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To: Rurudyne

If a Gamma Ray burst happened inside our own galaxy, within 5-8k light years and we were in the line of fire, we would all be dead.

Half immediately on the side of Earth facing the burst, the other half slowly as the atmosphere is stripped of its protective upper ozone layer and sudden production of massive amounts of ozone at ground level...................


20 posted on 11/20/2019 1:57:44 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Red Badger

If a Gamma Ray burst happened inside our own galaxy, within 5-8k light years and we were in the line of fire, we would all be dead.

Half immediately on the side of Earth facing the burst, the other half slowly as the atmosphere is stripped of its protective upper ozone layer and sudden production of massive amounts of ozone at ground level...................

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Sounds a bit worse than global warming.


33 posted on 11/20/2019 3:02:11 PM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: Red Badger

And we don’t know that it hasn’t happened....


38 posted on 11/20/2019 9:42:16 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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