The Earth will always survive. We’re just one species and none of them ever survive long (in Earth-time years). Even if we nuke ourselves to death, in geo-time the Earth will be great. Even the sun has a finite life.
The asteroid involved was roughly 6 miles across, not the little meteors that you see occasionally at night. Those are about the size of a grain of sand.
This may explain why the outage lasted so long. This was an email I received when I inquired about the absense : You’ve reached us while we’re out of the office in observance of Thanksgiving Holiday.
We will make every effort to respond to your request as soon as possible.
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A big asteroid, moving really fast: I read one guesstimate that it would have resulted in a 100,000,000 MEGATONS of TNT equivalent explosion, or 100 TERATONS, blasting a crater about a hundred miles in diameter.
Jayalexander about 2 years ago
some believe breathing will kill the planet.
cubswin2016 about 2 years ago
Rob would be a lot happier if he just gave it up.
rshive about 2 years ago
I like the family reunion theory.
iggyman about 2 years ago
Bucky and the dinosaurs have something in common, a relatively small brain!
Yontrop about 2 years ago
Two dinosaurs survived by hiding behind Dilbert’s couch.
GatorStreet about 2 years ago
Coal slaw is dark humor.
SquidGamerGal about 2 years ago
There some theories that state the impact from the asteroid triggered countless volcanic eruptions.
MichiganMitten about 2 years ago
“Coal slaw.” Ha!
dogbreath84 about 2 years ago
The Earth will always survive. We’re just one species and none of them ever survive long (in Earth-time years). Even if we nuke ourselves to death, in geo-time the Earth will be great. Even the sun has a finite life.
StevePappas about 2 years ago
My apartment building is full of dinosaurs.
bryan42 about 2 years ago
“Coal slaw”, I love it; one of the best Buckyisms yet!
mistercatworks about 2 years ago
Earth was a much smaller place in those days – and the rocks were much, much, much bigger. :)
norphos about 2 years ago
No one knows how the dinosaurs suffered a mass extinction, the asteroid theory is one of several paradigms.
Howard'sMyHero about 2 years ago
Coal to Bucky to dust ….
RonnieAThompson Premium Member about 2 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Znox11 about 2 years ago
Rob, please don’t try to explain global warming to Bucky, we’ve seen how certain mindsets handle that.
Andrew Bosch Premium Member about 2 years ago
The asteroid involved was roughly 6 miles across, not the little meteors that you see occasionally at night. Those are about the size of a grain of sand.
Jayalexander about 2 years ago
This may explain why the outage lasted so long. This was an email I received when I inquired about the absense : You’ve reached us while we’re out of the office in observance of Thanksgiving Holiday.
We will make every effort to respond to your request as soon as possible.
*Please understand that we are a very small staff and we do respond to tickets in the order received (please do not submit multiple tickets about the same issue).
Thank you
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 2 years ago
A big asteroid, moving really fast: I read one guesstimate that it would have resulted in a 100,000,000 MEGATONS of TNT equivalent explosion, or 100 TERATONS, blasting a crater about a hundred miles in diameter.