100 Ways the World Could End
Idea
This idea for this book is about listing end of World scenarios and rating them.
The Disaster Scenarios
Astronomy
The sun
Coronal Mass Ejections
Supernova
Collision with terrestrial body
Comet
Asteroid
Planet
Geology
Earth Crust
Earthquake
Tectonic plates disruption
Super Volcano
Water
Flood
Drought
Weather
Hurricane
Tornado
Hale
Blizzard
Global warming
Superstorm
Biological
Viral
Pandemic: COVID Virus
Pandemic: Zombie Virus
Biology
Rise of an apex predator
Alien
Alien Invasion
Interstellar War
Social
Human
World War
Dilution on genetic stability (Mutation/DeEvolution)
Economy
Overpopulation
Hyperinflation
Stock Market Crash
Energy Crisis (Lack of gasoline for example)
Technology
Singularity (A.I. Machines taking over)
The Rating System
The three criteria for this rating system are spatial extent, length of time, and affected life. With these criteria, we can determine how devastating a disaster is relative to others.
For example, let’s take a look at Noah's Ark. Noah’s flood was a global flood so spatial extent is planetary with a value of 5. The floodwaters lasted a year so the length of time is years with a value of 3. The victims had no control or ability to be saved but the flood did not kill all life, so the affected life was uncontrolled with a value of 2.
If you tally this: planetary (5) + Years (3) + uncontrolled survival (2) = Level 10 disaster. While a week-long (1) local (1) flood (controlled survival 1) is a level 3 disaster.
The point of this rating system is to come up with a RELATIVE rating system. Let us take a look at the Thanos snap disaster. It would be measured in weeks (1) uncontrolled (2) cosmic (8) a level 11 disaster. The very worst disaster possible would be the end of all life (8) for all time (8) + (3 uncontrollable) = level 19 disaster.
Spatial Extent
8. Cosmic
7. Galactic
6. Solar
5. Planetary
4. Continental
3. National
2. Regional
1. Local
Length of Time
8. Eternal
7. Eons
6. Millennia
5. Centuries
4. Decades
3. Years
2. Months
1. Weeks
Effected life
3. No Survival - this event affects all life. No survival.
2. Uncontrolled Survival - This event targets or only affects certain forms of life. This means survivability can not be controlled.
1. Controlled Survival - This event only affects life forms in a specific circumstance. This means survivability can be controlled