Oh Man! I hate when that happens!

A hundred bucks on it at 45,000 to 1 retires me in an Orbital assisted living community, don't ya know.

First Class. Window condo.

Comprehensive Health Care included.

Asteroid threat demands response, experts warn

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Kamchatkans and Venezuelans beware. A 20-million-tonne asteroid could be heading your way. Californians have even more reason to worry - the asteroid is more likely to hit the Pacific Ocean, triggering a tsunami that could devastate the west coast of North America.

These are among the scenarios projected for asteroid Apophis, which researchers now say has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting Earth on 13 April 2036. Calculations show it would strike somewhere along a narrow track that stretches eastward from Siberia to the west coast of Africa.

Compared to earlier estimates, the new figure represents a further reduction in the threat posed by Apophis (see Risk of asteroid smashing into Earth reduced). But the threat is real enough, experts argue, to merit a United Nations protocol for dealing with the problem.

[Funny like a crutch.]

I, umm, can't wait.

As long as they actually plan for it. It's a great drill for higher odds of Impact in the future.