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OK, so some very kind person apparently interviewed me without my knowledge, and asked me what are some of my major interests. Found out I love history, sociology, science, environmental issues, and speculative fiction - with a special fondness for post-Apocalypse tales. And I'm rather fond of environmental history (once took a course in it at Queen's).
Then they went away and put together this: Aftermath: The World After Humans and showed it on History Television.
Blurb: What would happen if, tomorrow, every single person on Earth simply disappeared? Poof! Gone. Not dead, just gone. A world without people, where city streets are still populated by cars, but without drivers. How long would our skyscrapers and homes last if we abandoned them? How would our animals and pets fare without us? How would the weather and the seas, the trees and the wildlife react if we stopped hunting, fishing and farming? Aftermath will explore this world no human will ever see, one where carbon dioxide brings down skyscrapers, dogs become wolves, and the Statue of Liberty outlasts the Eiffel Tower as the longest-lived large buildings on Earth.
Basically two hours made of purest squeee :) :) :)
Oh and the kids liked it too, although the first 30-40 minutes or so were a bit gloomy and Justin wasn't too happy about that. It starts with a few minutes After Humans (AH), where cars and planes are crashing and fires are breaking out everywhere. By 6 hours AH, lights are going off for good as grids fail. In a few days, pets and domesticated animals are dying and zoo animals are either dying in, or breaking out of, zoos. Within a few months there's mass die-offs during winter, and as nuclear power plants melt down. Then it starts to get more cheerful as flora and fauna start taking over homes and cities, and by the end (25,000 years AH), there's no sign we were ever here.
Unbefreakinglievably cool. I think it's a Canadian program, though, so it's pretty North America-centred, but still. Wicked cool.
Then they went away and put together this: Aftermath: The World After Humans and showed it on History Television.
Blurb: What would happen if, tomorrow, every single person on Earth simply disappeared? Poof! Gone. Not dead, just gone. A world without people, where city streets are still populated by cars, but without drivers. How long would our skyscrapers and homes last if we abandoned them? How would our animals and pets fare without us? How would the weather and the seas, the trees and the wildlife react if we stopped hunting, fishing and farming? Aftermath will explore this world no human will ever see, one where carbon dioxide brings down skyscrapers, dogs become wolves, and the Statue of Liberty outlasts the Eiffel Tower as the longest-lived large buildings on Earth.
Basically two hours made of purest squeee :) :) :)
Oh and the kids liked it too, although the first 30-40 minutes or so were a bit gloomy and Justin wasn't too happy about that. It starts with a few minutes After Humans (AH), where cars and planes are crashing and fires are breaking out everywhere. By 6 hours AH, lights are going off for good as grids fail. In a few days, pets and domesticated animals are dying and zoo animals are either dying in, or breaking out of, zoos. Within a few months there's mass die-offs during winter, and as nuclear power plants melt down. Then it starts to get more cheerful as flora and fauna start taking over homes and cities, and by the end (25,000 years AH), there's no sign we were ever here.
Unbefreakinglievably cool. I think it's a Canadian program, though, so it's pretty North America-centred, but still. Wicked cool.
