Houston Chronicle leaves some wiggle room in report on Earth's destruction Wednesday

An asteroid is expected to pass within 1.1 million miles of Earth sometime Wednesday, and although the Houston Chronicle reports NASA as saying that “there is no possibility for the asteroid to collide with our planet,” the paper did leave some wiggle room in its tweet just in case.

Large asteroid unlikely to destroy Earth Wednesday https://t.co/byxYKESWDc

— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) April 18, 2017

well not with THAT attitude https://t.co/fgspGAwArf

— James Hope Howard, Five-Time VF Champion (@jameshopehoward) April 18, 2017

So there's still a chance…

— Brian (@mnguy23) April 18, 2017

No.

https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/854431702470578177

SAD!

— Bill Goldman (@williamsgoldman) April 18, 2017

https://twitter.com/Dvermillion93/status/854343254220972032

damnit

— mr. s (@travis_mke) April 18, 2017

So, the Chronicle is just going to get people’s hopes up by saying an apocalyptic asteroid strike is “unlikely” when it’s actually impossible?

https://twitter.com/vineshramanand/status/854388670429835265

Disappointing millions.

— Alan Kors (@alkors) April 18, 2017

Damn. Work tomorrow.

— Chrissy (@00Chrissy00) April 18, 2017

https://twitter.com/idnov/status/854426964987441153

Thursday’s good for us.

Thanks, Obama

— THEO (@TeddyKGB) April 18, 2017

You’ve got to admit, it holds up.

What a shame…. imagine dying by asteroid. That'd be so tight

— kristen (@koldjaa) April 18, 2017

Welp. There's always 2027. See ya next time, Destroyer of Man!

— Andrew Good (@FieFitty) April 18, 2017

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Related:

CBS News' Mark Knoller thankful for CNN's asteroid countdown clock; Earth spared http://t.co/hc8iLpYdHt

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2013