Catastrophe: Guaranteed
Usually I’m telling people that nobody knows for sure what will happen in 2012 – but it’s best to prepare for the worst, just in case. Today I am guaranteeing that certain disasters will occur – just not necessarily in 2012…
Flu Pandemic. It is 100% guaranteed that one day millions of people will die from a killer virus – mostly likely a strain of influenza. The world has never been more interconnected, and the recent movie Contagion highlighted the risks. Experts say we are well overdue for a killer pandemic. There’s tiny chance that scientists can develop a vaccine quick enough to save lives.
Coronal Mass Ejection – powerful enough to knock out satellites and power grids. It has happened before (in the 1800s) and it will certainly happen again. If it happens tomorrow, it has the potential to be a great catastrophe. We have the ability to upgrade power grids to protect them from harm, but so far governments are choosing not to. It saddens me that such ignorant people are in charge.
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The two scenarios above have a strong likelihood of happening in the next few decades. The rest are still going to happen, but you or I are less likely to witness them:
Asteroid /Comet colliding with Earth, or enough size to kill millions of people from the resulting tsunami or rain of ejecta.
Magnetic Pole Shift – don’t trust scientists who say it will be harmless. They’re just guessing. They refuse to investigate the harm that a rapid pole shift could cause, even though there is evidence that a reversal could take only a day or so to complete. The poles will reverse one day, that’s a certainty.
Supervolcano – these are pretty rare, but there is guaranteed to be a supereruption one day in the future.
War. Maybe I’m being pessimistic, but I can’t see the current wars being the last, and most experts would suggest that every country in the world will experience war on their soil one day in all the future ahead of us.
Sir, what are you doing on this planet? If you’re so worried about “disaster” why don’t you take it to the bridge? World history should tell you that disaster is assured if you’re going to do your time here. Why are you so worried about it? And let me remind you that your are going to die someday anyway and there is nothing in this universe that will prevent that. You could very easily get hit by a truck. You are not going to live forever. So lighten up and enjoy the day, mate. Hit your bong and have some ice cream. Relax. Life is good.
@cyco – obviously you are a defeatist. For me, I do live day to day without a worry, enjoying bongs and ice cream (as you would put it), but rather than dying of starvation or thirst, and rather than my family suffering, I have put in place a few basic strategies just in case. Say you are a survivor of a natural disaster… do you want to walk around like a homeless person looking for scraps of dirty food and fighting other people for them, or do you want a safe retreat where all your basic needs are catered for? It’s not just about death my friend.
You might consider investing in a good life insurance policy. And as far as incoming disasters go, there is no guarantee that such an event will take place in your lifetime. And even if it did, you might find yourself three hundred feet beneath a newly formed sea, in which case all of your preparations would have been for naught. But if that type of security blanket lights your fire, go for it. Having been a Boy Scout I understand the meaning of “being prepared.” However, too much dwelling on the negative will in some way manifest in your life, and not necessarily by outside forces, but possibly by physical breakdowns or ill health.
Hello Cyco,
Please back off on Rob. He does an excellent job of providing some interesting and factual information, much of which proves that less than one percentile of the worlds population is prepared for even a minor emergency. The majority are clueless relative to the history of this planet, or the life cycle of this earth. I personally respect and appreciate the view of all people, but I want to believe Rob is doing one helluva a job in representation of facts, sceience and emergency preparedness. I was not a boy scout but learned much more trough a lifetime of training/ experiences, as well as the basic code of respect for the views or our fellow men and women who inhabit this space here with us. Respecfully, WAFWV