HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN CRAFTON,
WASHINGTON AND AMBRIDGE.
FIND THIS FULL SCHEDULE AT
KDKA.COM.
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BAN BUZZ
LATELY ABOUT THE ASTROID.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE POSTS ABOUT
IT COMING RIGHT AT US.
IT'S WIDELY BELIEVED DINOSAURS
WERE WIPED OUT BY AN ASTROID.
JOHN SHUMWAY, ARE WE IN
TROUBLE?
NO.
THE DINOSAURS IN JURASSIC PARK
WOULD SURVIVE THIS ONE.
THE ASTROID KNOWN AS 2018VP1,
IS IN DEED COMING RIGHT AT US.
CORRISA, COULD IT HIT US?
KIND OF, YES.
THERE IS AN ASTROID THAT IS
PROJECTED TO CROSS THE ORBIT OF
THE EARTH, BUT IT IS NOT
PROBABLY GOING TO HIT US.
HOW BIG OF AN ASTROID ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT?
IS IN THE MOVIE ARMAGEDDON
COMING TO LIFE?
NOT QUITE.
THIS IS TWO METERS WIDE, THE
SIZE OF A REFRIGERATOR.
THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL OBJECT.
WHY IS EVERYBODY GETTING SO
UP IN ARMS ABOUT THIS THING?
WELL, I THINK A LOT OF IT
HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW,
CURRENT EVENTS, BECAUSE IN
PARTICULAR, THIS ASTROID IS
PROJECTED TO HAVE ITS CLOSEST
APPROACH ON NOVEMBER 2nd WHICH
IS A BIG NIGHT.
IF IT DOES HIT OUR
ATMOSPHERE, SOMETHING THAT
SIZE, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
TO IT?
BELIEVE IT OR NOTING ATS OF
THAT SIZE, MOSTLY BREAK UP IN
OUR ATMOSPHERE.
OUR ATMOSPHERE DOES A GREAT JOB
OF PROTECTING US.
IT'S THICK AND DENSE.
OBJECTS HITTING OUR ATMOSPHERE
AT HIGH SPEEDS ENCOUNTER
FRICTION, CAUSING THE SURFACES
TO BOIL TO VAPORIZE, EVEN AN
OBJECT OF THIS SIZE WILL BURN
UP IN OUR ATMOSPHERE HIGH UP SO
THE ONLY THING WE MIGHT SEE THE
A REALLY BRIGHT LIGHT SHOW FOR
A QUICK MOMENT AND THEN IT WILL
BE GONE.
THE DATE OF THE ARRIVAL IS
ELECTION EVE.
WE WILL NOT BE NEEDING HELMETS
THAT NIGHT.
HEATHER, REMEMBER, THIS IS
2020.
THE YEAR OF UNPREDICTABILITY.
WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, WE
STARTED THIS YEAR WITH THE WILD
FIRES IN AUSTRALIA.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN JUST ONE
BIG ROLLER COASTER.
OKAY, THAT WAS A NICE WAY TO
PUT IT, BUT OKAY.
