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What event would kill most of the worlds population at the SURFACE, but spare everyone at the altitude of a commercial jetliner?
I want a realistic event to occur that kills the majority of the Earth's population. However, the nature of this event must not effect humans or machinery currently flying at high altitudes (those of ...
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What if the Empire State Building were buried to the roof in snow?
I recently wrote a silly little flash fiction piece in which some party-goers go hide in a bunker under an apartment building in NYC because of a "megablizzard." In said silly flash fiction, I buried ...
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Is there a man-made or natural event that can cause an abrupt climate change within hours/a day?
Meaning, cause a seemingly normal winter to suddenly take a turn within hours or a day/two into a completely frozen territory? From what I've read, abrupt climate change happens from ocean currents. ...
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What is the likely method of surviving a Tsunami in a city?
After asking this question, What's the worst natural disaster that could hit New York City in our lifetime, it looks like the most popular answer was a Tsunami. A tsunami, however, from the sources of ...
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What's the worst natural disaster that could hit New York City in our lifetime? [closed]
I'm writing a post-apocalypse story that takes place in New York, mainly the city as the survivors escape the island to the outer boroughs. Anyway, living in New York all of my life, the worse that I'...
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