If you were to ask somebody who studies space and things that come from space for a living, what would happen if a large asteroid hit Earth, and his response was “pray” it probably wouldn’t be very comforting. When posed with the question, Thomas Zurbuchen, the Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington not only said that, he also said that it’s not exactly a what-if scenario, but it’s a matter of when.
But don’t fret! There’s good news.
While an asteroid impact on New York could be devastating, it would seem that an asteroid impact in Los Angeles would be less devastating. Thanks to a simulation, which took place in El Segundo, CA, on October 25 they were able to figure out exactly how long emergency rescuers would have to evacuate a city. The emergency planners based their scenario on an object they tracked through space with an impact probability of 65%. However, there was a period of four months where they couldn’t track the object, making their findings shaky at best.
Find out what FEMA had to say on the next page.
Oh no runnnnn
Atlantic ocean or Pacific?
Lol
Fukushima is already killing us all the pacific ocean is dead
Good I can’t wait
Cannon ball that MF
Unicorns will fly out of it and invade the earth.
Would be nice… fuckin morons will all take to the freeways lolololo
Bush’s fault
Hopes it hits the Vatican first then heads for Wash, DC.