Lindaland
  Lindaland Central 2.0
  Real Doomsday Scenarios (Page 1)

Post New Topic  Post A Reply
profile | register | preferences | faq

UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone!
This topic is 2 pages long:   1  2 
next newest topic | next oldest topic
Author Topic:   Real Doomsday Scenarios
Randall
Webmaster

Posts: 27043
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 12:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Since December 21, 2012 is almost upon us, what are some actual real-life cataclysmic events that could wipe humanity off the Earth? Well, there are three lurking dangers, and all of them are unsettling.

One is something called Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). Every 11 years, the Sun gets very angry. It ejects enormous bursts of plasma and radiation. Most of them miss the Earth. We have had a few direct hits. Luckily, the Earth's magnetic field deflects such blasts. But they have found relatively large holes in our field. It would be a roll of the dice, but if a CME got in, we would have little time to even prepare. In minutes, the blast would hit us, and anything electric would be zapped. All electric grids would go down, and it would take from four to ten years to repair the devastation. Fiction can mirror real life (the tv show Revelation). What would happen with no electricity for years? Starvation. Exposure. Governments could crumble. Panic would ensue. It would be catastrophic. The next CMEs are due Spring 2013.

The other doomsday scenario is something called supervolcanoes. We have several. But the most disconcerting is Yellowstone National Park. It is like a balloon ready to pop. And if it pops, a large portion of Western America would be wiped out by a wall of fire. Then the ash would cover the globe and block out the Sun. It would rain contaminated black rain. All we could do is wait it out and let it settle. Billions would die. The entire Earth's mantle could spin out of control. Earthquakes are caused by shifts in the mantle. A complete spin would crumble buildings like sand castles.

The third one is a polar shift. In actuality, the Earth doesn't flip. The magnetic field does. Many species of animals depend on the magnetic field to migrate. They would quickly die off. Hurricanes and tsunamis would be like nothing we have ever seen before...a veritable global super storm.

What is ironic is that a CME blast that gets through the radiation field could set off one or more of the supervolcanoes. If strong enough, it could also reverse the magnetic poles. A nuclear winter effect (though that science is unproven) would be doubly devastaing with no electricity for heat. Such blasts could also throw the Earth off its orbital pattern or knock us into space, but that is unlikely. Still, we could have all three doomsday scenarios happening at the same time if one of those CMEs makes it inside our defenses. The world's electric grid would definitely go down in that case. That's pretty much a given. Our grids are very vulnerable. And most cars would stop working (except for older omnes), but with no electricity to pump gas, the ones that do work would be useless soon. The other two scenarios may or may not occur when a CME hits.

Lastly, on December 21, 2012, the Earth will be almost exactly facing the Milky Way's heart (a black hole). Doomsday proponents say that will block off the energy of the black hole and cause global catastrophies. Of course, a black hole emits no energy. But that is still one hell of a coincidence.

IP: Logged

juniperb
Moderator

Posts: 6419
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 11:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Eventually, they will come to pass.

I see current weather patterns playing into these scenarios as well. The drought, superstorm Sandy followed by the Nor`easter, umpteen earthquakes in recent days (around the globe)and so forth

It is most interesting times we live in and I am gratefull to be a part of it.

------------------
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and Knows
Robert Frost

IP: Logged

AcousticGod
Knowflake

Posts: 7244
From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 11:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A big collision with a meteor seemed bad enough to make a couple movies out of.

IP: Logged

juniperb
Moderator

Posts: 6419
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 11:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yup. That should be counted in the Dooms Day Scenario as well.

------------------
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and Knows
Robert Frost

IP: Logged

mercuranian
Knowflake

Posts: 771
From: uranus
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 12:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mercuranian     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
whatever is meant to happen will happen. im not scared.

IP: Logged

AcousticGod
Knowflake

Posts: 7244
From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 01:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You are too scared.

IP: Logged

iQ
Moderator

Posts: 4362
From: Chennai, India
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 01:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for iQ     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nothing tragic on a global scale will happen, 100% Guaranteed.

If something terrible was to happen all
around the world, a thousand clairvoyants would have got dreams about this already.

So much effort from selfless light workers has gone into stabilizing the Earth's Energy (since 2011) to prevent civilization destroying cataclysms.

IP: Logged

MoonWitch
Moderator

Posts: 1189
From: The Beach
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 01:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MoonWitch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm more nervous about an economic collapse in the US, frankly.

Either way - I'm prepping

IP: Logged

Randall
Webmaster

Posts: 27043
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 02:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
They are now saying that it was a supervolcano that killed off the dinosaurs and not a collision. Jupiter attracts most of the big objects and takes the crash for us. I saw a tv special that said it would take a planet-size collision to cause mass destruction. So, that doomsday scenario is now an unpopular one among some scientists.

------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

IP: Logged

juniperb
Moderator

Posts: 6419
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 02:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by MoonWitch:
I'm more nervous about an economic collapse in the US, frankly.

Either way - I'm prepping


Me too MoonWitch!

------------------
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and Knows
Robert Frost

IP: Logged

mercuranian
Knowflake

Posts: 771
From: uranus
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 02:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mercuranian     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
wouldn't it be nice if the electronic grid went down, and everyone's electronic debt vanished?

IP: Logged

juniperb
Moderator

Posts: 6419
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 02:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It just may and yes indeed it would put most people on a level playing field.

------------------
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and Knows
Robert Frost

IP: Logged

Randall
Webmaster

Posts: 27043
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 03:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
No, with no electricity, there would be mass starvation and utter chaos. Money wouldn't matter anymore anyway after a few months. Barter would be the currency.

------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

IP: Logged

juniperb
Moderator

Posts: 6419
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 03:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"Barter would be the currency."

We do a lot of bartering already. No electricity would take most people down for sure.

The only current item I need electric for is the water pump. Currently working on sinking a plain piped well for hand pump

------------------
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and Knows
Robert Frost

IP: Logged

Randall
Webmaster

Posts: 27043
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 03:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Waste disposal plants wouldn't work. Emergency generators would give out. Water would be toxic. Looting would deplete food supplies in a few months. No refrigeration. Bandits would form. Fear and panic would reign. It would be a harsh world.

------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

IP: Logged

juniperb
Moderator

Posts: 6419
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 03:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I suspect some on the East Coast are already suffering those issues

------------------
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and Knows
Robert Frost

IP: Logged

Randall
Webmaster

Posts: 27043
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 03:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yep. But imagine if it took four years or longer to get the lights back on--globally.

------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

IP: Logged

charmainec
Moderator

Posts: 6439
From: Venus next to Randall
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 03:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Don't be so gloomy, you two.

Here, have a slice.

------------------

quote:
Remember, love can conquer the influences of the planets....It can even eliminate karma.

Linda Goodman

IP: Logged

charmainec
Moderator

Posts: 6439
From: Venus next to Randall
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 04:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
On second thought, ignore that post. I don't want to be known as the person who derails threads with cake.

Carry on.

IP: Logged

juniperb
Moderator

Posts: 6419
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 04:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I don`t ignore CAKE

------------------
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and Knows
Robert Frost

IP: Logged

MoonWitch
Moderator

Posts: 1189
From: The Beach
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 05:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MoonWitch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by mercuranian:
wouldn't it be nice if the electronic grid went down, and everyone's electronic debt vanished?

What is electronic debt?

IP: Logged

MoonWitch
Moderator

Posts: 1189
From: The Beach
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 05:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MoonWitch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
We'll be taking to the ocean on the sailboat. Hopefully, fish will still be edible

IP: Logged

mercuranian
Knowflake

Posts: 771
From: uranus
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 05:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mercuranian     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by MoonWitch:
What is electronic debt?


credit card debt for example, or even taxes,-- anything that's stored on a computer database

IP: Logged

Randall
Webmaster

Posts: 27043
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 05:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Cake is never a derailment! But your pic isn't showing.

------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

IP: Logged

MoonWitch
Moderator

Posts: 1189
From: The Beach
Registered: Apr 2009

posted November 11, 2012 08:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MoonWitch     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I guess it would be nice on a purely selfish personal level - temporarily. But electronic isn't imaginary debt so it would be disastrous for the economy and everyone would end up paying for it anyway.

IP: Logged


This topic is 2 pages long:   1  2 

All times are Eastern Standard Time

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Administrative Options: Close Topic | Archive/Move | Delete Topic
Post New Topic  Post A Reply
Hop to:

Contact Us | Linda-Goodman.com

Copyright 2000-2013

Powered by Infopop www.infopop.com © 2000
Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.46a