According to reports in the past - solar storms, Halloween apocalypse, doomed comets and historical predictions - the world was supposed to have ended about 30 times in 2016.
Nobody is blaming you for getting annoyed at the messenger who keeps telling you to say your goodbyes. But you'd be more annoyed if a comet hit and we didn't warn you. Plus, we the media wouldn't get to say "I told you so" and we take great pride in making sure that, if it does all go to shit, we would have the final say on the matter.
Instead of getting irate about the world not ending, I'm just considering ourselves lucky that we have managed to dodge so many bullets and are still able dance on Earth's soil today.
Prepare yourselves for another episode of Groundhog Day apocalypse special. NASA has released a simulation showing what would happen if a 300 to 800 ft asteroid approached Los Angeles with 100 percent chance of impact.
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"It's not a matter of if - but when - we will deal with such a situation," said Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
The simulation took place in El Segundo in California, USA, on October 25 and led to a full-scale (pretend) evacuation of Los Angeles. It looked into how emergency planners in the City of Angels would respond in the event of mass destruction.
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It included experts from NASA, FEMA, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Department of Energy's National Laboratories, the US Air Force, and the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.
In the hypothetical scenario, the likelihood of the comet hitting earth increased from two percent to 100 percent in a matter of months.
With the time frame being too short to conduct a deflection mission, an evacuation of the region was required.
According to the experts, we could have as little as three days' warning before an asteroid made impact. Faced with that situation, I suggest everyone remains calm. The most important thing is not to panic.
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Of course, nothing is official until we hear from the conspiracy theorists on YouTube. After a quick search, you'll be pleased to know that we're all safe for now.
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