would what be the economic affect of a comet hitting the panama canal?

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How would the average american's life be affected if a comet that was a half mile across slammed into the panama canal at 50,000 miles per hour, blowing out the locks on both sides and igniting massive jungle fires.

How would shipping change without the canal, would american manufacturing be growing to replace costly imports that must now travel the long way.

Would prices of everyday goods skyrocket? Would the hot crater affect weather patterns and spawn hurricanes? Would it be a year of weird weather? Rain when it shouldnt and no rain whan it should? Freak snowstorms in may? Balmy days in december? Christmas time pool days? Blizzards in august?

How would unseasonal weather affect the economy?

Anonymous · Answer

wrong forum.  belongs in  Social Science > Economics

Anonymous · Answer

You have no idea how big that is.  One like that wiped out the dinosaurs and put the world into an ice age for thousands of years.  The world's combined Nuke is not that big.  What American? They would be GONE... vaporized instantly.  Take you classroom globe outside and shoot it with a 357 Magnum. or 12 gauge shotgun at close range using a slug.
 And that is without moving water.

? · Answer

Possible ice age. Yeah, the world economy would be shot. And it would have nothing to do with the canal being down for shipping.

billrussell42 · Answer

that big a comet, shipping would be the least of the worlds problems. The issue would be survival of the remaining population.

Kieth · Answer

Such a comet would cause global devastation, the economy of every nation would suffer.

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