Is the world prepared for a super mass extinction disaster.?

Question

Ever heard of the super volcanoes like the yellowstone park that if it explodes which it does every 600,000 years will be the end of the US or humankind as we know it.It's been 640,000 since the last eruption.Or an asteriod.The whole sky hasn't been mapped out yet and theres still a good chance of being wiped out from one.Even if the goverment knew for a fact exactly when it would happen they wouln't tell us.So the question again is,Is the world prepared and would you want to know.

Answer 1

I had an lengthy conversation about the same topic while waiting on line for Spider Man 3. We reached the conclusion, or at least most of us did, that natural disasters will not be man's downfall, but instead nuclear warfare. The chances of a giant natural disaster happening is astronomical, when talking about nuclear warfare, all you need is to pull a trigger, literally.

Answer 2

A very serious question....and scary.

For years I viewed world extinction type scenarios as unfathomable, and quite frightening as though it was the worst case scenario. Then, one day it occured to me that there is another process wherein "the world ends".

The end of the world happens every day.....for someone. Every day many "someones"...die. To those individuals....life ends...the world is over...It is the end.

Is there really a difference? I don't think so...especially on an individual basis.

When I think about it....if all humans,or most, perish in a singular event I wonder, wouldn't it be somehow more comforting to know we are united in the horror and not alone? Unless...one is an observer who survives any such calamity, it really wouldn't make a difference.

To those whom die daily, the world has "ended"...there is no difference to them.

Wether by Astroid, Earthquake, Nuclear war, Volcano...or from cancer,or a car wreck...we already do know...we will die one day.

What ever made us think the universe was designed with us in mind? We are just here... and an astroid doesn't care...it just rockets through space inate and in objectively...towards those who survive every other "Armageddon" that looms among us daily

Is the "World" prepared? That depends if by 'world" you mean...people. If you do..then NO the world is not, and never will be prepared.

The 'World" can't even figure out it's Wars, and the mass slaughter over belief systems, Religions, and imaginary borders.....what a waste of a Beautiful "Eden".

Answer 3

Nyelo,

Just how do you prepare for a SUPER MASS Extinction event?  Otherwise known as a ELE?  What do you do?  Pray alot?  Assume a sitting position, bend way over as far as you can put your head between your legs and kiss your butt goodbye???

Answer 4

I agree Man himself is the greatest danger

meaning nuclear war

here is my collection of ends of the humanity

many predictions are for the years between 2012 and 2020

Nostradamus,the mayas ,Egyptians Jesus ,

and Terrance Mckennas time wave who put the magnetic output of the world into a computor projection that stopped at zero in 2012,this means the globe has stopped and it starts turning

the other way ,the resulting change of currents will turn the planet into a giant washing machine cleaning the surface

then there are the meteors storms (armageddon) ,the gulf of Mexico is the result of one that would have made life exstinct for a while ,this would result in an other ice age because globe gets covered in dust for a few years,blocking out the sun.

then there are more posible natural disasters

Volcanos are coming to life everywhere

the weather has giant storms like hurricanes ,tornados ,tidal waves ,earth quackes

a shift of the earth crust ,would change the position of the poles

under Anrarctica were found fosilized tropical plants indication the pole must have been in a different place then (the mainland atlantis is thought to be under it )

Apart from that , the biggest threat to any species of exstinction is ,when there are too little ,and when there are too many ,so overpopulation is also a threat

and the USA appears to be gunning for a global nuclear conflict .it is most likely that this will get us first ,looking at present politics

the planet will probably survive unless humanities bombs result it to be knocked out of its orbit

so many ends to choose from

if it wasnt so serious it would be rediculous

meanwhile enjoy life .and make the most of it at least we are all in the same boat