Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025

dsi1 wrote:

It has recently come to my attention that my little town has the biggest
sandbar on the planet. That's amazing.
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https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-kaneohe-sandbar-oahu-19520361.php

Protection against asteriod strikes
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/02/protection-against-asteriod-strikes.html
"I have some bad news, fellow Earthlings: There is a newly discovered
asteroid, called 2024 YR4, headed for our planet. Fortunately, the risk
is neither great nor urgent. The chance of impact, which would happen on
Dec. 22, 2032, is estimated at only about 2.3%...
The worst-case scenario, though not world-ending, is still horrific...
The asteroid is estimated to be between 130 and 330 feet long, and its
impact could devastate a major city or, through a tsunami, coastline...
For purposes of contrast, the space object that hit Siberia in 1908 is
estimated to have been 130 feet long, and it decimated almost 800 square
miles of forest. Furthermore, an asteroid strike today could cause a
chemical, gas or nuclear accident...
A possibility of 2.3% is not as low as it might sound at first. The
chance of drawing three of a kind in a standard five-card poker game,
for example, is a about 2.9%. Three of a kind is hardly an unprecedented
event..."
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