Wednesday, April 15, 2009

What if All People just Disappeared?

What happens if people just disappeared all of a sudden? Yea I know it's old, but Her hasn't seen it so I figured I'd share. These are my sources (there were more but I can't remember them). What I have that follows is basically a summation with my own little comments.


http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19225731.100

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4939078184096254535


Summary:

Instantly – 1 day. Pollution stops. Cars stop running and factories stop producing.


24 - 48 hrs. Blackouts start to occur due to no one adding fuel to power stations.


1 day to 2 yrs. Rats and other vermin run rampant. House cats dominant species in cities.


1 week. Anything caged that can’t escape is dead or dying and will probably soon be eaten by something. (includes zoo animals)


5 – 20 yrs. Fishes start to rebound from overfishing.


20+ yrs. Original dominant species take back their hunting grounds


20 yrs. Every single goddamn poodle died or has gotten eaten by now. Sadly more awesome dogs like Boxers, Bull Dogs and other short nosed dogs who can’t hunt die too.


50 yrs. Most forests are 80% of what they were before human intervention


10-100 yrs. Roofs start to cave in and buildings start to crumble.


100 yrs. The average “committed global warming” finally stops as equilibrium is finally reached.


1000+ yrs. Human effects on the ozone start to fade.


10,000+ yrs. All evidence of our dominance disappears or is destroyed.


20,000+ yrs. The oceans finish absorbing the extra ozone.


100,000+ yrs. Most evidence of our existence is gone, except maybe for some nuclear waste and fossil record. Maybe some tightly packed and stacked newspapers will still be around.

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