Although NASA recently confirmed that humanity could deflect a killer asteroid from its path to Earth, people continue to have questions about how they will survive if one of these uninvited guests hits our planet. The Daily Mail writes about it.
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The last catastrophic impact occurred 66 million years ago, killing the dinosaurs, and some scientists believe that another “big impact” is on the way.
The chance of a dinosaur-killing asteroid the size of Chicxulub hitting our planet is once every 100-200 million years, but the event is not impossible.
If scientists can’t deflect the massive space rock, experts say the next best thing to do is leave the impact zone and move away from coastal areas.
One piece of advice is to stay away from coastal areas due to the strong tsunamis that a collision could generate. An underwater earthquake of magnitude 9.1 struck off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011.
Since the Earth is 71 percent water, there is a good chance that an asteroid will hit the ocean. And when it does, the impact will cause massive tsunamis that will engulf all nearby land.
This triggered a powerful tsunami that melted down 3 reactors at Japanese nuclear power plants, and hundreds of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate the area. According to official figures released in 2021, the disaster resulted in 19,747 deaths, 6,242 injured and 2,556 missing.
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However, those events that would result from a collision with an asteroid will be much more destructive.
Another expert tip to stay alive is to look for an underground shelter. Scientists believe that the safest place would be an underground bunker.
However, when an asteroid hits, it releases dust, debris, and even toxic gases that linger in the atmosphere for years – even decades. After an impact, scientists advise staying in cover until you can be sure the environment is safe.
To do this, it is necessary to constantly check the air outside to make sure that its level is normal, fires and floods have subsided, and acid rain is not coming from the sky.
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One option eliminates the need for a survival guide and takes inspiration from Netflix’s Don’t Look Up – wait until it’s too late and just accept the end of humanity.
Released in January 2022, the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence follows two astronomers racing to warn the world of an impending asteroid that will destroy the planet.
They identify a comet that will approach planet Earth in six months and 14 days and try to warn the world about the discovery, but people don’t care about the bad news about the future, and the Earth and all life on it perishes.
