I think I may have found the source of the above story, sorry for thinking the worst first but all this doom & gloom talk of late makes one think the worst first sometimes.
When I read the above it made me stand up and take notice and my first reaction was to give you all a heads up...

Sorry for the false alarm

Asteroid warning: Get ready for the big one, astronauts say

MONTREAL—Canadian and American astronauts say the world should already be preparing for the big one — the asteroid that could some day strike the Earth causing death and destruction.

“You're just sticking your head in the sand if you think the world will live out its entire natural life until the end of our sun and never be hit by another big rock,” Canada's Chris Hadfield said in an interview.

“That's just foolishness. That's just ignorance.”

The Canadian Space Agency astronaut is the current president of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), which submitted a report to the United Nations outlining a detailed plan to deal with any asteroid threat.

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