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The next impact will be the Atlantic Ocean as the world turns into the comet tail. Just a few hours from the firestorm, the world is taking another hit. It’s like a mountain on fire coming into the ocean where one third of the oceans will be destroyed. God has chosen a time to teach people that He is God and has control over the lives of people on Earth. We are His people, and when we call on His name, we become sons and daughters of God. This seems so drastic that people won’t conform without great conflict. People could choose to be loved by God, but somehow, it’s almost impossible for people to submit to God. The impact causes the ocean to vaporize and pushes waves miles high against the shores of North, Central, and South America. What was left of cities is now washed away by the great displacement of water. Africa and Europe were burnt with fire; now the Americas are suffering the brunt of the impact. This disaster is truly an extinction event. How can I describe this event. If an asteroid were to hit the ocean, the effects would be significant but not necessarily apocalyptic. Here are some key points: Initial Impact: The asteroid would create a massive splash, generating waves that could be hundreds of meters to kilometers high12. However, these waves would likely dissipate quickly and wouldn’t cause the widespread tsunamis often depicted in movies2. Local Effects: If the impact occurred close to a populated coastline (within 10 to 20 kilometers), it could result in severe flooding, shockwaves, high temperatures, and hurricane-force winds12. Water Vapor: One of the most significant effects would be the injection of water vapor into the atmosphere. This water vapor, a potent greenhouse gas, could linger in the stratosphere for months to years, potentially leading to long-term climate warming12. When we think about the prospect of an asteroid impact on Earth, it’s easy to imagine the cataclysmic death and destruction that would result if a space rock smashed into a large city or urban area. But given that more than 70 percent of the globe is covered in water, it’s more likely that an asteroid would touch down somewhere in the world’s oceans – but what would that mean for land dwellers like you and me? The answer, is the path of the storm shows the Atlantic Ocean comes after the wall of fire. While an initial asteroid impact in the ocean could generate splash waves ranging from hundreds of metres to even kilometres high, unless the collision occurred close to the coast, the simulations suggest a tsunami devastating the shoreline is unlikely. That’s because the shockwaves generated by one-off impacts like an asteroid are relatively short compared to more widespread disruptions such as an earthquake. The difference means that the waves resulting from an asteroid impact wouldn’t actually propagate very far – although you certainly wouldn’t want to be close by. If an asteroid were to land in the ocean within 10 to 20 kilometres of a populated coastline, the effects would be devastating, the researchers say, resulting in severe flooding, shockwaves in the air, high temperatures and hurricane-force winds. But even if the waves generated by a large asteroid never came close to hitting our shores, that doesn’t mean an impact taking place far out at sea wouldn’t be dangerous. Another threat asteroids pose when landing in oceans is water vapour, which can be lofted into the atmosphere. If this water vapour makes it up to the stratosphere, it could linger for months to years. In one of the team’s simulations, some 250 metric megatonnes of water vapour were lifted into the atmosphere. Since water vapour is a greenhouse gas, that could lead to climate warming effects lasting years after the asteroid’s initial threat has subsided. I watched the news with a detached sort of horror as scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory tried to predict the aftermath. Their simulations ran on loop across every channel—gargantuan waves, the unfathomable energy release, cities erased. But as Extinction closed in, theory became terrifying reality. The sheer size of Extinction meant that even an ocean landing would be catastrophic. The day it happened, I stood on a hill overlooking the sea, foolishly thinking distance would offer safety or maybe just a view of the spectacle. As Extinction pierced the heavens and struck the water, an otherworldly roar filled the air. The ground shook under my feet as if angered by the audacity of this cosmic intruder. In the distance, where sky met sea, a wall of water formed—a testament to our underestimation of Extinction’s power. I realized then that simulations couldn’t account for everything; nature had variables we hadn’t even dreamed of. Heat blasted across the landscape like an open furnace door had been swung wide. I could feel my skin prickling and tightening from it. The air itself turned into a torrential force, trees bending and snapping like matchsticks around me. The once-distant wall of water surged closer, no longer just an ominous line on the horizon but a clear and present destroyer. In those final moments before chaos overtook order and fear overpowered reason, I understood that we’d underestimated not just Extinction’s physical impact but its capacity to rewrite our atmosphere. Water vapor billowed upwards in massive plumes from where Extinction made contact with our ocean—water vapor that would ascend into the stratosphere and perhaps change our climate forever.
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