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schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:

>In <1992Oct26.155841.2096@mksol.dseg.ti.com> pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com (Dillon Pyron) writes:
>>They guy they interviewed was rather strange.  He kept talking about the
>>tremendous threat to Earth, then says the chances of an actual collision are
>>about 1:10000.

>What's strange about describing this as a tremendous threat? If you knew that
>on a particular day next month there was a 1 in 10,000 chance that you, your 
>family, all your friends and everybody you ever heard of would be boiled in 
>oil, wouldn't that seem to be a tremendous threat?


There is a greater change of dying from a train wreck or a car accident than
getting plowed by the comet. 
Another thing to consider:  How big is this comet?  It doesn't have to hit
us to do some major damage.  YOOGE tidal waves, earthquakes, knocking
the earth out of it's orbit, etc.  Y'know...minor worldwide disaters.

Making your day brighter....
-Mark
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