The Looming "City Destroyer" Asteroid Set To Visit Earth in 2032 Now Has a 3.1% Chance Of Impact, Making It The Biggest Threat To Our Planet In Modern Forecasting

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Two weeks ago I blogged about an asteroid that's set to pay us a visit in 2032. I know right? Why even bother. Every time you see a potential asteroid zooming past Earth you read a little more and find out it's actually gonna miss us by 5 light years. Seems dumb to talk about something that far ahead, like when LSU and Clemson schedule a home and home non-conference game a decade from now. Well, the tidbit worth focusing on here is the likelihood of impact, which terrifyingly keeps going up every time I check. This is where we were at on February 6th. 

A few weeks later and we're at 3.1%.  

So, that's not great. The highest risk assessment EVER received? 3.1% isn't nothing folks. Usually the chances of these sort of things are beyond microscopic before being diminished to zero not soon after. This keeps going up. Clearly whatever data they keep analyzing continues to point to this being a serious thing to take note of. 

In the event you missed the last blog, you're probably wondering what we're dealing with here. Is this whole song and dance we call life done for? Time to liquidate the ol' 401k? Your sports teams have seven years to win a title or you'll definitively never see one in your life time? If you're a Browns or Jets fan that answer is yes, but not because of the asteroid. This is not a global killer, but more a city destroyer that is estimated to be anywhere from 131 to 295 feet in diameter. 

As Desert Daddy details, if it hits the ocean that could also be very bad. 

More information here on the tsunami aspect. 

It seems crazy to think we can accurately predict where this will hit in seven years with how fast the Earth spins and orbits the sun while the asteroid zooms at speeds beyond our imagination, but the line below gives you an idea. 

Obviously a lot can change from now until this bad boy arrives. A few months ago we didn't know it existed and now it has a better chance of hitting us than South Alabama beating Duke in March Madness. 

Pretty tough look that the asteroid has a better implied probability of impact than the Mavericks do of winning the NBA title this season. Probably shouldn't have traded for Luka, Nico.

Fun times ahead for all! Let's get Harry Stamper back on retainer just in case those odds keep ticking up. Let's just keep an eye on this fucker and see how high the % can go. Cannot even imagine how the world would react if it became a certainty this asteroid was gonna hit and an entire city was about to be destroyed. 

P.S. The Knicks have WAY better title odds than the asteroid's impact made me feel good. Not because of Earth's safety, but for how far the franchise has come. We went from the days of Toney Douglas the starting PG to 3x better odds than a city being wiped off the Earth by a rogue asteroid. We did it.