It's the End of the World as We Know It
December ,2006.
Dr. Knowitall - World Science Organization
Some Bunker, Alternate Universe - Only hours ago a massive asteroid, approximately 500 miles in diameter crashed into the Earth in Midwestern Canada, causing a massive shockwave to circle the Earth, wiping out all surface life and ushering in a new nuclear winter estimated to last decades. The recent military directives causing scientific endeavors to focus more on the war at hand and less on long term problems resulted in a complete abandonment of the NEO Near Earth Object observation program. This ultimately lead to the realization that this large asteroid, now dubbed "Bubba," managed to slip through the detection net and get well beyond the point of no return before anyone realized what was going on. Quoted from a resident of British Columbia approximately three hours before impact: "I was just minding my own business, tending to my kids when suddenly this big object blocked out the sun. The local scientist told me we were all doomed right before he went down into that bunker of his. I'm just hoping it'll pass and I can meet the guys for poker tomorrow."
Local scientists believe Bubba will begin a new ice age and ultimately cause a complete annihilation of all signs of human civilization on the surface. Only about 5,000 individuals are known to have survived Bubba's arrival, and it is unlikely their food and water supplies will last long enough for them to remain underground indefinitely. From one of the few surviving military commanders we heard this: "There's no denying it, we really screwed up big time this time. I mean, this isn't something simple to fix like nuking another country."
Since this is probably the last transmission we'll ever be able to send out, I guess we can share our universe's big secret. The answer to life, the universe and everything is ...
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"Damn it, I knew this was coming" said one local scientist.
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