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If u survive in deep enough cave. That mean you would survive on opposite side of earth right? So probably as one of the few alive your goal should be to live f

If u survive in deep enough cave. That mean you would survive on opposite side of earth right? So probably as one of the few alive your goal should be to live from remains of canned food and try to get on opposite side of earth which was not hit by the death ray.

LinuxBender 4y ago
That is a good idea. A part of me would want to stay here and live off my freeze dried foods and see if I can get seeds to grow. It would be so quiet, at least maybe for a while. I better store away some fertilizer and bacteria someplace safe. Maybe barrels of fetid swamp water.
- gtirloni 4y ago
  Very quiet places are within reach of most HN crowd, if so they desire. Don't procrastinate waiting for a gamma ray burst :)
  - LinuxBender 4y ago
    It's mostly quiet here most of the time. I am in a very rural area but not far from a highway. I only hear the trucks with straight pipes + JakeBrakes in J2 or J3. Maybe those will be less of a thing soon.
trhway 4y ago
Almost how remaining people are living in Mariupol right now. No food, no water, no medicine, broken sewer, destroyed buildings with bodies still under the rubble in the summer heat, cholera is starting... That is how end of the world looks up-close.
- fipar 4y ago
  “This is how the world will end”, from Ministry of Defense by PJ Harvey …
Stratoscope 4y ago
The problem here is that the Earth rotates. For reference, see Inconstant Moon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconstant_Moon#"Inconstant_Moon" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconstant_Moon#"Inconstant_Mo... Or the TV version: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667911/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667911/ You have been warned.
- teeray 4y ago
  The TV show “Into the Night” played with this idea too.
- labster 4y ago
  In Stellvia, the GRB hits near the South Pole, which is kind of a best case scenario (sorry global south). But then they have several years to prepare for the matter ejected from the supernova, which is only traveling at a large fraction of c.
tzs 4y ago
A GRB wouldn’t cause much immediate death. The burst itself lasts from seconds to a minute and would be sufficiently blocked by the atmosphere that whatever reached the surface would not be dangerous. The danger to life comes later. The burst interacts with the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere in a way that would greatly reduce the ozone layer and produce a photochemical smog. This would give us years of dangerous UV levels, a global cooling effect that might not be too bad but could be very bad if we happen to be a time of climate instability, and acid rain.
- chris1993 4y ago
  Well described in 'Diaspora' by Greg Egan
- LinuxBender 4y ago
  This [1] is the theoretical one I would factor into my preps. Like anything on the History channel it is probably greatly exaggerated but I see it as a fun exercise or hobby to plan for such things. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv531fVJ02g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv531fVJ02g

LinuxBender 4y ago

That is a good idea. A part of me would want to stay here and live off my freeze dried foods and see if I can get seeds to grow. It would be so quiet, at least maybe for a while. I better store away some fertilizer and bacteria someplace safe. Maybe barrels of fetid swamp water.

gtirloni 4y ago
Very quiet places are within reach of most HN crowd, if so they desire. Don't procrastinate waiting for a gamma ray burst :)
- LinuxBender 4y ago
  It's mostly quiet here most of the time. I am in a very rural area but not far from a highway. I only hear the trucks with straight pipes + JakeBrakes in J2 or J3. Maybe those will be less of a thing soon.

trhway 4y ago

Almost how remaining people are living in Mariupol right now. No food, no water, no medicine, broken sewer, destroyed buildings with bodies still under the rubble in the summer heat, cholera is starting... That is how end of the world looks up-close.

fipar 4y ago
“This is how the world will end”, from Ministry of Defense by PJ Harvey …

Stratoscope 4y ago

The problem here is that the Earth rotates. For reference, see Inconstant Moon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconstant_Moon#"Inconstant_Moon" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconstant_Moon#"Inconstant_Mo... Or the TV version: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667911/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667911/ You have been warned.

teeray 4y ago
The TV show “Into the Night” played with this idea too.
labster 4y ago
In Stellvia, the GRB hits near the South Pole, which is kind of a best case scenario (sorry global south). But then they have several years to prepare for the matter ejected from the supernova, which is only traveling at a large fraction of c.

tzs 4y ago

A GRB wouldn’t cause much immediate death. The burst itself lasts from seconds to a minute and would be sufficiently blocked by the atmosphere that whatever reached the surface would not be dangerous. The danger to life comes later. The burst interacts with the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere in a way that would greatly reduce the ozone layer and produce a photochemical smog. This would give us years of dangerous UV levels, a global cooling effect that might not be too bad but could be very bad if we happen to be a time of climate instability, and acid rain.

chris1993 4y ago
Well described in 'Diaspora' by Greg Egan
LinuxBender 4y ago
This [1] is the theoretical one I would factor into my preps. Like anything on the History channel it is probably greatly exaggerated but I see it as a fun exercise or hobby to plan for such things. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv531fVJ02g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv531fVJ02g