Superman Returns Do we have a plan?

[The Kid]

Hi.

I was wondering for a couple minutes about something. From Luthor's detailed map, his description of the destruction his krypto-continent (i call it Otis-berg) would cause, as well as Lois' claim that millions (wrooooooooong, Billions!) would die after Otis-berg finished forming, I got the impression that we'd see 'The day after tomorrow' effects on the United states, and possibly Canada (I'm not sure if canada would be hit too)... I imagined it'd be like a whole continent submerged in a gigantic tsunami wave, like we may have seen in the day after tomorrow (Decent survival movie.)

But then of course wasn't that. The worst Otis-berg did was cause a baby earthquake and slowly kept growing without other efects on the world. So I assumed it'd slowly flood America and Canada in maybe days or weeks, not hours. That made me think we'd have time to escape somehow.

With that in mind, how do you think an angry America and Canada would react to this slow flooding of their lands? If we couldn't Nuke or atomic bomb (or whatever) he hell out of Otis-berg, would we have a plan to escape to another country?

My idea would be that we'd recieve aid from the national guard, airforce, airliners, and every cruise-liner service available. Each transport would be packed with people. Yatchs and other boats would be used too. And they'd make round-trips back and fourth between the Us/canada and whatever part of South America is left, transporting people from the us/canada to somewhere else (yes, it'd be like katrina, but less chaotic since the flooding would be slower.)

I don't know if there's precedent for this sort of scenario though. Have we ever had to evacuate an entire country in the past? Is it even possible?

thank you for your time.

 

[Parker]

I don't know if there's precedent for this sort of scenario though. Have we ever had to evacuate an entire country in the past? Is it even possible?

Not really, we'd be pretty much screwed. But then, this scenario is about as real as Superman himself, so he'd be there to save us, anyway. =)

 

[Admiral_N8]

That is pretty interesting, my guess is that we would all go west to Australia, lots of space there, plus they speak English. This reminds me of that movie Deep Impact where the govt prepared for a disaster in advance.

But it actually doesnt make any sense, if the entire US was to be underwater that means it would have to rise fairly high to get us in the Rocky Mountains, and if it were that high I think most of the rest of the world would be gone anyway.

 

[The Kid]

Not really, we'd be pretty much screwed. But then, this scenario is about as real as Superman himself, so he'd be there to save us, anyway. =)

Kane?

Anyway Just think about it as if Superman didn't save the day and was killed.

 

[Mentok]

That is pretty interesting, my guess is that we would all go west to Australia, lots of space there, plus they speak English.

We dont want you

Besides, all the Kangaroos and stuff take up alot of room already

 

[Parker]

Realistically, we'd probably do the same thing we saw in Day After Tomorrow, since the natural disaster effects would be the same for the most part. We'd flock to Mexico, but those vindictive hombres wouldn't let us in after all the hardships we've put them through, so whether it's by nature or vengeful Mexicans, we're up shyte creek with no paddle.

 

[The Kid]

That is pretty interesting, my guess is that we would all go west to Australia, lots of space there, plus they speak English. This reminds me of that movie Deep Impact where the govt prepared for a disaster in advance.

But it actually doesnt make any sense, if the entire US was to be underwater that means it would have to rise fairly high to get us in the Rocky Mountains, and if it were that high I think most of the rest of the world would be gone anyway.

hmm, yeah i don't really know the science of it but I do suspect lex didn't think this plan through well enough. So there'd be no land to inhabit besides Otis-berg if this ever happened. heh.

Oh so Australia's large enough for a homeless country's people to inhabit? Sorry Australians... -_- er... we need your country. you can come here if your country's ever being destroyed by Lex luthor.

 

[Garzo]

With no more US of A, Gringo wetbacks would have no place to go. A few lucky folks might be able to get menial jobs in Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, doing the jobs the locals don't want to do: gardening, dish washing in restaurants, house cleaning, etc.

The rest would probably be taken in as refugees by African nations. Maybe Saudi Arabia would set up tent cities in the dessert.

Hugo Chavez would probably lend a hand. . .