Suppose An asteroid is due to hit Earth in 90 days. How will the world react?

Comhrá

Suppose A large asteroid is discovered to be on direct collision track with Earth in circa 90 days.

How would the worlds leaders re-act? What would the say? How would Obama spin it?

How would people the world over prepare for a certain cataclysm?

me_irl

I guess there would be Armageddon. And then a Deep Impact.

tritium

tippman1 wrote: »

Suppose A large asteroid is discovered to be on direct collision track with Earth in circa 90 days.

How would the worlds leaders re-act? What would the say? How would Obama spin it?

How would people the world over prepare for a certain cataclysm?

"My fellow Americans, I am speaking to you from this secret bunker deep underground......."

Mena

Simpsons nailed this one I'm sure. Cut open each other's heads and feast on the goo inside...

kneemos

With much abandonment and a little alacrity.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Ride everything in sight.

Dravokivich

I'll get "come at me bro" tattoo'd across my arse. Go to the expected crash site of the asteroid, bend over and take it as it comes.

Overheal

Where, and how much platinum?

www.planetaryresources.com

electrobanana

America would probably say its got chemical weapons and try and invade the fcuking thing.

gerrybbadd

I dont wanna close my eyes...

the evasion_kid

Just keep on killing each other...

kneemos

The Christians would flee to the pub and the atheists would flock to the church.

Kylo Ren

I think we'd gather the greatest minds on the planet to come up with the most rational and probable method to save us; sending deep-sea oil drillers to space.

All radios would be forced to play Aerosmith 24/7. After a while, we'd welcome our impending doom.

PARlance

I'd have to plan my weekends carefully because work is busy at the moment.

Fleawuss

I imagine there would be a lot of scores settled.

*Checks drawer for list of most hated people. Yes.

Vandango

tippman1 wrote: »

How would the worlds leaders re-act? What would the say? How would Obama spin it?

They probably say nothing and we'd probably wouldn't even know about it.

Canterelle

Get pally with Richard Branson

Ruu

Free cheese and iodine tablets. Mmmhm.

Antar Bolaeisk

me_irl wrote: »

I guess there would be Armageddon. And then a Deep Impact.

Or lots of deep impacts and then Armageddon?

kneemos

Of all the possible causes of our annihilation it's probably the likely . There's even a hint of it in the Bible I think.

c_man

I imagine they'd move up the release date for the new Star Wars film at least.

Other than that we'd have 90 days to finally settle the score with the Brits.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Confess my sins to the local Padre, and hold up at home with loved ones and crates of liquor and Marlboros.

Somebody somewhere would take offense.

looksee

but...we've been promised variations on this so many times, and so far
a. the vast majority of people have ignored it and
b. nothing has happened.

More of the same.

gctest50

the alienz were only practising with this shot :

You should read the trilogy of books called the Last Policeman. It essentially follows the collapse of society as the world awaits a meteorite heading for the world that nobody can stop.

Sunnyisland

Blame it on the muslims.

Pac1Man

"Hello Mr. Willis. We need you again."

recylingbin

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd build a fort.

Mycroft H

Some complicated maths and an ICBM.

World would go back to killing themselves again anyway

Jan Laco

I think we'd react to it like those "certain types of food are actually bad for you even though we thought they were good for you' info's