[Rhodes22-list] Asteroids! April 13, 2036 could be a very bad day for Earth

[Mike Cheung]

Fair enough, Brad!  With all the digital gizmos, I admit to feeling like a
video game operator, more than a pilot sometimes. Makes me worry about the
'young-uns'. I at least remember shooting NDB approaches for real. Mike C



Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Every year at Oshkosh Garmin comes out with a new unit.  I'm figuring the
> 496 will go down another $200 in price this year.  The attraction to it is
> I
> can remove it from the airplane to drive home, then go to the lake and pop
> it in the sailboat (like I get lost on the Tennessee River).  I haven't
> even
> riddled all the possibilities of my Garmin 250XL much less the 530W.  Oil
> at
> $140 a barrel is accelerating the demise of my beloved DC-10 and I'm being
> dragged, kicking and screaming, into the digital age - for now the Bus,
> but
> maybe the 777 depending if I can stretch my 90 minute brain and 2 hour ass
> into a 16 hour mission to China.  Tell you what, lets have a fly-off with
> your Mooney against my 1948 Bo in search of the $100 cheeseburger (well,
> $200 at today's fuel prices) and I'm betting I'll be there just as you're
> having your first sip of Coke.  Give me a whiskey compass instead of a GPS
> and I'll be there before you're inserting the straw!
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Aw, c'mon - pop for a 530W! - Mike C.
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>> >
>> > Mike,
>> >
>> > That's great news!  Every time I run a retirement calculator based on
>> > leaving at age 60 I start coming-up short around age 80.  If I work
>> until
>> > 65, I'll have enough money to party like it's 1999 until the Big One
>> hits
>> > in
>> > 2036.  In fact, I'm getting on eBay right now and shop for more tools
>> for
>> > the hangar and a Garmin 496 for the Bo.
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Michael D. Weisner
>> <mweisner at ebsmed.com
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I can't figure out why we are worried about sailing, energy, fuel
>> >> stabilizers, fast pins or even who is running for POTUS when we have a
>> >> very
>> >> real problem to be concerned about: A collision with Asteroid 99942
>> >> Apophis.
>> >>  According to the latest prediction, Sunday, April 13, 2036 could be a
>> >> very
>> >> bad day for Earth - at least it isn't a Friday the 13th.  The most
>> recent
>> >> results will be presented at the Asteroid, Comets, and Meteors
>> conference
>> >> at
>> >> the Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland, today, July 17, if any
>> of
>> >> you in the Maryland area wish to attend (http://acm2008.jhuapl.edu/).
>> >>
>> >> To read more on the calculations, recalculations and predictions of a
>> >> near
>> >> Earth collision with a large asteroid, check out:
>> >>
>> http://io9.com/5025611/um-about-that-asteroid-that-wasnt-going-to-hit-us
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>> >>       Nissequogue River, NY
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