It wonβt help. You canβt get out of the way, you canβt dig a hole deep enough to hide. The end is coming, and thereβs nothing you can do about it.
So why read this book? Because you canβt look away when not just the religious fanatics are saying weβre all going to be destroyed but the scientists are in on the act too. Hereβs what theyβre saying:
β’ Weβre a million years over due for a mass extinction.
β’ The sun at radiation minimum is acting much worse than at solar maximum, and one misdirected spewing of plasma could fry us in an instant.
β’ The magnetic fieldβwhich shields us from harmful radiationβis developing a mysterious crack.
β’ Our solar system is entering an energetically hostile part of the galaxy.
β’ The Yellowstone supervolcano is getting ready to blow, and if it does, we can look forward to nuclear winter and 90 percent annihilation.
β’ The Maya, the worldβs greatest timekeepers ever, say itβs all going to stop on December 21, 2012.
So, see? Thereβs nothing you can do, but you might as well sit back and enjoy the show.
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