The End of the World (As We Know It) part 3
Solar Flare
A massive solar flare as seen in The Knowing could wipe out the planet in a hurry. It would be so quick, we probably wouldn’t even realize it was happening. Scientists have found solar superflares occurring in distant solar systems, however our sun has never exhibited this type of behavior, and as a star ages, it becomes less likely to form a solar flare that would destroy the planet. Likelihood of a solar superflare – slim.
nuclear explosion
Nuclear War
Once upon a time, a nuclear disaster would have been much higher in our collective consciousness, but the end of the Cold War has diminished this possibility, at least in our psyches. Still nuclear annihilation remains a distinct possibility. Scientists believe that it would take the detonation of one hundred bombs would create a nuclear winter. The detonation of 1000 nuclear bombs would wipe out humanity. Currently, nine countries have nuclear weapons, some of them rogue nations like North Korea, significantly increasing the chances of nuclear disaster.
Zombies
Zombies are certainly popular these days, and why not, the walking dead are pretty cool. There are two ways zombies could occur. One is the traditional type of way, where corpses rise from the dead and attack their former human brethren. Another is that some type of biological agent, either natural or engineered, can cause people to turn into zombies. I’m not going to handicap the likelihood of this happening, although purely looking at popular culture would lead one to think this sort of thing is imminent, but if it were to happen, if they were of the lumbering, slow-moving variety like the ones found in Night of the Living Dead, then I think we can systematically wipe out these kinds of zombies. If they were the hyper-fast, ultraviolent ones like in 28 Days Later, then this type of zombie would overwhelm humanity and give us a pretty solid butt-kicking.
A massive solar flare as seen in The Knowing could wipe out the planet in a hurry. It would be so quick, we probably wouldn’t even realize it was happening. Scientists have found solar superflares occurring in distant solar systems, however our sun has never exhibited this type of behavior, and as a star ages, it becomes less likely to form a solar flare that would destroy the planet. Likelihood of a solar superflare – slim.
nuclear explosion
Nuclear War
Once upon a time, a nuclear disaster would have been much higher in our collective consciousness, but the end of the Cold War has diminished this possibility, at least in our psyches. Still nuclear annihilation remains a distinct possibility. Scientists believe that it would take the detonation of one hundred bombs would create a nuclear winter. The detonation of 1000 nuclear bombs would wipe out humanity. Currently, nine countries have nuclear weapons, some of them rogue nations like North Korea, significantly increasing the chances of nuclear disaster.
Zombies
Zombies are certainly popular these days, and why not, the walking dead are pretty cool. There are two ways zombies could occur. One is the traditional type of way, where corpses rise from the dead and attack their former human brethren. Another is that some type of biological agent, either natural or engineered, can cause people to turn into zombies. I’m not going to handicap the likelihood of this happening, although purely looking at popular culture would lead one to think this sort of thing is imminent, but if it were to happen, if they were of the lumbering, slow-moving variety like the ones found in Night of the Living Dead, then I think we can systematically wipe out these kinds of zombies. If they were the hyper-fast, ultraviolent ones like in 28 Days Later, then this type of zombie would overwhelm humanity and give us a pretty solid butt-kicking.
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