> (4) Another planet-flattening meteor like the GIANT Chicxulub impact crater buried in the Yucatan Peninsula, Gulf of Mexico. It hit the world during the Cretaceous/Tertiary Age, about 65 million years ago. Enough said.
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> I guess we're also way overdue in developing the ability to get off the planet...


(5) Oh yeah -- southern California and Stephen may not precisely fall into the sea at any time soon; but if they keep going the direction they've been going, SoCal is migrating northwards and will spend the next millennia of winters much closer to Canada. Awww. Chill out. :-)