Doom and Gloom in the Skies and in the Ground

Between the number of earthquakes striking along the Pacific "Ring of Fire" in the last few weeks and the meteor/asteroid "problem" I am having a little problem relaxing.

Yes, there has been a significant increase in the number of 5.0 mw tremors along that "Ring of Fire." But it's hard to worry about that when some space rock could slam into the planet and wipe out most, if not all, of civilzation.

Meanwhile the Science Channel seems to be intent on preparing us for a visit from space aliens.

Here's what the Bloomberg website had to say about the "city killer" asteroids:

NASA’s leaders said most large asteroids that may trigger a global catastrophe have been found and tracked, and an impact within the next several centuries is unlikely. Smaller objects are harder to track, arrive more often and are less lethal.

“Unfortunately, the number of undetected potential ‘city killers’ is very large,” John Holdren, assistant to President Barack Obama for science and technology, said today at a hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. “It’s in the range of 10,000 or more.”

Excuse me for being just a tad nervous lately.

And I won't even mention the Sunspots...