Like, connect the dots, media folks. That's your job. Don't be innumerate. Spell this out.

But it's such a gotcha. "Oh, you think *volcanoes* killed the dinos? Well, the *asteroid* caused the volcanoes! Checkmate, loser!"

No matter what nobody's gonna claim the reverse, that volcanoes attract asteroids. Even Avi Loeb's not that dumb.

I remember in the 90s coming across the argument that the Deccan Traps were roughly the antipodes point of Chicxulub and hence it was actually the impact's seismic waves which caused them to erupt!

(alas, it don't hold up: www.geologyinmotion.com/2011/10/chic...)

you spelled pumpkin pie wrong.

It isn't a true Vancouver rain day until somebody short pokes you in the eye with one of the spokes on their umbrella ☔

At least it's dry inside