3.3 megatons. http://gizmodo.com/5984469/what-would-actually-happen-if-the-2012-da14-asteroid-crashed-for-real -----Original Message----- >From: "schalestock@xxxxxxxx" <schalestock@xxxxxxxx> >Sent: Feb 15, 2013 12:46 PM >To: sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: National Prayer Breakfast with Obama Present > >RR > >Writing from work. After which (2 pm) I will go play golf since its clear and >60 degrees today with a winter storm about 12 hours away. There is life after >the ARA. ha. > >Heard a good call in today re the asteroid strike in the Urals. The woman >says (and she sounded serious) " Why don't Obama jes git on top of air force >one and wave the thing away?" There you go. New level of "low information >voters". > >I wonder how many kilotons that low approach meteor would yield if it hit. >You're right, it's not that high an altitude fly by. Underneath the >geosynchronous satellites I understand. > >JS >____________________________________________________________ >Woman is 53 But Looks 25 >Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors... >http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/511e74b04b0c074b022c5st02vuc > "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford