2020 Disasters just keep on coming

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Like I said, SADLY WE HAVE NOT BEEN CANCELLED.

You need to say it slower when you say it louder or foreigners will never understand you.

 

[Free]

You need to say it slower when you say it louder or foreigners will never understand you.

Locals never understand me, why would I care if foreigners do?

 

[Arkady Arkright]

Yet -- I wouldn't discount the possibility of zombies or giant extradimensional squid for while.

Nom ! Giant extradimensional calamari - an out-of-this-world taste sensation !

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

 

[Free]

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Like I said, SADLY WE HAVE NOT BEEN CANCELLED.

No, we're just in the last season of Game of Thrones. And our viewership is -pissed off-.

 

[Sredni Eel]

I made this back in the beginning of May. So far...

 

[Kara Spengler]

Oh, great: NASA says an asteroid is headed our way right before Election Day

Is that a promise?

 

[danielravennest]

Is that a promise?

It's a 2 meter asteroid. It will make fireworks, but no damage.

The one you really need to worry about is 99942 Apophis, which on Friday April 13th, 2029 is expected to pass 31,000 km from Earth. That's closer than many communications satellites. If we get unlucky and a 15 kg space rock hits it just the right way, it's orbit could get shifted so it hits us. Then we get a gigaton of TNT scale impact.

 

[Sredni Eel]

Actually, we're being buzzed by a Boeing jet sized asteroid either tonight or tomorrow. Sadly, it's just skipping off the atmosphere like a flat stone over a pond.

Asteroid as big as Boeing 747 to zoom past the Earth today

NASA’s asteroid monitoring center claimed that an all-new asteroid equal to the size of an airliner Boeing 747 is set to hurtle past the Earth on October 7.

indianexpress.com

 

[Kara Spengler]

It's a 2 meter asteroid. It will make fireworks, but no damage.

The one you really need to worry about is 99942 Apophis, which on Friday April 13th, 2029 is expected to pass 31,000 km from Earth. That's closer than many communications satellites. If we get unlucky and a 15 kg space rock hits it just the right way, it's orbit could get shifted so it hits us. Then we get a gigaton of TNT scale impact.

Given the date we may as well plan on it then.

 

[Sredni Eel]

At least it's only eight years away. Time enough to allow Kamala to enjoy her two term presidency.

 

[danielravennest]

Actually, we're being buzzed by a Boeing jet sized asteroid either tonight or tomorrow. Sadly, it's just skipping off the atmosphere like a flat stone over a pond.

Asteroid as big as Boeing 747 to zoom past the Earth today

NASA’s asteroid monitoring center claimed that an all-new asteroid equal to the size of an airliner Boeing 747 is set to hurtle past the Earth on October 7.

indianexpress.com

Don't Panic. 3.8 million km is not close. That's ten times farther than the Moon. The atmosphere only extends 100 km high.

 

[Sredni Eel]

Shit.

 

[Khamon]

Hurricane Delta has spun up to Cat 4 speed and is heading across the Gulf toward Louisiana. Warm waters, paired with cool northerly winds, were supposed to knock it down but that hasn't happened. Now the Southeast is looking at another weekend of flooding and dangerous winds.


edit: grammar

 

[Khamon]

We used these back in the days before the Intrawebz magically made information instantly available:

 

[Free]

 

[Free]

WHAT???

Mount Kilimanjaro is on fire

The cause of the inferno occurring hundreds of metres above sea level is yet to be established.

nation.africa

Mount Kilimanjaro, which is Africa’s highest peak at nearly 6,000 metres, is on fire.

The cause of the inferno which is believed to be occurring hundreds of metres above sea level is yet to be established.

Eyewitnesses say efforts by local communities to extinguish the wild fires are underway but this is hampered by the altitude of the blaze.

The flames could easily be seen from as far as Moshi town which is some tens of kilometers away from the mountain.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I guess they need some rain down in Africa?

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Could've used less rain: