Giant asteroid to pass close to Earth

"Giant asteroid to pass close to Earth"
http://abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_1207289.htm

-http://signs-of-the-times.org/signs/signs.htm

This article give a brief history of 'end-of-the-world' scenarios, and
even has a picture of 'chicken-little with the sky falling on its head.

For a more serious take on the upcoming event see space.com's article.

"Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Wednesday"

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/to...by_040927.html

Being a huge sci-fi fan I think that scary stories are more fun. OK, so
we know that its not going to hit, but speculating about the horrific
possiblities makes it far more interesting.

Rudolph_X wrote in message news:h%s6d.17200$M45.7395@trndny09...
"Giant asteroid to pass close to Earth"
Being a huge sci-fi fan I think that scary stories are more fun. OK, so
we know that its not going to hit, but speculating about the horrific
possiblities makes it far more interesting.
Yup, I agree. It makes all our big worries almost non-existant...
mortgage, kids college, electric bill, car payments, on and on. The
little worries become significant... fresh water, food, a place to
sleep with maybe a tarp over our heads.
Bob Carlson