Life Cataclysm - Is it going to happen to you?

**Rain Man** · 10:14 AM

In your lifetime, what do you think are the odds that there'll be a big disaster that affects, say, a quarter of the U.S. population, either directly or indirectly (via food shortages, extended power outages, etc.)?

Such an event might include, but not be limited to:

- meteor hit
- radiation blast from deep space
- massive earthquake and/or crustal shift/pole shift
- supervolcano eruption
- massive tsunami
- nuclear attack
- bioterrorism attack
- chemical attack
- attack of giant mutant animal
- alien invasion
- military invasion by Mexico or China or some other company
- superhurricane that's way bigger than Katrina
- supertornado that's way bigger than Katrina
- complete governmental collapse
- massive depression that makes the Great Depression get renamed the Pretty Good Depression
- large new dust bowl thingie
- massive virus epidemic
- civil war
- global warming and climate change
- destruction of food via honeybee decimation or virus that kills all grasslike plants like wheat and corn
- comet strike
- asteroid strike
- lunar strike
- dinosaur cloning and resultant rampage
- attack of crazy birds
- arrival of messiah who doesn't like Americans
- attack of brain-eating zombies
- development of sentient large apes who take over
- nuclear accident of huge magnitude
- massive solar flare
- massive computer virus that destroys infrastructure
- world's largest forest fire
- massive energy crisis that shuts down infrastructure
- solar flare that destroys Earth's electricity
- black hole
- mass extinction that destroys the food chain

View Poll Results: Odds of an American Cataclysm in Your Lifetime
0%	2	2.86%
1 to 5%	13	18.57%
6 to 10%	3	4.29%
11 to 20%	6	8.57%
21 to 30%	10	14.29%
31 to 40%	2	2.86%
41 to 50%	6	8.57%
51 to 60%	5	7.14%
61 to 70%	3	4.29%
71 to 80%	4	5.71%
81 to 90%	1	1.43%
91 to 95%	2	2.86%
96 to 99%	1	1.43%
100%	6	8.57%
I thought this poll was about cats.	1	1.43%
Is running out of doughnuts a cataclysm?	5	7.14%
Voters: 70. You may not vote on this poll

01-20-2009, 11:12 PM	Topic Starter
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-632449 VARSITY	Cataclysm - Is it going to happen to you? In your lifetime, what do you think are the odds that there'll be a big disaster that affects, say, a quarter of the U.S. population, either directly or indirectly (via food shortages, extended power outages, etc.)? Such an event might include, but not be limited to: - meteor hit - radiation blast from deep space - massive earthquake and/or crustal shift/pole shift - supervolcano eruption - massive tsunami - nuclear attack - bioterrorism attack - chemical attack - attack of giant mutant animal - alien invasion - military invasion by Mexico or China or some other company - superhurricane that's way bigger than Katrina - supertornado that's way bigger than Katrina - complete governmental collapse - massive depression that makes the Great Depression get renamed the Pretty Good Depression - large new dust bowl thingie - massive virus epidemic - civil war - global warming and climate change - destruction of food via honeybee decimation or virus that kills all grasslike plants like wheat and corn - comet strike - asteroid strike - lunar strike - dinosaur cloning and resultant rampage - attack of crazy birds - arrival of messiah who doesn't like Americans - attack of brain-eating zombies - development of sentient large apes who take over - nuclear accident of huge magnitude - massive solar flare - massive computer virus that destroys infrastructure - world's largest forest fire - massive energy crisis that shuts down infrastructure - solar flare that destroys Earth's electricity - black hole - mass extinction that destroys the food chain Last edited by Rain Man; 01-21-2009 at 10:14 AM..
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