Life Cataclysm - Is it going to happen to you? - Page 4

**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

**Rausch** · 01-21-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by StcChief

>50%

Ditto.

ChiefJustice · 01-21-2009, 07:01 PM

- arrival of messiah who doesn't like Americans

Hydrae · 01-21-2009, 07:21 PM

Red Dawn! Red Dawn!

All right, not exactly a disaster flick but at least it is about the end of the US as we know it.

Extra Point · 01-21-2009, 07:28 PM

The New Madrid fault giving way. I can see that happening and f'ing up a lot of people in NE, IA, KS, MO, IL, KY, TN, AR.

If you mean catalysm, meaning the money shot in someone's sore eye, please refer to another couple threads.

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
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-642449 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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01-21-2009, 07:01 PM	#47
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01-21-2009, 07:21 PM	#48
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01-21-2009, 07:28 PM	#49
Extra Point MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Prairie Village, KS Casino cash: $10004900	The New Madrid fault giving way. I can see that happening and f'ing up a lot of people in NE, IA, KS, MO, IL, KY, TN, AR. If you mean catalysm, meaning the money shot in someone's sore eye, please refer to another couple threads. __________________ "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits." --Satchel Paige
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