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APOCALYPSE NOT NOW
by William E. Overton
"A team of astronomers
announced today", the man on the radio was saying, "that a newly
discovered asteroid will collide with the earth on November fourteenth
of 2020."
My birthday! I'll be eighty years old! I don't need this!
"The asteroid is about half a mile in diameter, and their calculations
indicate that it will either graze or directly impact the Earth at a
speed of between twelve and fifteen miles per second."
Wonderful! Six years until the end of civilization!
"According to experts, effects of even a passage through Earth's
atmosphere may include tsunamis, hurricane-level winds and drastic
climate change," the radio continued. "An actual collision would
also put enough dust into the air to block the sun for several years
and effectively destroy the global ecology."
I don't think I'm going to put up with this. I really don't.
* * * * *
"Although they are unable to explain the error in their original
calculations, astronomers now say that the new asteroid will miss the
Earth by about half a million miles."
Much better!
THE END
© 2014 William E. Overton
Bio: William did
some writing when he was younger, grew discouraged and more or less
gave it up. He is trying to take it up again and this story is a
new start. He hopes you like it.
E-mail: William E. Overton
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