Re: Comet impact in the Eastern United States - Feasibility of Evacuation

::: Two weeks before it hits, the impact site is narrowed down to
::: Pennsylvania; then a week later it's clear the comet will hit the
::: greater Pittsburgh area. 

:: The fireball will likely be visible in Colorado, DC, and even Maine. 
:: Might even se it in Atlanta. 
:: The shockwave will likely level Chicago, and will almost certainly
:: destroy Detroit, just to name the two biggies, and would likely erase
:: Ohio from the map.  Never mind everything else closer.  The Virginias
:: would take a HUGE hit.  I'd expect New York would feel it, even if
:: the damage there wasn't huge. 

: dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (David DeLaney)
: Look at your map plz.  If it levels Chicago, it's going to at least
: half- destroy Atlanta, level Knoxville, Albany, and Charlotte, and all
: the skyscrapers in Manhattan will be knocked over. 

http://www.georgeglazer.com/archives/maps/archive-nyc/nyersideasm.html
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/72-the-world-as-seen-from-new-yorks-9th-avenue/

Or more seriously, does it matter that DC and norther virginia and such
are on the opposite side of the appalachian mountains?  Eh, prolly not.


Wayne Throop   throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   http://sheol.org/throopw