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Originally posted by SillyTruther
i think we all know its safe to say ... as soon as your tv and radio goes down .... it wont be back up for a long time.
This is when they start snatching OCCUPY people off the streets , theyll kill all comms , even sat navs ..... youll have nothing untill theyre ready to storm up your street with weapons and combat gear.
then use the media to tell the rest of the world that nothings happening ..... fox news will be reporting fake stuff asthough its buissiness as usual in the US.
these are the people behind 911 .... look what happened the last time they had a "drill" .
"That's where you go from good consumer guy, to weird moon landing denier guy.
Don't be that guy." adage.com...
Originally posted by MCL1150
They want everyone in America to sit in front of their Television/radio during the test !
Originally posted by drew1749
reply to post by Vaykun
Everyone is making a big deal about this and I find that horrible. I'm all over hating the government but the EAS is not a new thing nor is it a bad thing. I count on it in times of emergency. Let's stop freaking out and use logic for once guys.
Originally posted by SecondAmendmentUser
Originally posted by TheFlash
Oh my!! Everyone knows that the right thing to do is to just let us all die in ignorant bliss when devastating national emergencies are about to happen! How DARE they?!?!?!
Shill much? LOL "Megahone" is good for that too.
I can promise you that the federal guvmint is never going to tell you anything about events when it comes to catastrophic proportions, but they would gladly invoke marshal law because of it, which would be communicated by the EAS .
Comical that people still think the feds actually care about any of us ordinary citizens. Oh I forgot the shills are paid to belittle anyone that thinks otherwise.
Near-Earth asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within 0.85 lunar distances from the Earth on November 8, 2011. The upcoming close approach by this relatively large 400 meter-sized, C-type asteroid presents an excellent opportunity for synergistic ground-based observations including optical, near infrared and radar data. The attached animated illustration shows the Earth and moon flyby geometry for November 8th and 9th when the object will reach a visual brightness of 11th magnitude and should be easily visible to observers in the northern and southern hemispheres. The closest approach to Earth and the Moon will be respectively 0.00217 AU and 0.00160 AU on 2011 November 8 at 23:28 and November 9 at 07:13 UT.
Originally posted by Malkuth
I must say I had no idea that the asteroid was 400 meters in length. That is awfully large. Something like that hitting Earth would certainly have been a catastrophe.
SO now the big question: Since it was determined at some point that there was not going to be a collision between the Earth and this asteroid, if the outcome was going to be different, then when would the alert have been given? How many days in advance? And how would we, as a civilization, have responded to and prepared for it?
Also, would there have been anything we could have done to alter its trajectory? (Did this happen already unbeknownst to most of us?) The right nudge at the right time could save the day. Hmmm. So much to consider here, no?
Originally posted by NeillieN
Originally posted by Malkuth
I must say I had no idea that the asteroid was 400 meters in length. That is awfully large. Something like that hitting Earth would certainly have been a catastrophe.
SO now the big question: Since it was determined at some point that there was not going to be a collision between the Earth and this asteroid, if the outcome was going to be different, then when would the alert have been given? How many days in advance? And how would we, as a civilization, have responded to and prepared for it?
Also, would there have been anything we could have done to alter its trajectory? (Did this happen already unbeknownst to most of us?) The right nudge at the right time could save the day. Hmmm. So much to consider here, no?
I think its odd that in the JPL orbit diagram they did not calculate a slight curvature in its path due to the earths magnetic pull. I meen... if earth keeps the moon in place, then why in the hell would it not at least curve the line shown?