Planes will fall out of the sky and the apocalypse will be upon us once more. Better stock up on canned food now.
These scenarios are always full of maybe, possibility, chance, etc. without much actual risk analysis. Severe cold snaps regularly plunge large areas into darkness for days. People switch to candles and gas heaters instead of suddenly reverting to the middle ages. Most infrastructure generally fails quite regularly from poor design or maintenance, without any extra-terrestrial assistance.
I guess 'Solar wind may inconvenience a lot of people' doesn't sell as well as 'We're all doomed, head for the hills'
BBC national news picked this up and reported that the pilot died after the landing.
I am however mindful of the adage that almost nobody dies in an ambulance, because the paramedics are not qualified to pronounce death. My first aid course of yore stated that 'death may be pronounced by a layman if the head is permanently severed from the body'.
I've always wondered about the 'permanent' clause. A bit like Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington?
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These scenarios are always full of maybe, possibility, chance, etc. without much actual risk analysis. Severe cold snaps regularly plunge large areas into darkness for days. People switch to candles and gas heaters instead of suddenly reverting to the middle ages. Most infrastructure generally fails quite regularly from poor design or maintenance, without any extra-terrestrial assistance.
I guess 'Solar wind may inconvenience a lot of people' doesn't sell as well as 'We're all doomed, head for the hills'
BBC national news picked this up and reported that the pilot died after the landing. I am however mindful of the adage that almost nobody dies in an ambulance, because the paramedics are not qualified to pronounce death. My first aid course of yore stated that 'death may be pronounced by a layman if the head is permanently severed from the body'. I've always wondered about the 'permanent' clause. A bit like Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington?