First the Dinosaurs, Now Us? There is a serious threat to earth, meteors, but now with further scientific studies we have realized that we are helpless if a meteor hits us, and that it is twice as likely as it was before thought to be. Even with our superior technologies we are helpless if one hits us. Is this scary enough to do something about it?
What crackheads test said this? The main threat to the dinosaurs was the fact the meteor started the ice age, witch was virtually the birth of humanity. Though, yes, it would be cold, extremely cold, it would still be survivable with today's technologies, such as heating systems and indoor farms. Now link, preferably to a halfway decent source.
A meteor strike would be catastrophic, however, humanity would still have a chance. First of all, submarine crews would probably survive for example as well as some other personel. A meteor strike alone wasn't what killed the dinosaurs but was instead a cocktail of things with the strike being a major factor, however, the after effects were probably worse. While the area around the impact area would be gone but the other side of the world would be survivable. With modern technology such as heating, buildings and greenhouses some people would manage to survive. However, couple a meteor strike with a plauge and maybe some wars and our chances drop signifiantly.
A meteor strike alone wasn't what killed the dinosaurs but was instead a cocktail of things with the strike being a major factor, however, the after effects were probably worse.
Here's the main argument to this thread. What was so "catastrophic" about this meteor was that it impacted the earth so hard that it sent all this dust and debris everywhere. Something this size with a powerful enough velocity can send all this dust into the sky, thus blocking out the sun. This can have a many number of consequences, from losing vegetation, to suffocation, to shifting the environmental conditions. Loss of vegetation means no food for the herbivores, hence no food for the carnivores. All that dust could have suffocated the poor things or just plain made the air toxic. As for the times turning into the Ice Age, there were more "catalysts" that jumpstarted it.
If another meteor of this size impacted the earth in our time, we would have to be most worried about those three points I made above.
No, but should one ever hit us we'd suffer pretty badly. Also at the OP. Even if it were twice as likely as before, well those odds are still pretty friggen long. And I mean looooooooooooong
We are not denying it will hit, we are denying the fact that it will be fatal totally. It is the equivalent to saying you can't doge a bee-bee and a bee bee can't kill you.
