Deep Impact
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it will not go on
for everyone.

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We have now been able
to calculate

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the comets'
final trajectories,

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and we have determined where
they're going to strike.

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The smaller of the 2 comets,
Biederman, will hit first,

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somewhere along
the Atlantic Seaboard

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probably in the waters off
the coast of Cape Hatteras

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in just under 12 hours at
4:35 p.m. eastern daylight time.

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The impact of the comet
is going to be...

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Well, disastrous.
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There will be
a very large tidal wave

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moving quickly through
the Atlantic Ocean.

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It will be 100 feet high,
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travelling at
1,100 miles an hour.

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That's faster than
the speed of sound.

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As it reaches shallow water,
it's going to slow down,

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but the wave height,
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depending on the depth
of the shelf off the coast,

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will be anywhere from
1,000 to 3,500 feet high.

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Where the land is flat,
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the wave will wash inland
600 to 700 miles.

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The wave will hit our nation's
capital 40 minutes after impact.

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New York City, Boston,
Atlanta, Philadelphia...

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all will be destroyed.
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if you have any means of getting
away from the path of this wave,

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leave now.
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The impact of the larger comet
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will be nothing less than
an extinction-level event.

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It will strike land
in Western Canada

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3 hours after Biederman.
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Within a week,
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the skies will be dark
with dust from the impact

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and they will stay dark
for 2 years.

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All plant life
will be dead within...

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4 weeks.
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Animal life within...
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a few months.
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So that's it.
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Good luck to us all.

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