Next week there will be a follow-up story on CNN- "In other news, The White House went crazy today when they thought they were being attacked, when all that was happening was their own satelite had crashed into the front lawn of the White house. A security alarm was pulled 5 minutes before impact, and President Bush was flown immediately to Alaska in case anything happened."
Quite a bit alarmist. Odds are this thing hits the ocean or some unpopulated area. Last time I checked, falling satellites were not a major cause of death.
Yes it's very alarmist. If you figure the square footage of earth is about 5,490,300,430,000,000 square feet and say the average person has a 10-foot hit radius, that's 10ft * 6,646,779,879people = 66,467,798,790 5,490,300,430,000,000 / 66,467,798,790 would come out to 1 in 82,000 chance of a person being hit by it haha. That's just how I see it - I'm probably way off.
When you factor in the more populated areas like NYC, it decreases the number of people it could hit in other areas, but increases the number of people it could hit in NYC. The odds are against that happening, but then again, odds dont really mean anything
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RC @ Jan 27th 2008 11:38AM
Alarmist much?
Liam @ Jan 27th 2008 12:02PM
I-RON-EE
Sam Zebian @ Jan 27th 2008 12:37PM
Next week there will be a follow-up story on CNN- "In other news, The White House went crazy today when they thought they were being attacked, when all that was happening was their own satelite had crashed into the front lawn of the White house. A security alarm was pulled 5 minutes before impact, and President Bush was flown immediately to Alaska in case anything happened."
Chuckles McGee @ Jan 27th 2008 1:42PM
Quite a bit alarmist. Odds are this thing hits the ocean or some unpopulated area. Last time I checked, falling satellites were not a major cause of death.
Eldiablo @ Jan 27th 2008 2:31PM
I'm just hoping my tinfoil hat protects me...
m @ Jan 27th 2008 3:07PM
i think the ocean is the worst possible place it could land. what if it wakes an invincible baby monster from its long slumber?
ryry @ Jan 27th 2008 3:17PM
Yes it's very alarmist. If you figure the square footage of earth is about 5,490,300,430,000,000 square feet and say the average person has a 10-foot hit radius, that's 10ft * 6,646,779,879people = 66,467,798,790
5,490,300,430,000,000 / 66,467,798,790 would come out to 1 in 82,000 chance of a person being hit by it haha. That's just how I see it - I'm probably way off.
Dikkers91 @ Jan 27th 2008 4:42PM
When you factor in the more populated areas like NYC, it decreases the number of people it could hit in other areas, but increases the number of people it could hit in NYC. The odds are against that happening, but then again, odds dont really mean anything