In article <4658C8C3.30803@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> lal_truckee wrote:
> > mimus wrote:
> >
> >> OK, a couple dozen quarter-mile-wide steel balls just fell from outer
> >> space onto the Earth, and that was that, nothing else.
> >
> >
> > Doesn't matter to us - we're gone.
>
> I don't think so. Minor damage. Takes a lot more than that to kill us
> off.
Depends on the "landing zones", I'd say.
Drop 'em on land and things are likely gonna get *REAL* ugly in a big
hurry, for a long time, and over a wide area due to the dust/debris
clouds. A "Nuclear Winter" scenario, without the "Nuclear", I'd expect.
Drop 'em on the icecaps, and I suspect that the oceans might rise a bit,
but probably little more than that.
Drop 'em in the oceans, and coastal lowlands get washed away by massive
tsunamis, but inland/higher elevation areas areas see little (if
anything) more than a short-term increase in precipitation.
Of the three, I think I'd chose the ocean option - Get rid of the
festering boils of the ungodly huge coastal/lowland cities such as New
York, Miami, Wa****ngton DC, LA, and similarly over-densely populated
areas around the globe, and the world becomes a better place.
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