5 things to do the day the world ends - Nuclear attack 'virtually a certainty'

[Arthur Dent]

With a tidal wave like that, at that size, and moving at that speed, you would die instantly. Ever do a belly flop into a pool? Water feels like a brick wall when you hit it. Multiply that by a billion. And there's your tidal wave.

But if you were on a boat far out to sea, you could ride the crest of the wave all the way to Illinois! mokey:

There's a great episode of The Outer Limits about a guy who figures out that the sun already exploded and the fireball will hit earth in two days. He figures out how the earth will get hit on the opposite side first and by sunrise they'll all be dead. Falls in love and spends the night with a woman he's been admiring for months. In the morning, the sun rises and they go outside thinking they were wrong. Just as they're celebrating, a giant wall of fire comes whipping over the horizon and kills them all. damn, I loved that show.