Kurt, those are great comments. Can I quote you in my asteroid blog? -- Thanks, Joe --- On Sat, 10/30/10, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2003 UV11 What if it hit Salt Lake City To: "Utah Astronomy List Serv" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 1:57 PM Joe wrote: "Kurt, a Richter scale 7 is a major earthquake. Wouldn't there be a lot of damage just from that? Thanks, Joe"
Yes, there seemed to be a disconnected between the web application's description of the light physical damage to buildings and my personal experience of magnitude 7.0 earthquake in 1971. But no worries, the other major damage is the flash burn from the fireball that would be 10 times the sun's mean brightness. At 100km distant from the impact - let's say Nephi or Spanish Fork - anyone outside would suffer first degree burns over 100% of their body, and the town, if not shaken down, would burn down. - Clear Skies (and since its near Halloween), Kurt "Death from Above" Canopus56
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