Scientists Have Underestimated The Likelihood Of City-Killing Asteroids Hitting Earth

BI - Reuters ^ | 4-28-2014 | Irene Klotz, Reuters

[COBOL2Java]

Before a city killing asteroid can kill a city, it has to hit it. In all of written history there have been a couple such asteroids, and they missed the cities.

It's perfecting its aim. Not easy to hit a moving target from such a distance!

[BlueDragon]

There should be a ‘Chicken Little’ alert.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To avoid the falling asteroid.

[SunkenCiv]

An Asteroid The Size Of A Bus Came Closer To Earth Than The Moon This Morning, But It’s Cool

[Rodamala]

[SunkenCiv]

Link hunted down with help from wikipedia; looks like the date in “Rain of Iron and Ice” is off by a day; the story is found near the bottom of the second column:

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1919-11-27/ed-1/seq-1.pdf

[SunkenCiv]

A Celestial Collision [June 18, 1178]
Alaska Science Forum | February 10, 1983 | Larry Gedney
Posted on 9/15/2004 12:04:28 PM by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1216757/posts

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/601395/posts?page=77#77

and the duplicate topic (thanks blam for both):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/925512/posts

and another old favorite (also from blam):

Did Asteroids And Comets Turn The Tides Of Civilization?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/714636/posts

Nasa video shows just how close asteroid will come to hitting Earth
DailyMailUK | UPDATED: 10:11 EST, 8 February 2013
Posted on 2/9/2013 12:15:04 PM by BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2986878/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bolide/index

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/impact/index

[SunkenCiv]

summary:

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization collected data that shows 26 asteroids exploded in Earth's atmosphere from 2000 to 2013, registering the release of from one to 600 kilotons of energy, each.

[SunkenCiv]

I’m not a fan of gradualist “explanations” for glaciation, but anyway, found this while looking for information on one of the recent impacts described in the video.

http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/08/an-ice-age-every-100000-years-why-see-122000-year-simulation-of-ice-sheets-2476810.html

Ice Ages And Their Causes (1:14 in length, no soundtrack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoAvpTdqrfw

[Old Sarge]

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