The End Is Near

[DesertFox]

Grew up in Hawaii in the 70's, Dad was stationed at Hickam AFB down by Pearl Harbor. We'd get driven to school in Wahiawa where there was a bridge where a guy was standing wearing a sandwich board sign saying "The world will end in 5 days." Each day was a countdown to "The world will end in 1 day." The next day he was gone and we never saw him again.

So his world may very well have ended, but the rest of us have plodded on for the last 50 years...

 

[Rule3]

No worries!

 

[Rustyt1953]

I'm good.

 

[BC38]

I'm good.

1950's & 1960's vintage bomb shelter.
Best offer. No lowballers. I know what I've got here.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Time to prepare. Buy some Nike sneakers and book your flight to the mother ship, were all toast! Kidding aside, it's an interesting subject, eventually one is going to hit us someplace.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...S&cvid=377e3a8b4f574891b18293063607249d&ei=11

The end of time is only known by one Entity.........The word is fire and brimestone.

 

[S&W Fan]

Oh man if only Bruce Willis was healthy we’d be fine.

 

[BC38]

Oh man if only Bruce Willis was healthy we’d be fine.

Well, Chuck Norris is still healthy so maybe all hope isn't lost.
Surely he can whip that asteroid's behind if anyone can!

 

[BC38]

The end of time is only known by one Entity.........The word is fire and brimestone.

I agree. But when you look at what a large asteroid impact does, fire and brimstone is a pretty fitting description.
If I recall what I read correctly they predict that if this one hits land it will be the equivalent of 83 megatons of TNT - about 6 times what hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Sounds pretty fire-y and brimstone-ish to me.

 

[lihpster]

I agree. But when you look at what a large asteroid impact does, fire and brimstone is a pretty fitting description.
If I recall what I read correctly they predict that if this one hits land it will be the equivalent of 83 megatons of TNT - about 6 times what hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I think you mean kilotons. The Hiroshima bomb was approximately 15 kilotons.
The largest nuclear device ever detonated was the Tsar bomba, which had a yield of 50 megatons. Roughly 2000 Hiroshimas. For reference, the dinosaur killer was about 4.5 billion Hiroshimas. Yes, billion.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Wait! Don’t Panic!
The End is Not in Sight!
https://youtu.be/9ENImCD-q6g?si=VLxvfXntG_due1_b

 

[38magnum]

Tunguska event - Wikipedia

apparently identical size...


Now the thing is, it is KNOWN that there are um,, nuclear goodies orbiting the planet... most of them are aimed away from the planet..

If it hit one of those nuclear goodies... what pretty fireworks..

if it lands on, or near a nuclear reactor, well every body gets x rays now and then..

 

[BC38]

I think you mean kilotons. The Hiroshima bomb was approximately 15 kilotons.
The largest nuclear device ever detonated was the Tsar bomba, which had a yield of 50 megatons. Roughly 2000 Hiroshimas. For reference, the dinosaur killer was about 4.5 billion Hiroshimas. Yes, billion.

OK, thanks for correcting my failing memory.
The article I read (and was trying to recall) actually said the asteroid would hit with a force of 8 MEGAtons, and that this would be 500 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...-scientists-say/ar-AA1za0L5?ocid=BingNewsSerp
The whole point being that IF this space rock hits us, and IF it hits on land (not in one of the oceans) it is going to be one heck of a BIG, FIREY CONFLAGRATION - a whole lot bigger than Hiroshima - and therefore "fire and brimstone" would be a pretty good description of the effects.