Well as you may or may not have heard; The Schwassmann Wachmann Comet 73P, well she is breaking up. What does this mean? Well not much really only the fragments will be flying by Earth. No, not very close to cause a problem although close enough that the conspiracy theorists and the late night radio talk shows are discussing it now. NASA has already come out and said; "Do not worry about it, nothing is going to hit the Earth!"

But the Hollywood Sci Fi crowd and Science Fiction Authors are out in full force promoting their books and movies again. One former Astronaut Trainer has even come out and warned people that some fragments will hit the Atlantic Ocean around the Mid Atlantic Ridge and cause a huge Volcanic Eruption and massive Tsunami 600 feet high! Yikes.

As far as triggering massive issues with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, well that is clearly the ultimate long shot in deed. Could something like that ever happen? Not with this Comet although perhaps sometime in the next million years, well it could? Hard to say, because the force would have to be just right; again probability on top of probability; so should you batten down the hatches on or around May 25 to protect yourself from Comet Fragments? Well, I wouldn't worry about it although you can bet those Sci Fi authors, movie makers and late night radio talk shows will certainly get their mileage out of the Schwassmann Wachmann Comet 73P break up. Consider this in 2006.