Subj : Near Miss Day - 3/23
To   : Mike Dippel
From : Mortar
Date : Fri Apr 18 2025 21:41:50

  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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