Holy Shit, There's an Asteroid!!!?!?!?!

[Razor]

Well...not exactly. There's a 1 in 250,000 chance that the asteroid, Apophis, may hit us in 2036. Then a secondary chance of an impact in 2068 of 1 in 330,000.

Putin's gotten all ballsy and is contemplating sending a rocket up to deflect the asteroid's path. Russia is essentially saying "Don't worry you guys, we got this."

This thread is for one thing, really. What if an asteroid were going to hit Earth? Would you pull a Putin and try to deflect the asteroid, or ride your chances?

Then, as a corollary, what if a Deep Impact situation were to occur? Morgan Freeman, our quite incredibly unexpected President during 2036, announces that an asteroid will most definitely hit Earth. No 1 in 220,000 chances, no "We can still blow it up with a nuke!" arguments. All of us who aren't the cream of the civic crop will die. Those who are lucky enough to be deemed necessary to a reemerging human society will survive in underground bunkers.

What would you do? Spend days with your loved ones, quit work, riot, try to break into one of those handy dandy government shelters?

Stake your claim.

 

[Scotty]

I would spend my remaining days with my family and try to get right with The Big Guy. I mean breaking into a safe shelter is fine if that's what you want to do, but whats the point of living without your loved ones? I would spend it with your family because you know they have loved you through thick and thin. I mean, what is a better way to go then with your loved ones?

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Well, dude.....1 in 250,000 is like...a lot.

Probably not worth the money and effort to shoot rockets or whatever at it, honestly. And hey, fuck it....if we make the call to NOT shoot it down, and end up being wrong, well....no one will be around to second guess anyone, so whatever.

as for the Morgan Freeman scenario....firstly, sweet, fucking Morgan Freeman is the president. Secondly....I would go to Colorado, the rocky mountains. Ive always wanted to see that part of America, and depending on the epicenter of the impact (say, if it was in the Atlantic Ocean?) I might even live. The females in my family are a bunch of wobblers (they like to freak the fuck out like dramatic fools over every little thing) so it would be annoying and counter productive to be around them. so yea, I would go to the rocky mountains, by myself.