Posted on 12/28/2004 10:10:07 AM PST by Willie Green
The world can exhale a collective sigh of relief. A newfound asteroid tagged with the highest warning level ever issued will not strike Earth, scientists said Monday.
The giant space rock, named 2004 MN4, was said on Dec. 23 to have an outside shot at hitting the planet on April 13, 2029. The odds climbed as high as 1-in-37, or 2.7 percent, on Monday, Dec. 27.
Researchers had flagged the object as one to monitor very carefully. It was the first asteroid to be ranked 4 on the Torino Scale, a Richter-like measure for potentially threatening space rocks. The asteroid is about a quarter mile (400 meters) wide, large enough to cause considerable local or regional damage were it to hit the planet.
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Cripes, wouldn't ya know it....
Ya run out and fight the last-minute holiday shopping rush to stock up on batteries, toilet paper and MREs,
THEN they call the whole thing off...
Sheeeesh... I just HATE it when that happens.
Bush's fault.
Wow. That was close. I can exhale now!
"Scientists now say that because of public interest, the date has been moved up to 2010." : )
They are full of crap, they are just trying to control mass hysteria.... Why would they have data one day that says one thing, then all of a sudden it hits the news, and now they backtrack.....hmmmm makes you wonder eh?
I'm glad.
Bruce Willis can stand down now, condition green.
Darn! I was hoping it would hit the UN! </sarcasm>
This has got to happen. There's got to be a reason to not leave the house. This is outrageous!
No. It takes time and multiple observations to produce an accurate ephemeris.
April 13, 2029... That's the same day that they project Social Security will go bankrupt, as well as Friday the 13th...
Hard to believe it's really going to miss us.
Did we notice the overabundance of bad smell from this exhale of breath.
I brushed and gargled.
Great New Year's present. I can now breathe again...
Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Mayan Calendar says "Show's Over" in 2012. Mr. Banker? I may be late with that last mortgage payment I owe ya. Sorry.
Until then, I'm just gonna consult my Weather Rock when I get up in the morning and continue to live my life...
"You just have to make sure you're logged on, though."
But I'm so scared that Bush is gong to incur the rath of more terrorists. Why do I go on living? :)
And it's true about being logged on.
I bought all that duct tape, for nothing!
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