1.1 metre rise? That's nothing compared to an asteroid of suitable size hitting say the Pacific Ocean. It's very likely it happened many times before so who is to say it won't happen again? So, I don't hear demands for huge funding increases to enhance our asteroid mapping techniques and to develop certain defense systems. I suppose it's because one didn't hit us recently. I hope by the time one does we are a lot more aware and have done something about it.
