• @RegalPotoo@lemmy.world
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    371 month ago

    Even if it’s at the top end of the predicted range, an impact would be ~40MT equivalent. Enough to level a city, but not an extinction event by any means; plus the likely impact path is across central America, the Atlantic, central Africa and north India - not really regions that have the resources to respond to a threat like this. Personally I’m hoping it misses, because I don’t see the counties that could do something about it stepping up right now, so you’d be looking at maybe 100 million people displaced from their homes and an insurmountable humanitarian crisis

    • @vga@sopuli.xyz
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      1 month ago

      Personally I’m hoping it misses

      In midst of all this funnymaking, I’d like to point out for the record that anybody who genuinely wants it to hit Earth is fucking insane. Some combination of sociopath and psychopath.

      • @idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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        81 month ago

        The only scenario in which I would really want it to hit would be if it would lead to moderate global cooling without hitting populated areas. If it can dislodge enough particulates over one of the poles to block out some sun and give us a couple of years of reprieve from global warming, without actually killing anyone or destroying much wildlife, that would be nice.

    • troed
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      191 month ago

      Most countries on Earth would treat this as a global catastrophe and put up funds regardless of where it’s projected to impact.

      Maybe not the current US, though.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
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      1 month ago

      I’m Indian and I’m OK with this hitting North India lol

      Or Pakistan

      Either is fine.

      What happens if it crashes into Sahara? Do we get glass desert?