Incoming! How NASA and FEMA Would Respond to an Asteroid Threat

How would the US respond to an asteroid threat? NASA and FEMA came together in a simulated scenario to define how they'd prevent panic and protect people from such a hypothetical deadly collision.

"It is critical to exercise these kinds of low-probability but high-consequence disaster scenarios," FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said in the statement. "By working through our emergency response plans now, we will be better prepared if and when we need to respond to such an event."