Twitter played a pivotal role in the 2009 Iranian elections, and yet all the popular news feeds were over taken on the day Michael Jackson died. Yellowstone continues to be an active volcanic zone, as its numerous geysers and hot springs attest. Larry King, Rush Limbaugh, and Prince Phillip died. Ice sheets, Arctic sea ice, glaciers and snow cover are all retreating [source: NASA, "Climate Change"]. That nation's leader directed a Japanese firm draw up plans for a floating island to sustain part of the country's population and purchased land on nearby Fiji to evacuate the rest [source: Worland]. The year 2010 wasn't all fun and games. Nearly 3,000 people died in the country's worst terrorist attack, which made al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden household names. Pope Benedict served until his resignation in 2013 and the current pontiff,Pope Francis, was appointed. 17. The New York Stock Exchange, which makes its home only blocks away from the WTC, had its largest one day drop in history when it re-opened. Ah, 2005. Matthew McConaughey was crowned People's Sexiest Man Alive because he's so hot all the time, every year, so why not 2005? So good! James Barrett James is a journalist covering everything from travel, interviews, personal essays to lifestyle and entertainment. Terrorist bombs are planted in crowded marketplace bazaars killing at least 61 people. On the line was national pride and confidence in the country's ability to compete with its Soviet rivals. (Oct. 21, 2016) http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/10/clowns-are-scary-because-people-cant-handle-uncertainty.html, Rothman, Lily. Michael Jackson is found not guilty of Child Molestation Charges. And did anyone think the Rolling Stones would still be touring? Considering this was the only thing standing between him and certain, fiery death, it was a bit concerning. Making things worse, a recently-discovered technique known as spectroscopy was used to analyze the composition of the comet, and scientists learned something unsettling namely that the tail contained a toxic gas known as cyanogen. "Y2K: The New Year's Disaster That Never Happened." One of the biggest problems would be the massive amounts of ash thrown into the air, which winds would carry across the United States. After John Paul's burial, the world watched in anticipation as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope on April 19, 2005. I almost drowned. That's nowhere close to enough time, particularly in large cities where evacuation routes could quickly choke with cars [source: Folger]. 10. In the 1960s space technology was viewed as a critical component in the nuclear arms race. Some of the deadliest of these disasters were floods affecting India, Afghanistan, Africa, Pakistan, and Brazil. Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall as Category 3 status at 6:10 AM local time near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana with sustained windspeeds of 140 MPH, Storm Surge in Area Affected up to 22 foot New Orleans, Storm Surge in Area Affected up to 30 foot Biloxi-Gulfport Mississippi, Breaches to 53 different levees in greater New Orleans. A completely avoidable computer bug. Apple saw the flaws of these products and attempted to fix them all. Earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured in southern Iran. Polish soldiers found a bear cub, whose mother had been killed by hunters, by the side of the road. Apparently, this has happened before. "The Definitive Map of America's Creepy Clown Epidemic." Rural areas had been completely wiped out. Our heart rate increases, blood is redirected to critical body parts, adrenaline spikes, and our strength, stamina and senses are all heightened [source: Taylor]. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. During a live television broadcast of the siege, the structure housing members of the cult burst into flames. All the hysteria prompted author Stephen King whose murderous clown character Pennywise from his novel It probably contributed to the clown craze to issue a statement calling for people to cool it [source: Carlson]. Danny Boyle created a masterpiece in 2008 with his film Slumdog Millionaire. 9 Things We Can't Believe Didn't Exist Before 2005, 13 Potatoes That Look Like Channing Tatum. Source: NPR 1 . Over 400 million copies of the books have been translated into 67 different languages. "Carbon Dioxide's 400ppm Milestone Shows Humans Are Rewriting the Planet's History." Dec. 31, 2014. Like other recent food product successes, Taco Bell relied heavily on social media marketing to make the Locos Tacos fad go viral. Seriously, how did he get all that stage time? Outraged by rising government debt, the Tea Party formed in 2009 and has had considerable success in Congressional elections. The story was unsubstantiated, but copycats soon emerged. In 2004, however, U.S. President George W. Bush finally discussed the conflict,which took an estimated 300,000 lives between 2003 and 2005 and displaced two million people. What defines the 2010s? Runners-up: The Da Vinci Code, Oprahs book club. Women particularly elderly women bore the brunt of this fanaticism: Eighty percent of those brutally executed in this dark chapter of European history were female. George W. Bush starts his second term as 43rd President of the United States. The coronavirus outbreak caused the whole world to stockpile basic needs. (Oct. 10, 2016) https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201206/is-our-survival-instinct-failing-us, Teague, Matthew. In 1944, he was captured in Yugoslavia after the rest of his command was injured or killed by mortar fire. ThoughtCo. Mercifully, police were able to identify Muhammed and Malvo as suspects and capture them at a rest stop, but not before they killed 10 people and injured three others. The game was changed. It's been a full nine years since The Huffington Post emerged into the virtual world, and in that time the world has become wildly different place. But in some horrifying cases, murderers choose to kill people at random. Their motives were unclear. You didn't mean it! Deaths occurred in fourteen different countries, and Indonesia suffered the worst fatalities. Most recently, prosecutors have said that Ana's phone pinged on her home on both Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 when surveillance video obtained during the police investigation revealed that Brian went to. It was the original Internet platformsomething virtually every technology startup now aspires to be. It was so popular Zac Efron even got a tattoo of the saying on his hand. New York City's Transport Workers Union goes on strike for three days, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services. "Apocalypse Postponed: How Earth Survived Halley's Comet in 1910." Oct. 7, 2016. What followed was nothing short of mania. St. Helens eruption of 1980 [source: Lowenstern et al.]. It has also changed the music industry itself. The organizer of the race purposefully withheld water in order to test the effects of dehydration. Halley's Comet came again in 1986, and with any luck, we'll all see it again in 2061 [source: Clark]. On that day, according to the BBC, a 70-year-old man rode his bicycle down a stretch of highway in Raahe, Finland, when he was hit and killed by a passing truck. It's from this angle a fear of the uncertain that we compiled our list of 10 anxiety-inducing events in history. As the story goes, a train conductor mentioned that railroad passengers were often disappointed at how these quiet towns were so different from how they were portrayed in Western dime novels. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has been elected as the new Pope, he has taken the name Pope Benedict XVI, MG Rover, the UK's sole remaining volume producer goes into receivership. In October 2020, an Italian farmer's dog gave birth to a litter of five puppiesincluding one that had green fur. "As I walked out [of the President's Oval Office] I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night" [source: National Security Archive]. What stirred everyone into a tizzy was the new discovery that Earth was actually on track to pass through the comet's 15.5-million-mile (25-million-kilometer) tail. The Canadians ended a fifty year hockey drought with a win in the men's competition. Usually, victims know the killer. A woman in Alabama created a Facebook page for "Flomo Klown" and threatened to kill people at a local school. When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Calculations for everything from interest rates at banks to safety checks at nuclear power facilities would be incorrect. He would often sleep in bunks with the other soldiers, and he was said to be very fond of beer and cigarettes. George W. Mike Myers' face. Runners-up: HD TV, high speed internet, Wikipedia. See, the Indonesian island of Sumatra sits right next to a hyperactive fault zone. A series of explosions led to an enormous fire at one of Britain's largest oil depots Buncefield oil depot near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. 18/18. One should always "prepare for the worst and hope for the best". The 1904 marathon was one of the most bizarre Olympic events ever staged, as the organizers knew almost nothing about . We have been busting out Kevin James ' Hitch dance moves since the movie dropped in 2005. 11th March 2004 Madrid train bombings or Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people. The Tea Party Populist anger had not yet materialized into the Tea Party movement in 2005. He has 70 point IQ: In "Making a Murderer," Reesa Evans, Avery . Destiny's Child announced their official breakup, and we cried all the tears. Every decade is defined in part by some quirky event or fad. Kristen Wiig made her debut on Saturday Night Live, and she's been making us laugh ever since! The Guardian. Had it been successful, it would have been the first orbital spacecraft to use a solar sail to increase its speed in space. He is an ethnically Italian Argentine and the first Jesuit Pope. 2012 was the year of many things, because of 2012 we learned that we the Mayan's calendar just happened to end on that date. 4. Perhaps the most annoying of all entries on this list, reality TV has changed the landscape of television over the past decade. One monkey pushes the dog, and as soon as dog takes his head up, all the monkeys slap him one by one, taking 2-3 rounds. The disaster also prompted the creation of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System. 6. The issue has been tied up in various negotiation processes, United Nations deliberations, probes, and sanctions debates. Weve come a long way since. And everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief [source: National Geographic]. Woody Allen (age 56) left his long-term partner Mia Farrow after she discovered his secret affair with her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn (age 21). News of his death, which garnered massive worldwide attention, also revealed a major shift in the news media. Then, at midnight, nothing happened. After sacking the city of Antioch in 540 CE, Sasanian Emperor Khosrow I built a new city that looked almost exactly the same and called it "Weh Antiok Khusrau," which, Public Domain / Library of Congress / Via. You bring some food over to a neighbor who's just had a baby, and the next day the child comes down with a terrible illness. Allen's affair with Farrow's adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, sparked the feud. The Colbert Report premiered on Comedy Central to teach us about truthiness and a very justified fear of bears. The Y2K bug was big news in December 1999. The second-largest earthquake ever recorded, with at least a 9.1 magnitude, ripped the floor of the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia. Waco Burning. (Oct. 10, 2016) http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Y2K-bug/, National Security Archive. Gross. Sea levels have risen 6.7 inches (17 centimeters) over the past century. 25 October 2016. Buckle up kid, 2020 is one big rollercoaster of WTF. The service drew the most heads of state in history: four kings, five queens, 70 presidents and prime ministers, and 14 heads of other religions. There is much weird and crazy that's happened in my life. He was taken to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, but escaped along with a Royal Air Force officer shortly after. Take the Yellowstone supervolcano eruptions, which happened 2.1 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago and 640,000 years ago. 8. He even typed up a constitution, which was just a copy of the US Constitution with any occurrences of "United States" replaced with "New Atlantis.". There are 900 million television sets in use around the world; 201 million are in the United States. Jun 4 French Open Women's Tennis: Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne wins 1st of 3 straight French titles; beats Mary Pierce of France 6-1, 6-1, Jun 5 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta of Argentina 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 to claim his first French title, Jun 13 A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch, Jun 15 "Batman Begins", directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Katie Holmes goes on wide release, Jun 18 David Tennant's first appearance as the Tenth Doctor in BBC "Doctor Who" episode "The Parting of the Ways", Jun 19 Michael Schumacher wins controversial United States Formula 1 Grand Prix where only 6 of 20 cars complete the race amongst ridicule of F1 safety and tyre rules, Jun 21 Billy Corgan releases"TheFutureEmbrace", his first solo album, Jun 23 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat defending champion Detroit Pistons, 81-74 in Game 7 for club's 3rd title; MVP: Tim Duncan, his 3rd MVP award. There were ten simultaneous concerts were organized by Bob Geldof who had run the first Live Aid concerts 20 years earlier in 1985. solidsnake4545. After the war, he was placed in the Edinburgh Zoo where he lived out the rest of his days until he died at age 21. Some of the events that rocked the world in the 2000s continue to reverberate years later. They were unable to pick up any incoming radio signals, so they were unsure whether war had broken out or not. Still, the problem played on people's lingering fear of technology, and the belief among some Christians that Jesus might return 2,000 years after his birth only escalated the concern [source: Sheesley]. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were two young men from extremely wealthy, prestigious families. 8. It seems amazing that it was nearly ten years ago when the entire world rang in the new millennium with style. (Getty Images) It's been 10 . It was called just a fad, but others insist that social networking sites have become one of the biggest shifts in human interaction since the invention of the telephone. May 2, 2016. So how do we handle these situations? Dec. 25, 2014. Saddam Hussein, Iraq's brutal dictator since 1979, was successfully ousted from power; his two sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed fighting with coalition troops; and Hussein was found hiding in a hole on Dec. 14, 2003. R. Kelly weirded everybody out by playing all of the roles from his R&B opera "Trapped in the Closet" during the MTV VMAs. The Grim Reaper was not kind to 2021, claiming the lives of some beloved titans like Larry King, Alex Trebek, DMX, Norm McDonald, Stephen . Don't lose too much sleep over this one, though: Scientists say that the chances of a Yellowstone super-eruption are exceedingly low at least over next few thousand years [source: Diggles]. While some things will (hopefully) go back to normal as more and more people receive the COVID-19 vaccine, there are still some new ways of life that will probably stick around post-pandemic. 7. Well, here are the ten moments, ideas, and innovations which defined the decade. The Spanish flu virus is reconstructed and shown to be closely related to the Avian flu virus. Time. Of course what happened to him makes his own crimes seem pretty tame. The Olympic was damaged, but made it back to port with no casualties. Later in the war, the Cossack sank after being hit by a torpedo, killing 159 crew members. Nearly three thousand people were killed in the attacks. Feb. 1, 2005. Live Science. So what's the big deal? Perhaps it was an elaborate plot to cover up the planned murder of Muhammed's ex-wife, or even part of a bigger plan to extort the federal government. The pop star was married twice this year--once to Kevin Federline, with whom she had two sons, and once to Jason Alexander, which was annulled days later. Time. How I Met Your Mother premiered its first legen (wait for it) dary. A star-studded memorial service took place for the singer at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Doritos Locos Tacos This seemingly absurd food mashup -- a taco shell made of Doritos -- has been a smash hit, hauling in over $1 billion for Taco Bell since its creation in 2012. The aftermath 1 week after the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami. (Oct. 12, 2016) http://people.com/crime/clown-sightings-2016-stephen-king-twitter-reacts/, Clark, Stuart. Russian President Vladimir Putin. 1 Coronavirus Outbreak. Photo credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-00652 / CC-BY-SA 3.0. One of the soldiers took the bear in and named him Wojtek, and he was trained in part by a civilian refugee. Today billions of videos are uploaded and watched by millions of users of the website. From a deadly pandemic to a global movement for racial justice, the year 2020 . "10 Major News Stories of the 2000s." And we were fixated on figuring out . Some of the consequences of a warming planet are already happening, including accelerated sea rise, more intense rainfall, more severe heat waves, increased wildfires and decreased water availability. Oct. 9, 2015. Let's hop back a decade and remember why your friends couldn't stop quoting Hitch. Hopefully you can somehow convince the superstitious executioner that you aren't a witch, but if not, you'll be hanged, beheaded or burned at the stake. Reports of bedbug infestations soared, topping out at an 81% increase in calls for pest control since 2000. Down three games to zero against their fiercest rival, the New York Yankees, in the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox were down to their final inning when the magic began. But Darfur also became a celebrity cause, attracting advocates such as George Clooney. Apparently Pepsi was a big hit, but there was a problem: Soviet money wasn't generally accepted worldwide. Really tense. American Idol was still the top TV show, and George W. Bush was "the decider.". He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh. Both the patient and the assistant died later of gangrene, most likely due to the saw being unclean. (Oct. 11, 2016) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/, Miller, Laura. Oil prices rise sharply throughout the year caused by Trouble in the Middle East, and later Hurricane Katrina. Patriot Act. The man went missing on Friday night but was only found on Saturday afternoon completely naked a . The purpose of the event was to raise money for charities fighting against poverty around the world. Previously, mp3 players were unpopular because they were fragile, had short battery life, or were simply not sexy and fashionable. Oscar survived that attack as well, and afterward retired to Belfast, where he lived in a seaman's home. In the 1980s, we wanted our hair to be as big as possible, our fanny packs to be as bright as possible, and our spandex to be as tight as possible. (Oct. 10, 2016) http://climate.nasa.gov/effects/, National Archives. Feb. 24, 2023 An object near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy . This prompted what has been called the largest Christian pilgrimage ever, with four million mourners descending on Rome for the funeral. That was the terrifying reality during the D.C. sniper attacks of 2002. The medication that led to his death prompted an investigation of Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray. The series, with seven books planned from the start, became a global phenomenon. It's said that she had thousands of horses, possibly even up to ten thousand, as a result of her many victories. 16. But the town decided to make things seem more exciting there after the Transcontinental Railroad opened in 1869 and passed through Palisade. 2. 2005. We wouldn't say things were simpler a decade ago, but they were certainly interesting! But it was the subsequent failure of the levees in New Orleans that made the hurricane a humanitarian disaster. The Nokia 3310 became the best-selling phone of its time (and everyone was playing Snake!). Both of them were recaptured and remained at the camp until the next year, when German soldiers overthrew the SS and released the prisoners at the camp. The year started off unlike anything other for me with a very mutilated, broken finger . 10 Nathan Leopold And Richard Loeb. With nearly 93% of college students using facebook or another form of social networking, these sites are already having a massive effect on human interaction. Here are the facts. Before the rise of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, there was no market for expertise in "crafting viral content." Wentworth Miller played Mariah Carey's love interest in her "We Belong Together" music video, which served as a sexual awakening for soooo many millennials. Today it sells that amount every two days, and more than 500 million iPhones have been sold in total. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith hit theaters, and we thought the series was complete. The U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld refuses the United Nations commission access to inmates at the Guantnamo Bay detention center, Typhoon Damrey strikes China's island province of Hainan killing 16, President George W Bush at the G8 summit tells other leaders he will not support legally binding reductions on carbon emissions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wins a landslide victory on June 25th in Iran's presidential poll, Terrorist Attacks in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt kill 90, Prisoners go on hunger strike at the US Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Johnson, Bridget. "Lee Boyd Malvo, 10 Years After D.C. Area Sniper Shootings: 'I Was a Monster.'" The same fight-or-flight response that gripped cavemen stalked by a hungry saber-toothed tiger still grips modern humans when they skydive for the first time. 19. Since 2005, the Seattle Sounders (MLS) and the Washington Nationals (MLB) have also joined the scene. Eric Rudolph (Olympic Park Bomber) sentenced to multiple life sentences. Despite being a proudly cynical 16-year-old, I sobbed my way through most of Nicholas Sparks's 1999 novel, A Walk to Remember.Sparks, a notable asshole, somehow managed to pen the ultimate fantasy of any God Girl (including Muslim God Girls).It goes like this: Bookish, plain, religious girl manages to pull the Hottest Guy in School by being smart, kind, and . Feb. 14, 1999. As of 2016, the 10 warmest years since 1880 have all happened within the past 12 years. The brush with nuclear war was a wakeup call to the rival superpowers, which instituted a direct telephone line between the Kremlin and the White House as a result [source: State Department]. Stay in the loop: sign up to Out. A new cadre of internet citizen has been created since 2005: The social media editor. But when you realize that it was John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, taking about a possible nuclear strike against the United States, it's downright terrifying. Nicknamed the "Yorkshire Witch," Mary Bateman's career began when she pretended to be the go-between for a couple of fake psychics named "Mrs. Moore" and "Miss Blythe." She actually made a pretty tidy living selling potions, fortunes, and curses, but greedy people are never happy with "a pretty tidy living." In 1997 an unknown writer named Joanne Rowling finally got her break upon the publication of a novel she had been working on for seven years, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ThoughtCo, Aug. 31, 2021, thoughtco.com/top-news-stories-of-the-decade-3555536. The long term effects of the attacks are still being felt today, and will continue to shape the world for years to come. The first incident was in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. At the time of Glenn's feat, the Soviet Union was besting the United States in the Space Race, having already sent the first satellite and person into space. Eighty percent of the city remained in stagnant floodwaters for weeks. Self care and ideas to help you live a healthier, happier life. Will a natural disaster happen and wipe out your town? (Oct. 11, 2016) http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-definitive-map-of-americas-creepy-clown-epidemic, Taylor, Jim. Here . By the time the waters receded, nearly 228,000 people in 14 countries were dead, and some communities in hard-hit Indonesia were almost completely wiped off the map [source: Folger]. Bed Bugs. Wikipedia. Funeral mass of Pope John Paul II on April 8, 2005, Vatican City. Feeling safer yet? Yep, anything to cope with fear. But instead, the heroic Glenn set the stage for the ultimate American space victory: Landing a man on the moon [source: National Archives]. Most of their criticism has been ignored, especially by the college students playing quidditch matches on campus, and Oxford English Dictionary, who in 2003 entered muggle into its lexicon. 1. (Oct. 12, 2016) http://www.salon.com/2005/02/01/witch_craze/, NASA. A crew member almost lost his life in a car accident while driving to the set. US residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data. One decade ago was a wild time in pop culture history. (Oct. 13, 2016) https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/lee-boyd-malvo-10-years-after-dc-area-sniper-shootings-i-was-a-monster/2012/09/29/a1ef1b42-04d8-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_story.html, Worland, Justin. On Oct. 2, John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo climbed into a blue Chevrolet Caprice and headed toward an Aspen Hill, Maryland, craft store on a deadly mission. Everything was fine until the 1990s, when concern grew that computers might interpret the looming year 2000 known in computer-speak as "00" as 1900. October 6, 2016. Runners-up: Dotcom bust, real estate collapse. But however much it might feel like it, a pandemic was not the only thing to happen in 2020. The News Feed -- now the homepage of the site -- wasn't introduced until 2006. (Oct. 14, 2016) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis, U.S. Geological Survey. Their first shot shattered the window of the store but narrowly missed the cashier's head. "The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962." The recession showed that globalization means that countries aren't immune to the effects of foreclosures, rising unemployment rates, controversial bank bailouts, and a weak gross domestic product. 3. Earthquake magnitude 7.6 strikes Kashmir leaving an estimated 70,000 dead and 70,000 more injured. The first months of the year were full of X-rays, surgeon visits and physical therapy. Probably people dressing up as creepy clowns and scaring the pants off of other people. The tsunami claimed victims in both poor villages and plush tourist resorts. Whenever I think of that, still make me chuckle. The global war on terror was sparked by the Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida attacks on U.S. soil, though Osama bin Laden's group had previously struck U.S. targets. Here are nine things we somehow got by without before 2005: 1. The spacecraft was created by the Planetary Society, a non-profit space advocacy group. Screenshot via YouTube. The pipeline transports diesel and jet fuel from Texas to New York and delivers roughly 45% of New England's fuel. In preparation, the United States spent millions of dollars updating military, transportation and financial computer systems [source: Rothman]. 17 Crazy Things You Forgot Actually Happened in 2012 We need to talk about Zac Efron's YOLO tattoo. Sept. 29, 2012. It all started on Dec. 26, 2004, when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake shook the bottom of the Indian Ocean with the force of 23,000 atomic bombs. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site. (Oct. 13, 2016) https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2012/dec/20/apocalypse-postponed-halley-comet, Folger, Tim. Runners-up: Hurricane Katrina, Victorian Bushfire, Climate Change. We just aren't wired very well to deal with this uncertainty, and the Great Clown Scare is proof [source: Romm]. 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