Are you nervous about all these asteroids that keep flying past the Earth?

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<p>One just flew by yesterday. </p>

<p>Do you think that the world should spend more time thinking about planetary defense?</p>

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<p>They’ve always been flying by. We just didn’t know about them.</p>

<p>And we’ve already got Bruce Wllis, Ben Affleck, and Billy bob Thornton on board to save us.</p>

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<p>Chuck Norris is the only one really needed. The others are only pretending.</p>

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<p>Perhaps in the future we will allocate enough money to handle these puppies, but right now there is NOTHING that can be done, and they say the odds of a big one hitting us are pretty small. I don’t worry about it the same way I don’t worry about tornadoes. One of those comes tearing through the valley where I live every 5-10 years.</p>

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<p>Yes, just as we should be investing more money into researching Yellowstone and what, if anything, we could do to prevent it. </p>

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<p>Why the goofy threads? However, I do fret about what’s beyond the universe. </p>

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<p>I’m much more worried about driving to Boston to get to the airport.</p>

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<p>Why worry about something outside of your control? Seems unnecessary and stressful.</p>

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<p>I have enough realistic things to worry about without adding wayward asteroids to the mix.</p>

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<p>We probably have some secret gov project that will save us anyway.</p>

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<p>Why keep that secret? Are we gonna redirect the asteroid to Russia? </p>

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<p>Maybe, who knows? If that is the plan, they wouldn’t want anyone knowing about it would they?</p>

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<p>I don’t worry about this at all. That being said, a women who works for my H is from the city in Russia where the meteor hit last year. Her parents still live there. She said there was a lot of damage done. </p>

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<p>“Why keep that secret? Are we gonna redirect the asteroid to Russia?”</p>

<p>Didn’t we already do it successfully last year? ;)</p>

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<p>Why worry?</p>

<p>This is the equivalent of worrying about a solar flare. It’s out of your control. It will happen whether you want it to or not. </p>

<h1>BeGucci</h1>

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<p>I’m more worried about the current violence on Earth, as well as the homelessness. I will take my chances with asteroids. </p>

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<p>Solar flares used to interrupt telecommunications, before digital. 3 or 4 times/year, as I recall. </p>

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<p>Hmmm, OP did you just watch Armageddon and Melancholia back-to-back over the weekend? I think if an asteroid hits your house, homeowner’s insurance covers it. So, no worries on that front. It’s not an act of God is it? It’s a falling object. Time to check my policy.</p>

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<p>A government agency actually made me come up with an emergency plan should my office building be hit by an asteroid. Maybe they know something we don’t. (when I retire I’m releasing that ridiculous email to the media - lol)</p>

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<p>There are agencies working on the asteroid problem around the world. It’s not a secret.
I however don’t have the time to worry about things I can’t do anything about. I have CC to read…</p>