Do stories like this frighten you?
After all, this could happen again.

not much point in being scared of something you can't control.

Isn't it mostly the things that we can't control, that make us afraid?

i've been trying to write a reply about what i fear and why, but it doesn't seem to be a simple thing to define.

I think we can blow up any asteroids with the lasers and rockets Does America have rockets to blow up the asteroids if an asteroid is trying to hit earth Maybe i can send my budgie on a mission into space to save the earth As long as he came home safe though LOL!

That is definitely a very cute picture, I did want to comment!

I think humans worry about outrageous situations like being struck by an asteroid or hit by lightning. But then we ignore common situations like not putting on a seatbelt which is far more likely to cause us harm. It's like how we worry about the 2 people murdered in a spectacular fashion today and read all about it - but we don't lift an eyebrow when we hear that women are subject to domestic violence in gigantic numbers.

It is important to address every day as important, every hour as a chance to walk the path we want in life and to express gratitude for the things we have. Yes we should plan for trouble we can manage - have a will, have house insurance. But we should also enjoy life and appreciate the many blessings we have. It would, in essence, be a "waste" of our precious time to worry about something so unlikely.

Think of the people in Africa who are starving. They hardly worry at all about asteroids. It is in essence a sign of our comfortable status in life, that we can be concerned about such far-out "dangers".

I love the new picture you drew! Funny and even has pancakes. I can't complain about something if there are pancakes in it.

There are organizations dedicated to tracking NEOs (near earth objects) but yeah, the real truth is if something hits us, there isn't much we can do about it. On Star Trek they used 'repulsor beams' once, if I recall, to move aside an asteroid from hitting a planet. And then of course we have our movies from the 90s like Armageddon and Deep Impact that offer far-fetched solutions to the issue.

Maybe we can train an heroic team of valiant budgies to fly to space with a net and drag the NEO away? It could be a fun kid's movie, after all.

But in all honesty, if something hits chances are good we are wiped out. It won't take a very big object to permanently eliminate most of the current life on earth. Earth will adapt and life will go on, but it won't look anything like it does now. And we probably won't get to see it.

In the face of this I am not going to worry about it, as Janimal wisely suggested.

Thanks!

I think it is is important to realize that mankinds demise is an inevitable event and although I do not know exactly how an asteroid hitting the earth would go i would definitely prefer it to something like nuclear war!

Well really, not to be morbid, but all of us will be dead in 100 years anyway So we are definitely going to die.

What I choose to do is to focus on how to live each day so that I am proud of what I have accomplished, and that I have helped to spread peace and love with my actions.

Why 100 years?