If an asteroid was going to hit the Earth, how do you think people would react?

Question

I think there would be Choas

Answer 1

  They would run sceaming in all directions.

Answer 2

I don't think people would be as frightened as you might think.  People sort of accept their fate when they know there is little they can do to prepare for it.  I would probably just thank God for the time that I did get to spend on earth.  And then I would pray for those who don't believe in God and have nothing they have lived for.

Answer 3

people would go under their bed...

Answer 4

People will panic..?

Answer 5

Of course. And a lot of people may just end up commiting suicide.

Answer 6

WHICH PART OF EARTH IT WILL STRIKE IT IS NOT KNOWN TO ANY BODY NOW

AS PER THE PRIDICTION

WHOLE WORLD IS NOT GOING TO DESTRY IN2012

Answer 7

I would be making love one last time, not much you can do if it is going to destroy the earth.  

Answer 8

no there wouldnt be

cause 10 seconds later chuck norris would block it in his sleep

Answer 9

"Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! "

Answer 10

I guess it depends on how much warning we had, and on the possible severity of the impact.  If we had many years of warning, I hope some very smart people would be hard at work on finding a way to deflect the asteroid.  But let's say that we have only a few months of warning, and the best calculations of the asteroid's orbit show it making a direct impact on Earth with little probability of a miss.  Let's also assume that this impact will be massive, and will have long-lasting implications for life on Earth.

I feel quite certain that uncontrolled panic would be the first of many peoples' reactions.  Houses of worship will overflow with people who haven't been to church in years.  Self-proclaimed prophets will flock to the streets.  Some people will go into survival mode and start thinking practically about what they'll do after the impact; others will lose their ability to function.  A general breakdown in social order will follow.  The government will be forced to declare martial law, if they haven't already done so.  The military will have to be placed on high alert for two reasons: to protect the citizens from themselves and to protect what's left of the nation's interests in the aftermath of the collision.

The government will try to place a freeze on the prices of goods and services, but some things will be beyond their control.  The price of gasoline will become astronomical overnight, since everybody needs it to evacuate the danger zones.  The stock market will crash...not that it will matter.  Survival will become a personal initiative, and all guarantees will be gone.

In the days before impact, any major cities near the projected impact site (or near the coastline if it's going to be an ocean impact) will be essentially deserted.  Survivor communities will already be organizing.  Some will be welcome and inviting, others will be restricted to a small group and will horde resources.  As the moment of impact draws near, the entire world will huddle into a ball of fear and wait.

Of course, we've never had to deal with the certainty of a disaster that large.  Hopefully we never will.  I could be wrong about peoples' reactions, but I feel like I've hit on some accuracy in my predictions.  I hope this helps.  Good luck!

Answer 11

People would be hysterical. They would over act.

Answer 12

I assume you mean one large enough to wipe out the human race.

Sadly, since the human race as a whole is retarded, it would be everyone for themselves. Crime rates would instantly shoot up due to robberies and violent crimes such as rape/murder.

If the world is ending, robbing and looting is quite paradoxical, but there you go.

The authorities would most likely not want to tell anyone until as late as possible, this will allow them to try and get their VIPs deep underground with many decades worth of supplies. As well as preventing the madness as long as possible.

Eventually the news would get out though, people would be angry at the governments for withholding information. Idiots would get on TV asking for aliens to come and save us, or for NASA to break out the super duper secret, single stage to orbit, capable of light speed, nuclear rockets to knock it out of the sky.

Many different religious groups would claim that it is God's judgement or some other such nonesense and that they are at last going to be proven right.

Anyone with half a brain will just go home and spend the remaining time with loved ones. Sadly only approximately 7 people on Earth have the necessary capacity of thought for that. People are inherently animals, and they will resort to animalistic behaviour when confronted with insurmountable odds.