Dear List: Ron Baalke has a point when he bemoans the press implying that a small chance of impact is a large one. Further, such a situation is irresponsible. It would be a "cry wolf" phenomenon if a small but insignificant real impactor would justify the evacuation of a coastal area or a part of a state. The cooperation of many millions of people would be hindered by previous repeated but unjustified hype. Today police and emergency services have methods to ensure cooperation of hundreds of people. But not millions; that would require the conviction of most of those millions that some real danger existed from which escape in a prescribed fashion was a real option. Only trust in the reliable reporting of danger would result in this.
Francis Graham __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
