Asteroid Alert

[BigNick]

Because you end up with Sharknado

Thanks for that. I can see that I was missing out on a little bit of cultural gold by never having heard of that phenomenon.

 

[Fermion]

If it hits at all, I would think there's about 70% or so chance it hits water and 30% chance of hitting land. But those higher order probability calculations are likely beyond my ken.

I think it doesn't really make a difference what an asteroid of that size hits. It pretty much ignores the half a mile of water and just goes kablooey.

Best bet is to be on the opposite side of the planet, or better on one of those 30 day trips to mars.

 

[MichaelB]

An update to this [-]threat[/-] thread

But now a team of scientists is suggesting that the Earth is vulnerable to many more Chelyabinsk-size space rocks than was previously thought. In research being published Wednesday by the journal Nature, they estimate that such strikes could occur as often as every decade or two.

Story here http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/s...-strikes-are-likely-scientists-find.html?_r=0