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Potential of dangerous asteroid to hit the Earth on January 26
From RT:
Potentially dangerous asteroid to fly by Earth on January 26
The asteroid, named 2004 BL86 by scientists, is estimated to be between 440-1,000 meters in diameter. 1.2 million kilometers is approximately three times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
A space object is considered potentially dangerous if it crosses the Earth's orbit at a distance of less than 0.05 AU (approximately 19.5 distances from the Earth to the Moon), and if its diameter exceeds 100-150 meters. Objects of this size are large enough to cause unprecedented destruction, or generate a mammoth tsunami in case they fall into the ocean.
Obviously, there is the potential that this dangerous asteroid to fly by hits Earth on January 26, in just three weeks.
3 is less than 19.5 distances from the Earth to the Moon, and 440-1,000 is greater than 100-150 meters.
I cannot forget that these same astronomers had warned us several weeks in advance about a totally different asteroid passing near the Earth, coming from an entirely different direction than the Chelyabinsk meteorite (for which we received no warning) the very same day that it exploded over Russia. What are the odds of that? Talk about a coincidental blind spot! Weird.
The earlier-predicted close approach of another, larger asteroid that same day, the roughly 30-metre 367943 Duende (at the time still known by its provisional designation 2012 DA14) occurred about 16 hours later; the very different orbits of the two objects showed they were unrelated to each other.
There is some entertaining post-apocalyptic reading on this subject. The classic is Lucifer's Hammer, by Jerry Pournelle, but more recently, The Perseids Collapse trilogy, by Steven Konkoly, is maybe even better, but you will want to first read his novel, The Jakarta Pandemic. In addition, The Road, by Cormac McCarthy may also be pertinent, especially if you have young children, and it is very well written.
So, let's have a little fun here on Zero Hedge, and use this as a test of your TEOTWAWKI preparedness. Our test scenario is that, like in Lucifer's Hammer, BL86 breaks up into several large meteorites between 100 and 800 meters, and many smaller. Let us say that three of the large ones hit in the ocean closest to you, causing both blast waves and subsequent massive tsunamis up to 100 feet high in all directions, and the other two hit a land mass in your hemisphere, causing massive atmospheric debris, torrential rains, no sun, and global crop failures for one year.
Let's start by having everyone answer five questions:
1) Do you really want to live?
Then, if you do want to live, and setting aside the fact that luck or fate play a big role in one's individual chance for survival:
2) Are you willing to commit murder and/or steal (the same as murder in many survival situations) in order to survive?
3) Are you going to stay put, or go somewhere?
4) How do you rate your chances of surviving 24 months?
5) What is the number one thing you could do in the next three weeks to dramatically increase your odds of surviving 24 months?
As a reminder...
Acknowledge that nobody really knows if, what, when, or how anything in the future is going to happen...it is all just speculation. Finally, always remember that, "on a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero," so don't get too worked up, or go into debt, just because of this little exercise in paranoia.
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-19-10/fear-we-are-returning-ti...
BONUS: If you answered no to question one, or even if you answered yes, then what is the number one thing you want to do in the next three weeks if this is really THE END?
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Here is a free asteroid calculator you can download as Excel
And he calculates the equivalent atomic bombs of energy of the asteroid of most interest this month
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/01/updated-january-asteroid-ri...
Top 10 Things to Do in the next 3 Weeks before TEOTWAWKI:
10) Audit the Fed Completely in all it's programs
9) End the FED
8) Get Apology from Each Fed President, Janet Yellen, Ben Bernanke, and Alan Greenspan
7) Replace all of Congress with Farmers
6) Place Huge Limits on Monsanto Business Practices, Force national GMO Labeling, Conduct Long term Studies on All GMO Products
5) Break up all TBTF Wall Street Banks, Reinstate Glass-Steagal, Pass a law against Bailing out Wall Street Banks and any Bank with Capitalization of over $400 Million Dollars
4) End QE
3) End ZIRP/LIRP, let the market find Interest Rates between 2% - 10% (We can't afford rates near 8% already)
1) Freeze Federal Budget Ceiling at Current Level, Begin Process of Cutting Contracts, Offices, Agencies, DHS, CIA, NSA... cut NSA Domestic Spying, End the Patriot Act, Censor George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld and their Attorney Generals... Close down 50% of Foreign Military Operations/Camps... Close Southern Border... Start Public Banks in each State so that Lending to People can become Important Again... Find a National Ceiling on Credit Cards for Individuals... Freeze State College Tuition ... Establish Limits on Civil Lawsuit Liabilities & pair this with Heavy Enforcement and Penalties on businesses that Damage people and incur Civil Suits that they Lose... Put a limit on the Money Spent by Giant Wealthy Entities in Civil Court against middle class or poor Americans... Figure out how to make People more important than Corporate Interests without it costing government money or putting businesses out of business... Figure out how to change the health Care system so that Doctors get the profits not Insurance or Huge Health Corporations.
1. Yes, because of my 3 children.
2. Murder - No, Kill - yes. Any evil threat towards the life of my family, friends, community, state, countrymen offer themselves to me. You cannot negotiate with evil, it must be defeated.
3. Contingent on what happens first. If my community is still standing, find a way to sustain life and help those surrounding me do the same.
4. Those odds are fluid and have been decided by our creator.
5. Pray. Alert my family, friends, community, ZH about the situation. No use closing the barn door when the horse is already out.
Bonus. Since we all die eventually, the most important thing would be to have a conversation with my maker and follow His advice. I suspect He would instruct me to spend each day nurturing and raising my children to the best of my ability.
History tells us that God always spares a few, and should my children be spared, hopefully they will contribute to forming a new society that does not include the Federal Reserve.
Thanks @http://www.zerohedge.com/users/hedgelesshorseman - I always enjoy reading your post.
Jeez, you guys. No one said they were gonna roll out and nail gun some banksters. WTF?
Hedgeless, once again your writing gets to what really matters. Good perspective for the new year.
Lex
Long surfoards? You are only going to get to use it once so.................
I wont bother with any tax preparation until the 27th.
And I'll just sit on the insurance premium bills as well.
I suspect mother nature will ultimately fuck us over just about the time we figure our shit out.
Easy come
Easy go.
What's the problem?
I solved the problem of the asteroids by going right here. It's better than Xbox for me.
But seriously, I am not worried about the asteroid. Maybe it is just meant to be. Maybe it breaks into four pieces and they represent the four horsemen? That would be impressive. Then I would have to ask, "Where in Hell have you been all of this time?", just for one last sarcastic comment.
I agree with Miffed, we are all going to die. We have all been to funerals and some of us have already buried our parents as I have. You then realize that you are next on the list to go. So you look at your children and realize that one day you won't be there for them. That is when you figure out that you need make good use of the time you do have. Be a good nieghbor and don't bother your neighbors unless they ask for help because you may need some help from them one day. Be kind to strangers in need because you never know if you might be in need one day. Do not fear death but rather fear life itself.
If the asteroid comes then I hope it hits me squarely on my head. I'm not going to worry about it too much. Enjoy wasting some time playing asteroids today.:-) It is a fun game. As a matter of fact, I am going to go play another round right now.
Peace to all of you.
nice post..
Until it is my time, nothing can take me. Knowing this gives me courage.
When it is my time, nothing can keep me. Knowing this gives me peace.
Lex
Obama is going to issue sanctions against it.
Rove claims asteroids don't matter.
Cheney wants to bring it in on Russia, cause its worth it and he has his spaceship behind the moon.
Buh said you can fool....fool me, er something/one... yeh....
yes! I woke up looking for a good doom porn article...came to ZH and as usual, the Tylers never let me down! thanks peeps.
Urine idiot 'cause urine the right place?
maybe Urine asshole...don't be "pissed" though.
this looks fun
1) Do you really want to live?
yes
2) Are you willing to commit murder and/or steal (the same as murder in many survival situations) in order to survive?
yes, though I'd prefer not to against decent people, but I'd have no qualms against less desirable types
3) Are you going to stay put, or go somewhere?
depends how the cookie crumbles, ie. where it hits, can't make a predetermined plan for this question if you don't know how your area is going to be affected until it actually hit. some plans are useless in advance.
4) How do you rate your chances of surviving 24 months?
as long as the asteroid didn't land on my head, and I survived the first 3 weeks, chances should be good from then on if I survive the initial period.
5) What is the number one thing you could do in the next three weeks to dramatically increase your odds of surviving 24 months?
look for a few possible locations and/or groups of people that might have a good chance and heap up with one of these places/folks when shit hits. Why? doesn't matter how tough or lucky I am, one guy against the world is just one guy against the world, which becomes real shitty odds the longer you roll the die. plus, gotta breed and find myself some women to continue the human race ya know, surviving an asteroid is pointless if you can't find a mate to carry on procreating afterwards.
1) Sí
2) Sí, in self defense
3) Stay put.
4) Significantly higher than average.
5) Having read The Perseid Collapse, Lucifer's Hammer and The Road: Gonna need moar ammo/components. And moar peeps that know how to make the best use of it.
An astronomical unit is the distance between the Earth and the Sun, not between Earth and the Moon.
You are correct that AU=Distance from the Sun to the Earth. However, as stated in the article, .05 AU=about 19.5 distances to the moon.
That sounds kinda important....
Oh and there is this bit of information - http://rt.com/news/219879-potentially-dangerous-asteroid-earth/
if it doesn't pass within lunar orbit it's really pretty silly to care.
Now if it passes inside of Geo-Sync, that's a near miss.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_object#Close_approaches
btw ...jan 26 is ...AUSTRALIA day !!!
so.........rock beats paper , scissors ...everything !!!
The Jan 26 2015 Asteroid is close, large, and equivalent to 6828 large Nuclear Bombs.
I have this and other important asteroids listed here, and with a
FREE ASTEROID CALCULATOR, no shit, it is pretty cool
check it out, click some adz too, lol
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/01/updated-january-asteroid-ri...
I expect that I would become too insane to be able to adapt to that new reality. I doubt that I would personally be able to adjust a life-time of habits to suddenly be able to start to kill other people in order to survive. Even IF I halfheartedly did, I expect that I would do that so badly that I would not be one of the survivors.
Perhaps, several decades ago, I could have adapted to those hypothetical conditions after some mega-disaster enough to survive, however, now that I am older, I doubt that I could adapt enough to survive, rather than simply become too insanely dysfunctional to be able to cope with those conditions.
RM, always enjoy your comments.
Although Im reasonably well prepared for moderate to serious inconveniences, I am unprepared for catastrophes...and dont wish to be. In that, I am in your boat although for different reasons.
If it is my fate/time to go, then I go. Although I cant comment on the astrophysics of this article, it has raised an interesting point: it clearly delineates the fear level of some posters. The ones who reflexively resort to vitriol and condemnation are living in fear as I see it. Sad for them.
Not that you are Rad, but, your moniker made this thought flash through my mind; The stoners will be pretty easy pickings, I think.
And it will be rough sledding for anyone who can't do the omnivore thing. Grubworm and beetle soup really has no appeal to me but hunger and ensuing emaciation is a bitch.
Party on Dude
I think a hit in the eastern Pacific will finally cool off both the SF and LA housing markets. There should be some real bargains.
except the resulting 1000 foot tall Tsunami will wipe Pacific Heights clean
well all that over-priced unsellable real estate in the tokyo Exurbs will suddenly be in high demand.
Upon further ponderation, this may be another distraction a la la of the day, and part wolf call before something like this actually does happen later in the year. Lota wolf callin before the main event. What Bank Guy above has said.
Could this explain the absolute carelessness disregard and reckless abandonment of the ship by the elitists, and ensuing distraction after distraction on to the next coming soon false flag in spring with an August mid-term crash, er what ever, and all to create as much distraction and chaos before the grand finally in say, December next?
Naw, just blowing leaves in the wind. Could never be in a normal world of civilized people.
What a beautiful day to be thankful for.
Pray for those who are suffering still at the hands of the evil empire of chaotic dust.
Pray for relief from the cruel insanity that grips the balls of the world's pantylace wearing men, thus neutering them completely of rationality, values, bravery, compassion, empathy, and reason. In the new world oder, they teach them it is wrong for them to stand up while pissing. Come babylon, all will pee like a girl in a squat as a sing of being subjugated.
Pitty human kind that has fallen so far into the cesspool of past civilizations.
The good news is, it is not too late to get out of the mess and take a shower to clean up before cleaning up the rest of the House! Don't let them babylonians tell YOU, that you can not go into their underground city bunkers all over the world. How about that Bob Fletcher report, eh! THAT, may be the real deal that all the distractions are created for to disguise and hide.
Hummmm...
Next distraction please. This one is boring already.
Extra credit: Did anyone else hear the DOD guy on the AJ show speaking about the coming nuklear false flag event to come? He was the same guy that warned of a false flag event just before the boston hoax drill turned live.
http://rss.infowars.com/20150105_Mon_Alex.mp3
Nevsehir Province has several other historical underground cities and Derinkuyu connects to Kaymakli via an 8 km tunnel.
- 8 Kilometers Long Tunnel
- 200 Underground Cities
The underground cities and structures are carved out of unique geological formations. They may have been used as hiding places during times of raids. The locations are now archaeological tourist attractions. They remain generally unoccupied. In excess of 200 underground cities containing a minimum of two levels have been discovered in the area between Kayseri and Nevsehir. Some 40 of those contain a minimum of three levels or more. The cities at Kaymakl? and Derinkuyu are two of the best examples of habitable underground structures.
- Derinkuyu
- Nevsehir
- Kayseri
- Özkonak Underground City, revealed a whole city which housed an incredible 60,000 people for up to three months. A total of 10 floors were discovered, to a depth 40m, although now only four are open.
- Cappadocia
- Ihlara
Apparently there are also many Christian Churches build out of the Rocks and Caves at some point.
junk and a down vote for referencing AlexJonestown
No worries mates, According to Season 1, Episode 6 (or was it 7) of
Hangar 1: The UFO Files on History Channelwe have the weapons to deal with it - that's what broke up the Russian one before full impact.
called project Solar Warden or something like that.
LOL
According to NASA’s Near Earth Object Programme, there are 68 ‘close approaches’ forecast before the end of next month
The next, due on January 3, is the 490-metre wide 2005 YQ96 asteroid currently hurtling through space at more than 30,000 miles per hour.
The biggest to skim the planet will be the mile-wide 2007 EJ asteroid due to throttle past on January 12th at 34,500 miles per hour.
You can also download my custom asteroid excel spreadsheet, it actually quite cool.
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/01/risk-of-asteroid-collision-in-january.html
If this misses DC then please please please take out Newark. Or if not Newark, Sacramento. Or Detroit. I still remember that '74 Pinto...
Well, my first thought is what to do with the fucking milkcow I bought for just such an occasion thank you HHorseman....lmfao.
Beef Jerkey & canned beef.
The Wife said to me that it will be just fine sitting in the sun and gettting smashed. She's a good girl I tell ya.
If this is really the end then I'm glad to have had the chance to visit earth and will be headed back to q99x2 on January 25th. I thought I'd see more bankers jumping and we really miss that back on q99x2 since there are none left to sacrifice on the pyramids. The few that did jump will have to suffice. I'll be watching and if the asteroid should be kind enough to land on Washington D.C. then I will be back or even if it hits the City of London when Blankfein and Dimon are there, I'll wait to see green shoots.
The way I see it is that each night I go to sleep. And, each night while not dreaming I am dead. I don't know why I wake up and I don't know why I live. One time I woke up without any memories and I was real small. It took quite some time to get used to that. I also had brothers and a sister that I'm still trying to get used to So overall who cares. No big deal dying on q99x2.
1- Yes
2- Pray it doesn't come to this but yes edit was thinking self defense not murder
3- Stay but have other options available
4- better than most, there are many aspects to survival. As throughout history, adaptability will be key.
5- Find similar minded people and begin hand to hand training w wife and daughter.
Bonus - Take family on whirlwind world tour in private jet stolen from Corzine or Diamond.
1. yes
2. yep
3. Since I live near the ocean, it's get outta Dodge
4. 50/50 if I survive the initial calamity, and have no reservation about item #2
5. Get to Utah with all the essentials, rebuild the race with mormon blondes who finally wake up from their religious stupor
Bring a six pack. One for each of your wives.
Having a solid and well thought out goal, such as yours, is a key to survival. Be prepared...bring logs of mani ure supplies to win their hearts.
I'll bring my good looks and charm.
In Lucifer's Hammer, one of the dads refuses to return to his wife, because he is sleeping with a girl scout in the hills.
I read that book ages ago, and was always amused by the surfing the tsunami scene...the guy was drillied into a skyscraper while riding a 300 foot wave. I readthat book lying on the sands of Oxnard and Ventura beaches. Now that I live in Santa Monica, I don't find that scene so funny anymore. This place is built into a natural bowl.
LA in general is an utter Deathtrap.
I'm pretty sure Jerry Pournelle led an interesting life based on this subplot and a few things he wrote for Byte magazine. I've read all his sci-fi books and enjoyed them.
I'm prepping intelligently. For example, I've already made good friends with a midget down the street who also has a big pig farm.