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Old 09-08-2016, 02:00 PM
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Did anybody notice that an object from space came close to earth the other day?
A Bus-Size Asteroid Just Gave Earth a Close Shave
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They discovered it only two days before the encounter??? Does not give me a warm fuzzy...
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Eh. You wouldn't have time for warm and fuzzy...

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What could they have done about it if they had seen it earlier?
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Old 09-08-2016, 06:21 PM
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Get the body bags prepositioned.

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What could they have done about it if they had seen it earlier?
Send spacemen in rockets to attach an atomic bomb and blow it off course, of course

The Chelyabinsk meteor was about 20 meters in diameter and it didn't do much damage. It did happen to explode in the atmosphere, though.
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there is only one procedure to follow.....
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Pretty sure Billy Bob Thornton is available . . .
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