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  • Today Is.. 3/23

    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Sun Mar 23 22:13:14 2025
    Today is 'Celebrate Liberty Day'.

    Today is 'Near Miss Day!' - On March 23rd, 1989, a mountain sized asteroid passed the
    Earth within 500,000 miles. A very close call according to NASA. The impact would
    have equaled the strength of 40,000 hydrogen bombs, created a crater the size of the
    District of Columbia and devastated everything for 100 miles in every direction.

    Today is 'World Meteorological Day!'. - World Meteorological Day was established in 1951
    to commemorate the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization on 23
    March 1950. This organization announces a slogan for World Meteorological Day every
    year, and this day is celebrated in all member countries.

    Today celebrates Pakistan Day - This national holiday is also known as Republic Day, and
    is the anniversary of a 1940 resolution calling for a Muslim country for Muslim Indians.
    On the same day in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic within the British
    Commonwealth. Pakistan Day is celebrated with parades and fairs.

    That's all for now.

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Mortar@954:200/53 to Mike Dippel on Fri Apr 18 21:41:50 2025
    Re: Today Is.. 3/23
    By: Mike Dippel to All on Sun Mar 23 2025 22:13:14

    Today is 'Near Miss Day!' - On March 23rd, 1989, a mountain sized asteroid passed the Earth within 500,000 miles. A very close call according to NASA. The impact would have equaled the strength of 40,000 hydrogen bombs, created a crater the size of the District of Columbia and devastated everything for 100 miles in every direction.

    That's just the impact damage. It would've been an extinction event.
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  • From Rob Mccart@954:895/54 to MORTAR on Sun Apr 20 01:04:00 2025
    Today is 'Near Miss Day!' - On March 23rd, 1989, a mountain sized asteroi
    > > passed the Earth within 500,000 miles. A very close call according to NAS
    > > The impact would have equaled the strength of 40,000 hydrogen bombs, creat
    > > a crater the size of the District of Columbia and devastated everything fo
    > > 100 miles in every direction.

    That's just the impact damage. It would've been an extinction event.

    Maybe not quite that bad..

    In Tunguska Russia in 1908 a meteor about 1/16 that size struck the
    earth and, although definitely a lot smaller, that blast had little
    effect beyond where it struck or on the atmosphere. It flattened trees
    over an area of about 830 sq miles (about 17 miles in all directions)
    which is bad enough, but I think it not likely the one you mentioned
    would erase all life on the planet. Granted it Could possibly mess up
    things like weather and temperatures for a long time but depending on
    where it hit would make a huge difference. If it landed in the ocean
    you'd get a pretty big tidal wave for sure, but maybe no lingering
    problems after that.

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