Talk:Apocalypse Habitat/@comment-5630041-20121220144048/@comment-60.240.68.239-20121221135544

All of that stuff has nothing to do with the Mayan calendar, of course.

When a meteor approaches, the destructive force takes the form of an intense shock wave that travels several times the speed of sound and destroys everything in its path. A meteor impact is typically followed by drastic changes in climate, and it can throw up enough dust to darken the sky, which kills plants and causes the food chain to collapse. It doesn't cause a vortex in space and time, though.

I've always said that if a meteor does impact the earth, you'd want to be standing 50 to 100 miles away with a welder's mask on, so you could watch the light show before the shock wave hits...