| Author | Message | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2033 Registered: 5-2003 |
If it had happened a few hours later, millions might have died. If it had happened fifty years later, billions might have died. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 610 Registered: 5-2009 |
I think I have an early spoiler. Sent by PM. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2036 Registered: 5-2003 |
Absolutely right, Markobr. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1487 Registered: 11-2008 |
Millions/billions of people? Animals? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2040 Registered: 5-2003 |
Millions/billions of people? Animals? People. While a lot of animals would have died too, they aren't relevant to the puzzle. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 428 Registered: 9-2008 |
Okay this hasn't been asked yet: "It" in the first sentence = "it" from the second sentence? So "it" really happened but no one died? Was "it" done by a person? group of people? by a chemicial reaction? (Uh oh...I have an idea. Waiting until you answer these q's.) | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2046 Registered: 5-2003 |
Okay this hasn't been asked yet: "It" in the first sentence = "it" from the second sentence? Yes. So "it" really happened but no one died? Yes. Was "it" done by a person? group of people? by a chemicial reaction? Thisish. (Uh oh...I have an idea. Waiting until you answer these q's.) I suspect this one is a quickie. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 431 Registered: 9-2008 |
One more tentative poke: Do some people believe that "it" never really happened? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2057 Registered: 5-2003 |
One more tentative poke: Do some people believe that "it" never really happened? No, although some believe it had other causes. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 433 Registered: 9-2008 |
Oh...well maybe I am still in the game then... Would anyone die if "it" had happened any earlier? Are any of these relevant: era? country? socioeconomic status? And since it is a Jenburdoo puzzle, how about government? military? weapons? war? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2060 Registered: 5-2003 |
Oh...well maybe I am still in the game then... Would anyone die if "it" had happened any earlier? Quite possibly. Are any of these relevant: era? Yes. country? Yes. socioeconomic status? No. And since it is a Jenburdoo puzzle, Heh. how about government? No. military? Not really. weapons? Yes. war? Yes. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2061 Registered: 5-2003 |
Well, yesish to military. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 972 Registered: 9-2009 |
Chemical reaction: explosive? Fire? Or not chemical but: biological? Nuclear? Radiation? Like a solar flare? Or gamma ray burst? Toxic/suffocating gas relevant? Kinetic energy? Like a meteor strike? The position of the earth in space at the time relevant? Did it happen on earth? Would most of the world's population have died? Instantly? Slowly? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2066 Registered: 5-2003 |
Chemical reaction: explosive? Yesish. Fire? Yes. Or not chemical but: biological? Nuclear? Radiation? Like a solar flare? Or gamma ray burst? Toxic/suffocating gas relevant? Kinetic energy? This. Like a meteor strike? Yesish. The position of the earth in space at the time relevant? Yesish. Did it happen on earth? Yes. Would most of the world's population have died? 50 years later, quite possibly. Instantly? If a few hours later, this. Slowly? 50 years later, thisish. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 974 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did something fall from space? From a high altitude? Something man-made? Natural? 50 years later: would it have triggered a nuclear war? Tunguska event relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1454 Registered: 7-2009 |
A few hours later: is the rotation of the Earth relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2068 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did something fall from space? Yes. From a high altitude? Something man-made? Natural? This. 50 years later: would it have triggered a nuclear war? Quite possibly. Tunguska event relevant? Yep. A few hours later: is the rotation of the Earth relevant? Yep. ******************** SPOILER ******************** On June 30, 1908, a small meteoroid exploded in the sky over the Tunguska River in Siberia. It utterly destroyed eight hundred square miles of forest. Had it hit a few hours later, the Earth would have rotated enough so that it would have struck Moscow instead. Another few, London. Another few, New York. Fifty years later, if such an enormous explosion had struck a populated area, it probably would have been assumed to be the first strike of a nuclear war -- and all civilization would have gone down the tubes. | ||
| Gamzeeleijon (Gamzeeleijon)
New member Username: Gamzeeleijon Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2013 |
a meteor hits northern russia, destroys 1000+ sq. km of forest in 1908 |
