Bill Nye: Asteroid to miss earth by 15 min.

Why sir why dost thou persist in more rantings when two days from now we become a wisp of space dust floating to the Moon?

Here's what Science Daily has to say => Posted: 12 Feb 2013 07:04 AM PST => An asteroid the size of a SMALL OFFICE BLOCK is due to pass by Earth on Friday 15 February in one of the closest ‘near-misses’ in recent history. Although there is no chance of the asteroid hitting Earth, the huge rock is being closely monitored by astronomers, as part of an on-going program to monitor ‘Near Earth Objects’ (NEO).

Yes my friend this is the Feared Wallstreet Doomsday Asteroid. According to them there's "NO CHANCE". My point exactly.

If the incoming asteroid NASA promises just has to miss Earth was to come in hot towards the Northern Hemisphere after all this SNOW lowered to the condensation temperature for Methane then the Tunguska could easily be tomorrow's breakfast on February 15.

A 15-minute mistake in a supercomputer complex of wires and bugs could very easily be at work that we wouldn't know anything about til minutes before Extinction Alley comes to dinner.

Tell ya what. I'm an inveterate optimist, always have been, but if there's just ONE THING I have learned in my life it's that when a whole bunch of eggheads all start NODDING IN AGREEMENT SOMETHING CAN'T HAPPEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE BUSTER.

Crossing our fingers & toes is about as useless as three monkeys sitting on a bench covering their eyes, hands and ears. Call me after it's gone by because until then I expect to see 7 billion roast ducks on the evening news no one will be watching.

you are too close to mine
otherwise bring it on

The way my world is going it would be a relief

Nice one !

No, it wouldn't
Global impact would be negligible.

Are you sure I was under the impression that it would be hot and any pieces that broke off would set fires miles away.

Like the 1908 Tunguska Event in Siberia which leveled forests for thousands of miles.

It was big but not quite that big.

It knocked trees down in an area of 830 square miles.

Thinking it would depend on where it hit. If it hit a nation with a big arsenal but small intellect, well, who knows how a paranoid superpower with nuclear capabilities might immediately respond.

Not many months ago we were discussing increasing methane being released. Since the ground is still relatively warm I would postulate the methane has slowed but is likely still at an increased pace.

OK, so now the weather has decided to suddenly turn colder UP HERE and increasing amounts of snow cover the ground.

What we have here is a possible but very hairy problem if the new snow blanket catches the methane like a catcher's mitt, cools it down to where the snow is a methane cooldown filter stopping the methane from exiting the top of the snow, trapped inside the snow.

I'm being honest here, not trying to be a Chicken Little. There are other factors to consider if we want to consider a Worst Case scenario becoming the real action flick it could be. Granted the possibility of negatives adding up to a real BAD DAY...

But the fact is most of these asteroids coming by Earth are a blazing 30,000 mph while this BIG DAMN WILD MUD TURKEY is lumbering past at 17,000 mph. That gets my attention.

Sure, those fast ones sprint right by us where they're supposed to go, but this one at ONE-HALF THROTTLE will be in the influence of Earth Gravity twice the length of time.

If it is passing by in front of our planet's orbital path then that's really bad, while if it passes behind us no big whoop. There's also the question WHERE THE HELL'S THE MOON GONNA BE?! If the asteroid passes to the front of us and the Moon is back behiond side of us then the gravity pull of BOTH EARTH + MOON will be pulling the Turkey down like extra gravity yanking its chain.

If we had all the specifics then we would KNOW SOMETHING but as it stand sright now all we are holding is a sack of NASA MAGIC BEANS PROMISING US SOME GOLDEN-AS-ALWAYS EGGS.

So what is the NASA track record for telling people the truth they're ABOUT TA DIE? They didn't tell the crew of the Shuttle. That's their track record.

If NASA knew this planet was Doomed they'd all take hemlock pills under the tongue and elave us out here watching it like it was 4th of July FIREWORKS and we'd stand clapping and shouting for more-more like little children.

With cotton candy in our hands.
i smell a rat. I hear too much silence.

The TV-News blackout has now spread to daytime radio: Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity & now Jerry Doyle are mum-mouthed all day. They're selling VALENTINE'S DAY CHOCOLATES not a one of em mentioning the Pope has screwed up his own Catholic prophecy, dancing around the asteroid this way cometh.

THEY KNOW SOMETHIN'.
WE DON'T. HECK WITH THAT.
RADIO NEWS BLACKOUT IS IN EFFECT.

Jerry Doyle has redeemed hisself [and his show] by breaking radio silence on the Deathstar:Asteroid about to come down our stovepipe smart hats. But this leaves us with NASA and their lips SEWED TOGETHER and Obama in the same condition.

This is not a happy day for anyone WANTING ANSWERS. But, somehow my radio station hasn't shut Doyle down for the laughing hyena show with Dennis Miller. I don't know how he pulled strings to stay on a 2nd hour. The woman usually cuts him off.