EXERCISE Only The scenario was chosen to stress the partcipants, not an actual asteroid impact. It was a fictional scenario. This was only an exercise. 60 meter asteroid impact in New York City, NY (roughly Central Park, NYC) 10,117,016 population directly affected Estimated unsurvivable area (complete destruction) 32 square miles Internet Communications 30 Internet exchange points (1 unsurvivable, 8 critical damage, 20 severe damage, 1 serious damage) 708 Data centers (16 unsurvivable, 229 crtical damage, 446 severe damage, 16 serious: 6,300 Points of presence (1853 unsurvivable, 453 critical damage, 1447 severe damage, 456 serious damage) Indirect Internet impacts Mass communications Social media, misinformation and malinformation https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/pd/cs/pdc19/