approximately the size of a bus) and came within space-moments of smacking our planet around was completely unknown until April 28th. Four days ago. But no big deal guys, no need to panic. Were fine.
Just know planet-wide destruction could be under a week away and we could have no idea. Neato.
(Excerpt) Read more at geekosystem.com ...
In the year 1994, a comet passes between the earth and the moon, causing the moon to split in two, giving birth to the world in which Thundarr, the Barbarian, lives.
"Oh, you said 'he-whores', nevermind..."
And aluminum isn’t very dense. On the other hand, many asteroids are iron-based.
It would just burn up and hit the ground as a rock the size of a chihuahua's head.
Count on it, if the scenario really happens.
If an announcement is made that something is coming that would wipe out the world in 6 months, how many people will show up at work tomorrow?
What happens to the plans of the elites to create shelters for themselves in remote mountains (as happened in that movie), if the people who would be making the supplies that would keep the elites alive stopped working? The elites would want people to be unaware (and thus continue working), right up to the last moment.
You’re right.
With all the eyes in the sky though I don’t know how they’d keep it a secret.
Please, everyone knows that’s a myth.
Godzilla, now *that’s* reality.
Nope. The Chicxulub impactor (ended the dinos) was about six miles across.
Mister Sunshine! ;’)
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Khent wants to roomie with you.
“She was a beautiful lady. Remember her in The Great Race with Curtis and Jack Lemon.
Shame she died the way she did.”
Yes and yes.
Let him go and roomie with Bubba the Love Sponge at Ossining Penitentiary...
He’ll be in homoheaven..
He said no...he’s coming to your house...
“...hes coming to your house...”
.. and it was at THAT point, that all throughout Pennsylvania, the soft “click!” of rifle safeties being disengaged could be heard...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was one last year that was inside the orbit of Geostationary satellites, less then 25000 miles.
.... followed by a quick burst of static from the radio, and the irritating BEEEEP of the Emergency Broadcast System...
“THIS IS NOT A TEST... a rabid, flamboyant retarded homoboy in a cheap purple Leisure Suit (with Armani cape) and 1970s vintage platform shoes was last seen running through the area, shouting obscenities and disrobing... extremely dangerous, and thought to be the carrier of the recent “Zombie Apocalypse Strain” of influenza... Shoot on sight, and burn the body immediately per instructions from the Atlanta CDC...”
Typically, when I hear something like that, I pay attention...
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