A CLOSE CALL!

     WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2022

                 A CLOSE CALL!

   Close calls! We've all had one from

time to time! Usually on the highway

when somebody cuts us off without

warning. But the near miss we're

remembering today could have been a

little more serious. It happened on

March 23rd of 1989 when an asteroid

the size of a mountain missed hitting

the earth by 500,000 miles. In 

astronomical terms that equates to a

near miss! Had it hit it would have

left a crater the size of Washington, D.C.

And the energy released by such an

impact would have been equal to a 600

megaton atomic bomb! Other asteroids

have come as close as 12,000 miles. And

history tells us one giant one actually

hit which, we're told, caused the death of

the dinosaur! So at 500,000 miles, the

miss we're rememberfing today was still

too close for comfort!b Hope they continue

to miss and that all your NEWS is good!

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