What If the 1908 Tunguska Asteroid Hit Earth Today?
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Date: 2023-12-14
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-null-xf9pd
I like the video, really I do, but you're suggesting a 12 Megaton equivalent explosion would cause structure damage 1000 miles away? Based on knowledge of nuclear weapons, that's insane. Cripple the US with a single hydrogen bomb? Impossible. Either the estimate of its power was extremely low, or we gotta recognize that there's a huge difference between how buildings were built then and now. Even most military theorists agree nuclear air bursts over cities wouldn't cause the wild spread fire storms we saw in the past because of the way cities are now made
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I like the video, really I do, but you're suggesting a 12 Megaton equivalent explosion would cause structure damage 1000 miles away? Based on knowledge of nuclear weapons, that's insane. Cripple the US with a single hydrogen bomb? Impossible. Either the estimate of its power was extremely low, or we gotta recognize that there's a huge difference between how buildings were built then and now. Even most military theorists agree nuclear air bursts over cities wouldn't cause the wild spread fire storms we saw in the past because of the way cities are now made
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-andrefiliks
I kinda think that if this impact happened in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna or similar, it could have actually been a blessing in disguise. I imagine that given the extent of damages and loss of life, most european countries would be disincouraged to continue to engage in the arms race that led to WW1, besides the fact that the balance of power in Europe would be completely messed up. So I imagine it would be pretty possible for WW1 and WW2 to not have happened in this scenario, saving way more lives than the meteor would have killed
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I kinda think that if this impact happened in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna or similar, it could have actually been a blessing in disguise. I imagine that given the extent of damages and loss of life, most european countries would be disincouraged to continue to engage in the arms race that led to WW1, besides the fact that the balance of power in Europe would be completely messed up. So I imagine it would be pretty possible for WW1 and WW2 to not have happened in this scenario, saving way more lives than the meteor would have killed
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-dannyverhamme7970
The map of Luxembourg shown to estimate the destruction scale of the Tunguska Asteroid is not of Luxembourg. Luxembourg looks very different. I think it is important that the details are correct. If that is not the case, it undermines the credibility of the whole video.
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The map of Luxembourg shown to estimate the destruction scale of the Tunguska Asteroid is not of Luxembourg. Luxembourg looks very different. I think it is important that the details are correct. If that is not the case, it undermines the credibility of the whole video.
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-Daniel-Strain
The remote location of Tunguska may turn out to be a curse, because if it had affected us more we might take asteroids more seriously today. Now that we are overdue for a big one, we would have been better prepared to do something about it earlier.
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The remote location of Tunguska may turn out to be a curse, because if it had affected us more we might take asteroids more seriously today. Now that we are overdue for a big one, we would have been better prepared to do something about it earlier.
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-oberonpanopticon
Strange, I remember hearing that literally no one witnessed the Tunguska event. Like, nobody even noticed it for like 20 years until some expedition happened to stumble upon the area.
Maybe it-s the Mandela effect or something.
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Strange, I remember hearing that literally no one witnessed the Tunguska event. Like, nobody even noticed it for like 20 years until some expedition happened to stumble upon the area.
Maybe it-s the Mandela effect or something.
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reallifelore
I like how RealLifeLore is only using white-centric countries as examples to really dial up that sense of empathy in viewers. Can't be using African or Arabian cities as examples of massive loss of life! It just wouldn't hit the same!
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I like how RealLifeLore is only using white-centric countries as examples to really dial up that sense of empathy in viewers. Can't be using African or Arabian cities as examples of massive loss of life! It just wouldn't hit the same!
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-robertmyles9124
I for one endorse a large asteroid hitting NYC. A lot of America's problems would disappear right along with that cesspool of degeneracy. The only thing that would be better would be a second asteroid hitting LA at the same time.
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I for one endorse a large asteroid hitting NYC. A lot of America's problems would disappear right along with that cesspool of degeneracy. The only thing that would be better would be a second asteroid hitting LA at the same time.
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-ernesto-dev
I wonder what the effects would be if it hit in the middle of the ocean, which is probably more likely, as it covers 70% of the earth-s surface. Yes, it won-t directly impact anyone, but it would create a huge tsunami, right?
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I wonder what the effects would be if it hit in the middle of the ocean, which is probably more likely, as it covers 70% of the earth-s surface. Yes, it won-t directly impact anyone, but it would create a huge tsunami, right?
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-alnitaka
Tunguska is 60 N latitude, the same as Leningrad (St Petersburg. Had it come a few hours earlier, it might have hit Leningrad and destroyed it, and altered history greatly because Vladimir Lenin may have been there.
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Tunguska is 60 N latitude, the same as Leningrad (St Petersburg. Had it come a few hours earlier, it might have hit Leningrad and destroyed it, and altered history greatly because Vladimir Lenin may have been there.
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reallifelore
Why not combine the butterfly chicken wing and meteor strike days.
Chaos theory of the meteor and butterfly effect and humans as battery chickens, fattened up and slaughtered in ignorance.
. yaaaaaaaa
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Why not combine the butterfly chicken wing and meteor strike days.
Chaos theory of the meteor and butterfly effect and humans as battery chickens, fattened up and slaughtered in ignorance.
. yaaaaaaaa
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-Largo-cy3rg
Hitting a city directly is one thing but would be interesting what the effect would be if something like this hit the sea, could this result in a tsunami as bad as 20 years ago in Asia or worse?
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Hitting a city directly is one thing but would be interesting what the effect would be if something like this hit the sea, could this result in a tsunami as bad as 20 years ago in Asia or worse?
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-moonrock41
Very informative, but you omitted any discussion of the probability of such a large asteroid hitting densely populated areas in 1908 or what would have happened if it had exploded over an ocean.
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Very informative, but you omitted any discussion of the probability of such a large asteroid hitting densely populated areas in 1908 or what would have happened if it had exploded over an ocean.
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-loresign4933
Awesome to see how he went from speaking about a catastrophic scenario that could wipe out human civilization from our planet, with dozen of milions of deaths, to fried chicken wings!
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Awesome to see how he went from speaking about a catastrophic scenario that could wipe out human civilization from our planet, with dozen of milions of deaths, to fried chicken wings!
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-johnjhovino6529
But it-s not yet proven if the disastrous event was made by a celestial impact. No proven evidences of any celestial objects yet, no crater proofs have been discovered as well.
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But it-s not yet proven if the disastrous event was made by a celestial impact. No proven evidences of any celestial objects yet, no crater proofs have been discovered as well.
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-robadams5799
-In 2013, a space rock that was about 29 meters wide and weighed about 13, 000 tons hit the earth and blew up in the air. .. - Well, which was it? The earth or the air?
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-In 2013, a space rock that was about 29 meters wide and weighed about 13, 000 tons hit the earth and blew up in the air. .. - Well, which was it? The earth or the air?
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-digitalhammer1
mmmm. except, there is an account of Tesla and a certain polar explorer. i wonder how many know of it. His famous words after he sent that -message- was. oh ohhhh.
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mmmm. except, there is an account of Tesla and a certain polar explorer. i wonder how many know of it. His famous words after he sent that -message- was. oh ohhhh.
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-12jswilson
Sure it would be really bad if it happens over a metropolitan area. More likely that it would happen over the ocean. Population is very concentrated in small areas
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Sure it would be really bad if it happens over a metropolitan area. More likely that it would happen over the ocean. Population is very concentrated in small areas
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-LiminalQueenMedia
If we can maintain whatever negotiations with the asteroids and meteors to keep hitting the world ocean, siberia, antartica, and the Arctic we'll be fine.
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If we can maintain whatever negotiations with the asteroids and meteors to keep hitting the world ocean, siberia, antartica, and the Arctic we'll be fine.
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-kanugupta1515
phew. i live in dallas tx. just about outside of the shattered windows area. (you can see on goole maps and see back on here to see how close dallas is.
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phew. i live in dallas tx. just about outside of the shattered windows area. (you can see on goole maps and see back on here to see how close dallas is.
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-einfacherkerl3279
As if daffy duck is doing the commentary with special stress on every Ssssss. an excessssive about of sssshatered windowssss had it sssstrucked
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As if daffy duck is doing the commentary with special stress on every Ssssss. an excessssive about of sssshatered windowssss had it sssstrucked
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-glennaweber5643
RealLifeLore if this meteor hit Lewis Center what would the devastation and where will it felt as far away in a California city like Palm Springs
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RealLifeLore if this meteor hit Lewis Center what would the devastation and where will it felt as far away in a California city like Palm Springs
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-BarrettKillz
We are such idiots to fight between ourselves with weapons of mass destruction, yet can-t figure out how to destroy an asteroid. What a joke.
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We are such idiots to fight between ourselves with weapons of mass destruction, yet can-t figure out how to destroy an asteroid. What a joke.
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-X. F. P.
you should've explained what it would've been like if the asteroid hit Moscow instead of New York, It would've made more sense if you'd done that
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you should've explained what it would've been like if the asteroid hit Moscow instead of New York, It would've made more sense if you'd done that
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reallifelore
It's frickin terrifying to think of it having hit in a populated area. Or having it happen now in a populated area. It's humbling.
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It's frickin terrifying to think of it having hit in a populated area. Or having it happen now in a populated area. It's humbling.
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reallifelore
If the Tunguska had hit near moscow or some other large European city, it could have changed the lead up to the First World War.
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If the Tunguska had hit near moscow or some other large European city, it could have changed the lead up to the First World War.
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-oowoozee
As a New Yorker, Tunguska isn't even remotely bothersome to us. When you ride the subway here enough times nothing will faze you: /
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As a New Yorker, Tunguska isn't even remotely bothersome to us. When you ride the subway here enough times nothing will faze you: /
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-K4113B4113
What if it fell right into an ocean? Would the tsunamis be more devastating than the impact that the meteor has on the ground?
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What if it fell right into an ocean? Would the tsunamis be more devastating than the impact that the meteor has on the ground?
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-DreDay1993
It was nikola tesla. Testing his death ray. It was no meteor or astroid. He wasn-t trying to hurt anyone though. Believe it.
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It was nikola tesla. Testing his death ray. It was no meteor or astroid. He wasn-t trying to hurt anyone though. Believe it.
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-jesussaves9855
The fact that the meteor hit the middle of no where was not luck, it was God that kept it from hitting a populated area
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The fact that the meteor hit the middle of no where was not luck, it was God that kept it from hitting a populated area
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