LLRucker's Blog

I watched a special on National Geographic yesterday that was very interesting. It was about this planet AFTER a meteor strike.

I've always maintained that humans are little more than parasites on this planet. Parasites with brains, perhaps, but parasites nonetheless. AS a species we are at the top of the food chain, but then so were the dinosaurs and we all know what happened to them.

But, we scoff at the idea that one day we too could become extinct. Why? Because we are arrogant and believe that we can overcome any threat to our existence.

But can we? What if a meteor slammed into Earth in the Gulf Of Mexico? What would become of the U.S.? We'd be toast, that's what. In this special, that's exactly what did happen. A huge meteor hit the Gulf of Mexico and the end began. Not slowly, not easily, but violently and abruptly. We are not equipped to handle such a disaster. Huge sunamis slammed into the Gulf coast from Mexico to Florida, wiping out the entire state of Florida, moving inland hundreds of miles, leaving death and destruction in its wake. That huge wall of water proceeded up the east coast, drowning New York City and then traveling east to eliminate Ireland, Great Britain and parts of Europe.

And after the flood? Was it over? Not by a long shot. There followed a wall of fire that destroyed what the water left, the fallout from that plunging the Earth into perpetual darkness. Anything that was fortunate enough to survive the first two effects of the meteor struggled to find food and shelter from the acid rain. Plant life all but disappeared because there was no sunlight. Photosynthesis stopped and nothing could grow.

The few humans that survived all of that were now faced with frigid temperatures. The sun's warmth blocked by the thick layer of radiation and dust that surrounded the planet and plunging the Earth into another ice age.

The only hope to survive, keep moving, heading toward the coast. The ocean would provide warmth. Not much, but enough to survive. Along the way, a constant struggle for food and warmth. Many died, succumbing to disease because their immune systems were completely compromised,

Mankind's chances for survival were marginal, but you know what? We did survive. A precious few of us will survive to begin again. Hopefully, we will have learned from our mistakes. Hopefully, we will learn that we are not indestructible, that we can and one day will go the way of the dinosaur. We are not eternal, nor were we meant to be.