re: Armageddon vs. Deep Impact

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azstrummer — 12/14/2007 3:57:24 PM (archived)

Armageddon was all about lusting over Liv Tyler. Deep Impact now got me thinking what I'd do if I had a few minutes of prior warning of a huge wave that was going to inundate the area I lived in, too short a time to actually evacuate to high ground because of traffic jams but enough time to peruse your own area.

Actually, it's rather survivable. The water is only there temporarily so all you have to do if find some sealable watertight container that has enough air in it to sustain you for an hour or so. Maybe an empty boiler or a cargo container. Just before the wave hits you close yourself up into it, wait until the wave recedes back out to sea, emerge, and start looting.

I'm just not one of those guys that starts singing "Nearer My God to Thee" and awaits my ultimate demise.

Art

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Robert Heinlein in the L. A. Times - TB - 12/11/2007 3:16:14 AM
- Spider Robinson's article on Heinlein - TB - 12/11/2007 6:20:20 PM
  - Now that's the Heinlein I thought I knew - Eri - 12/12/2007 1:44:58 AM
    - Lazarus Long!?! - RNE - 12/14/2007 6:00:42 PM
    - Quotes - TB - 12/12/2007 4:09:30 AM
  - And if RAH is so bad, how come John Varley keeps writing homages? - Fox - 12/11/2007 6:26:25 PM
- re: Robert Heinlein in the L. A. Times - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/11/2007 3:58:26 AM
  - It seemed like a pretty even-handed piece to me. - alcaray - 12/11/2007 5:24:25 AM
    - Sure ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/11/2007 9:56:42 AM
      - re: 'Deconstructing Heinlein' - Yeti - 12/13/2007 6:58:06 PM
        
        re: 'Deconstructing Heinlein' - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2007 8:34:37 PM
        
        (....did I hear someone say "gold mine"?....) - podrock - 12/14/2007 3:48:30 AM
        
        Okay, SDAI - Yeti - 12/13/2007 9:42:29 PM
      - That's not what the piece said. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/11/2007 12:11:31 PM
        
        Actually, it did. - TB - 12/11/2007 4:45:47 PM
        
        As I suspected. - Eri - 12/11/2007 5:53:04 PM
        
        It's funny how SF gets bashed by the mainstream literary folk all the time - Socrates II - 12/11/2007 6:51:21 PM
        
        Many people are intimidated by SF - Eri - 12/11/2007 10:51:56 PM
        
        Armageddon vs. Deep Impact - Socrates II - 12/12/2007 2:42:25 PM
        
        re: Armageddon vs. Deep Impact - azstrummer - 12/14/2007 3:57:24 PM
        
        Good plan. - TB - 12/15/2007 5:54:39 PM
        
        re: Good plan. - Laurie Street - 12/15/2007 7:40:42 PM
        
        Well, yeah, 60,000 MT 300 miles off the coast would do it. - TB - 12/15/2007 10:16:54 PM
        
        re: Armageddon vs. Deep Impact - Tony - 12/14/2007 5:51:30 PM
        
        re: Armageddon vs. Deep Impact - Eri - 12/12/2007 5:58:46 PM
        
        re: Armageddon vs. Deep Impact. - True. - Marcia - 12/12/2007 9:45:18 PM

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