Deep Impact
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before the radar tracking
stations can see

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if they've been pushed
to a safe course

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that'll bypass the Earth.
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So, one more time
we have to wait.

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Are we on?
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Cameraman: We're on,
Mr President.

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Our missiles have failed.
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The comets are
still headed for Earth...

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and there's nothing
we can do to stop them.

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So, this is it.
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If the world does go on...
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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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