Links

[chris_gerrib]

Two surprisingly-serious links from Cracked.com:

1) Five things that everybody gets wrong about the apocalypse. My favorite - nuclear power reactors should melt down but don't.

2) Six things that shouldn't explode but did anyway. Powdered milk, anybody? (Actually, any combustible material that can mix with air could create a fuel-air bomb.)

A link of interest to space geeks: the secret to building deflector shields.

Something that was a surprise to my Facebook readers: yes, Virginia, there are bacteria in drinking water.

Comments

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

One reason why I like John Barnes' Daybreak apocalypse. It's internally consistent with human behavior and technology (it ends up all dieselpunk due to [spoiler redacted]). Recommended.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Regarding meltdowns, this may amuse you (http://beamjockey.livejournal.com/167725.html) (though you may have seen it before).