If the asteroid is a big as the image on the article, I think tsunamis will be the least of our worries.
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Previously on "Watch the skies! Part 97."
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Watch the skies! Part 97.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/britain--a...7.html#hzTDpHa
It must be a slow news day or sommat. 1 in 10,000 chance in the next 85 years.
Stone me.
As it were.
Britain is at risk from an ‘asteroid tsunami’, where a rock falling from space creates a wall of water which kills hundreds of thousands of people living in coastal towns.
University of Southampton experts have created a map showing where asteroids are most likely to fall - and found that Britain is at risk of being swamped by deadly waves caused by space rocks.
Asteroids falling near Britain in the Atlantic or North Sea could trigger a devastating impact.
There is a one in 10,000 chance a rock could splash into the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk within the next 85 years, according to the researchers.
Dr Hugh Lewis of the University of Southampton, added: ‘It’s very easy to be flippant because of the Hollywood effect but it is a real risk.
‘When you look at global vulnerability Britain is at very high risk. You might think that is odd because we are a very small country but we have a high population density on the coastline so that means we are vulnerable to an impact in the Atlantic Ocean.Last edited by zeitghost; 8 June 2017, 12:35.Tags: None
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