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    How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    I'd rather be killed in SoCal by [fire, mudslide, earthquake, tsunami, angry illegal alien] then live out my finite life in some other less ideal location.
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    01/13/09

    @banmojo: Well I for one will be enjoying my banal existence here in good old NJ while SoCal becomes a new national landmark in the form of a big ass smoking crater...
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Neal deGrasse Tyson is the man.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    whatever, bring it on, there are worse ways to go, and assuming i haven't started a family, i could be seriously satisfied with living only another 20 years.
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Time to dust off my "The end is near, prepare to meet thy doom!" sign and start that cult that I've been wanting to assemble. Anyone want to join? We have pudding!
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    01/13/09

    @Tikitiki: Any Flavor-Aid?
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    Image of Mike918 Mike918
    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Just to be clear...it will hit just california right??...will i be ok if i live in Tijuana??...i dont wanna die!
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    01/13/09

    @Mike918: Stick to Baja. That's not really aprt of California.
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    01/13/09

    @Mike918: If you're going to TJ, bring lots of cash. I know this really good club you can hang out for a while.
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Isn't this the plot from Superman/Superman Returns? Except instead if an asteroid, it was bombs/Kryptonite island.
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    I like this video better of Apophis crashing into the planet.
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Perhaps if you add the Barber of Seville performed by the King's Singers to the video - THEN you'd be able to laugh at the ultimate obliteration of the west coast.


    The more obvious solution is to send nukes at the tidal wave epicenter!

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    01/13/09

    @Elec.pookaloo: Yes, I've always been a fan of making a bad situation worse.


    "Hey, injury. Meet my pal, insult."
    "...your mother's a whore."

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/13/09

    @DeusExMach: It's not like we'd be hurting much if we lost LA. Hell, I collect movies in which LA is destroyed.
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Luckily Atlantis is back on Earth, or so I heard. As long as we get the Daedalus class ships and some f-302's, we should be fine. I think a few blasts from the Ori beam will cut through it 1-2-3.
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    01/13/09

    @KesselRunner_GitEmSteveDave:
    Jebus its X-302 and the Daedalus is still considerd an X-304 Class, and Atlantis is not on Earth they have contact with earth bad reference.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    01/13/09

    @Thallid: "In the Stargate universe, the Daedalus is Earth's second deep-space battle cruiser and one of three Daedalus class cruisers." [scifipedia.scifi.com]


    "The F-302 is the production model of the X-302 hyperspace fighter, an air and space superiority vehicle operated by the United States Air Force and Russian Federation." [stargate.wikia.com]


    and Spoiler Warning:


    "Now, after several million years, Atlantis is back to where she began, on Earth. " [stargate.wikia.com]


    I hope my references are good enough.

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    01/13/09

    @KesselRunner_GitEmSteveDave: Not going to happen; they're done with the series!


    Besides if anything, they'll use Merlin's phase-changing device and make the whole world disappear, letting the asteroid just fly right through. :)

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    01/13/09

    @PorkchopSandwiches!_GitEmSteveDave: That was one of the absolute worst endings to a series I've ever seen to be quite honest.
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    01/13/09

    @ripfire: StarGate:Universe.
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    01/13/09

    @KesselRunner_GitEmSteveDave: Umm. What? SG:Universe? Am I missing something here? (Time to hit SciFi)


    @Lite: I know, but I have a feeling that it could have been worse. At least you have Atlantis return to Earth which is a big deal and they can now travel as much as they can with a city-sized spaceship.

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    01/13/09

    @ripfire: SciFi? Hit io9! [io9.com]
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    This shit's coming closer to the Earth than our communication satellites? WTF!? Now I'm freaked.
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    Image of danms6 danms6
    01/13/09

    @Serolf Divad: While I didn't watch the video here at work, most communication satellites are in geosynch orbit at ~22k miles above Earth so it's a pretty big region.
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    01/13/09

    @danms6:


    That's 1/10th the distance between the Earth and the Moon, though.

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    01/13/09

    @danms6: Who cares about that. I just care about if it will mess up my DirecTV.
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    01/13/09

    @ripfire: It will when the DirecTV satellite is knocked out of orbit and plows directly into your roof..
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    01/13/09

    @ripfire: Well, since heavy cloud cover will mess up your signal.....
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Don't feel too bad for them. California has it coming.
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    01/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: So as everyone evacuates California, the asteroid impacts, it will crush your enemies, you will see them fall at your feet, and hear the lamentations of their women?
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    01/13/09

    @KesselRunner_GitEmSteveDave: New York - Vincent to California's Julius.
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    01/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Damn, I messed that up. *it will crush your enemies, you will see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women?
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    Image of Mike Noble Mike Noble
    01/13/09

    ...well...we in California may die instantly...but...you all on the east coast will have to deal with a slow death via the immediate winter following the impact...good luck with that :P :D @OMG! Ponies!:
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    01/13/09

    @Mike Noble: Yeah, cuz us East coasters NEVER have cold winters.
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    01/13/09

    @Mike Noble: It's going to be 20* for a high tomorrow. That's why we have scarves, gloves, peacoats, sweaters and long johns.


    On the upside, there will be fewer skinny chicks. As we waddle around in our winter garb, I'm sure that the laydeez will feel a little more willing to pack on some pounds. Sweaters are very forgiving.

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    01/13/09

    @KesselRunner_GitEmSteveDave: Yes, but your winters end. This one wouldn't. Not for years anyway. And considering how much food comes out of California what exactly would everyone be eating? Actually, with the debris and cloud cover they predict nothing would grow anywhere for quite awhile. I think Apophis is bigger than the asteroid that took out the dinosaurs. ALL the dinosaurs. Not just the ones that lived in the impact area.
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    01/13/09

    @ninjamurf: Uh, hello, NJ, Garden State? And with our natural radiation, we'll never freeze!
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    01/13/09

    @Mike Noble: Winter-shminter. We've already had years of prep time to be ready for that eventuality. Enjoy your Californisicle...
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    01/13/09

    @ninjamurf: Hey why do you think SteveDave lives on a horse farm....
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    01/13/09

    @Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude: For the kicks!
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    01/13/09

    @KesselRunner_GitEmSteveDave: I meant that you'd never go hungry... lol
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    thank god I live on the east coast...
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    01/13/09

    @superbryant: except of course that if the calculations of the time of impact are off by a few hours it would end up in the Atlantic instead, or somewhere in between, or somewhere else entirely...
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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Asteroid impacts are so 1998. What we really need to worry about are techmatter-based aliens that can transmogrify into various shapes to camouflage themselves on our planet.


    Oh wait...wasn't Morgan Freeman president in one of those movies? Now we have Obama... oh... no...

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    01/13/09

    @jestermeister: That's what I said... BEFORE the election.
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    Image of HBOC HBOC
    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    12/21/12 i think is the precise date. It is really funny because i remember reading about the mayans 10 years ago, and now everyone is becoming aware of it.
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    01/13/09

    @HBOC: 12.21.12 would be quiet the number since they were not away of christ being born and all.....


    OR WERE THEY??

    Duu du duuuuuuuuuuuu

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    01/13/09

    @HBOC: [skeptoid.com]
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    01/13/09

    @HBOC:


    that's due to coast to coast am no doubt.

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    01/13/09

    @Denver_80203:


    it's generally thought to be coincidence.

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    01/13/09

    In reply to How Asteroid Apophis Could Destroy the US West Coast in 2029
    Current chances of impact have been lowered to one in 45,000. If this video scares you, you should be petrified to even get in a car.
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    01/13/09

    @biturbo02: yes, apparently new data suggest that it has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting the earth some time in 2036, but that's still pretty high odds to me. The picture below (from wikipedia) apparently gives the best guess for actual trajectory. And it's pretty close;


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