what if there was a comet heading for earth.......
and the impact was going to destroy the North Western corner of the United States? Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana will be pelted with billions of golf ball size 1200 degree rocks. Nothing and no one will survive the impact and the fires will continue for weeks. Utility services will be wiped out across the country and dust will fill the air for eleven days. 40% of the population survives by ingenuity, yet no commerce has been re-established and people are now searching for food and water in homes of the deceased. Things are going to get worse before they get any better. Now, the public is advised one week before it will hit.
and you?................[;)]
and you?................[;)]
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Wallie could draw a solution![:D] 0 -
well, i'd use up all my ammo some weekend. [:D]
no sense saving it.[:o)]
good news. it aint gonna happen. God would have told us about it. afterall, its his earth and his stars. he would never spring a surprise like that on us.
WE WOULD, not God.[;)]0 -
i would say cash would be pretty worthless, so i would go around scalvaging (scavenging/salvaging) stuff that could be used in trade. 0 -
I would do nothing and wait for the government to come and save me. 0 -
yep, I'd sit around and wait on the gubmint' debit card and trailer.[:D] 0 -
I'd blame Bush. That's the very first thing I'd do. Bush knew the comet was coming. He had ample opportunity to evacuate the population to a safer area (like Kansas and Nebraska). He could have taken steps. Instead, he relied on local politicians to solve the problem. He could have negotiated with the comet to hit, say, Iran. But, he was more interested in not harming the oil supply there so that he and his oil buddies could profit from the ordeal.
Then, I'd talk about how bad cops are.0 -
I would go to Oklahoma. Wait, I'm already here, nevermind.[8D] 0 -
I'd take out a loan to put in a nuclear-strike bunker, load it with stolen MREs, water, weapons and ammo, and alcohol, get my good friends to join me, and just wait it out. After the dust settles, we'll turn Wisconsin into its own country that will achieve world domination because there won't be enough people left alive to resist. 0 -
go find Bruce Willis or Amanda Tapping, one of them must have a solution [:p] 0 -
According to your synopsis I would no longer exist, so go figure it out on own cannibal boy. 0 -
get chuck norris to give it a good stare-that should be enough to change its course and steer it into china 0 -
FEMA will make it all better. 0 -
Comets are ice balls, so we will presume this is actually a meteor. I would unfold my five state meteor shield and set it up at an angle which would either a. dump it all in the ocean. or b. dump it all on California. depending upon how badly California wanted to pay me for my efforts to put it all in the ocean. I would also turn on my double industrial dust sucker and filter the countries air. 0 -
HobbyGuy, you might like the book Lucifer's Hammer. It uses your scenario, except the comet hits California. 0 -
We'd all be screwed. It would mean nuclear winter (w/o radiation, unless the meteor had a lot of uranium in it) if it could destroy that big of an area.
In this situation, he who has the most guns wins. I win over a lot of people, but is it enough?
Stock up on gasoline, buy a generator, batteries, iodine (to purify water), kerosene for lanterns and/or candles, soap, basic medicines, ammo, and if you can get it, suphur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate- once the ammo runs out you can make your own gunpowder.
Those who survive- and it could take decades for the atmosphere to get right again- will be those who prepared. Or those who live on or near the equator where the nuclear winter won't be as bad.
FYI, they think a comet struck Russia in Tunguska in 1908. Again, no biggie- devestated the area but not the world, as it was mostly ice and dust.0 -
quote:Originally posted by bobski
good news. it aint gonna happen. God would have told us about it. afterall, its his earth and his stars. he would never spring a surprise like that on us.
WE WOULD, not God.[;)]
And an angell shall take a mountain from the sky, and hurl toward the earth, and a 1/3 of the earth shall die.0 -
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
HobbyGuy, you might like the book Lucifer's Hammer. It uses your scenario, except the comet hits California.
+1 Great book!0 -
James quote:It uses your scenario, except the comet hits California.
...now see, there is always a silver linning to everything...[^]
...but my bud here after doing his finger calcs...say's it ain't gonna happen..
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quote:Originally posted by HobbyGuy
and the impact was going to destroy the North Western corner of the United States? Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana will be pelted with billions of golf ball size 1200 degree rocks. Nothing and no one will survive the impact and the fires will continue for weeks. Utility services will be wiped out across the country and dust will fill the air for eleven days. 40% of the population survives by ingenuity, yet no commerce has been re-established and people are now searching for food and water in homes of the deceased. Things are going to get worse before they get any better. Now, the public is advised one week before it will hit.
and you?................[;)]
I would turn off the DVD player because I have already seen this movie....0 -
quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
HobbyGuy, you might like the book Lucifer's Hammer. It uses your scenario, except the comet hits California.
+1 Great book!
Thanks for the recommendation! The scenario sounds much, MUCH better than mine. I don't miss California at all. [xx(][}:)][:D]0 -
A far better book by the same authors is The Mote in Gods eye 0 -
quote:Originally posted by bobski
well, i'd use up all my ammo some weekend. [:D]
no sense saving it.[:o)]
good news. it aint gonna happen. God would have told us about it. afterall, its his earth and his stars. he would never spring a surprise like that on us.
WE WOULD, not God.[;)]
bobski: I do believe that the star Wormwood which will fall from the sky is some type of large meteor if I'm not mistaken.0 -
Amanda Tapping, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYRS8Fc6kg0&mode=related&search=
mote in gods eye, part 2 = the griping hand, good read from larry niven/jerry pornel
since I don't think I could get far enough east with the million other people trying to in 10 days ,I guess I would forget about the low fat/colesterol diet,tell the boss what I think of him, and party0 -
Well If I survived, I take one day at a time 1st eating people that were anti gun until my garden started producing again or until I myself were eaten....You know,,, the same as all you honest people......[:D][:D][:D][:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
I'd take out a loan to put in a nuclear-strike bunker, load it with stolen MREs, water, weapons and ammo, and alcohol, get my good friends to join me, and just wait it out. After the dust settles, we'll turn Wisconsin into its own country that will achieve world domination because there won't be enough people left alive to resist.
Just meet us over at Ft. McCoy. [;)]0 -
Get all the leg I could,redheads, blonds, black eyed beautys, maybe a plumper, maybe a midget, any one of them that wanted to bedrole and ball.Buy four cases of Jack Dainels, two cases of each viagra and cialas go out smilin'***** Get a real bad sunburn, smoke a pack or two camels a day,eat a pound of bacon and doz eggs every morning, with buttered toast.
Last couple of days spent with my family, wife, kids and grand kids,praying for forgivness for the passed week[:D]0 -
What would I do? See that the water tanks in the shelter were topped off, call the kids and grandkids in, arm the claymores, close the hatches. [:p] And for those that follow Revelations, and the mention of Wormwood, Ukrainian word for wormwood is Chernobyl. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jonk
Stock up on gasoline, buy a generator,
You may as well start learning early how to live with out gasoline or the generator. Even if you dumped Stabil in it, it'd be good for a year. Then you'd have to have some place to store enough gas to last you a year. IMO, they aren't very fuel efficient.
If you're waiting it out a decade, by year two, I'd say you'd be tearing the generator apart to make crude knives or cooking utensils.0 -
I say this without rancor...
You can keep your doomsday scenario. I find reality frightening enough.0 -
Nuclear winter? Bring it on, along with the murderous hordes. 0
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