Space Rock To Hurtle Past Earth

BBC ^ | 01-07-2002

[Mitchell]

That web page also gives 80 feet as the diameter of the object that hit, a little smaller than 100-meter figure from the other website I quoted above.

Whoops -- that should have been "a lot smaller".

[blam]

Thanks to you too. I checked it out myself some time back because of my interest in anthropology. I was wondering if this event had been witnessed by humans. ( I think yes, regardless if it was 20k or 50k years ago.)

[blam]

Carolina Bays

[Mitchell]

Was that area populated 50,000 years ago?

[RightWhale]

there is nothing we could have done about it.

If they would get off their country estates and put some hardware in space, --prepositioning--, then there would be something that could be done. Cataloging the nasties is just another academic exercise.

[RightWhale]

I don't think anyone can imagine the extent of the panic and chaos that would take place

Depends who it lands on. If it lands on them it will be a sign from God. If it lands on us it will begin several years of blaming Republicans.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

We're all gonna die?

You have doubts?

[blam]

"Was that area populated 50,000 years ago?"

Oh Yes!

Calico: A 200,000 Year Old Site In The Americas

[JudyB1938]

I read the end of the book. Not everybody will die. (See Revelation)

[XBob]

Scattered along the eastern coast of the United States from southern New Jersey to northern Florida are approximately 500,000 elliptical depressions collectively called the Carolina Bays

[wolfman]

It appears to be some sort of bird track -- sign left by an intergalactic pea-fowl or space chicken

Wouldn't that be poultry in motion?

[Mitchell]

Very interesting. I didn't realize there was any evidence for humans in the New World before 20,000 years ago or so. Thanks for the link.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I read the end of the book. Not everybody will die. (See Revelation)

On this plane, the plane threatened by an errant rock, they will. On a higher plane, no, but those aren't the ones who are worrying. :-)

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I read the end of the book. Not everybody will die. (See Revelation)

On this plane, the plane threatened by an errant rock, they will. On a higher plane, no, but those aren't the ones who are worrying. :-)

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I read the end of the book. Not everybody will die. (See Revelation)

On this plane, the plane threatened by an errant rock, they will. On a higher plane, no, but those aren't the ones who are worrying. :-)

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I read the end of the book. Not everybody will die. (See Revelation)

On this plane, the plane threatened by an errant rock, they will. On a higher plane, no, but those aren't the ones who are worrying. :-)

[zarf]

Spit take.

[Crowcreek]

poultry in motion?

Hmmmm... Eggstraterrestial flying objects....Impossible to track -- if not for the occasional track...

At this point, we might check for droppings near cosmic water-holes. A close orbit with one of these cl*ckers could plunge the globe into 'deep guano' . .

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

A meteor would most likely hit the Pacific Ocean and if it was big enough cause huge tsunamis and do great damage to Sydney, Australia, Japan, California and other places. Will you sleep soundly tonight now with that knowledge?

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

I will sleep soundly tonight, heck everyone dies someday.