Mega Disasters
Crossing the divide between a science documentary and a disaster movie, Mega Disasters merges history and science with the hypothetical, giving us the ultimate answer to "What if?".
About Mega Disasters
Massive natural disasters have shaped the planet on which we live for millions of years.... Asteroids have laid waste to nearly all the life on earth.... How would today's world hold up to such fury?
A gamma ray burst races toward Earth.
Image source: The History Channel, Mega Disasters: Gamma Ray Burst
Show Description
The History Channel's Mega Disasters series tries to answer the question: How would today's world hold up to the fury of any one of the massive natural disasters that have shaped Earth? The only thing we know for sure is that the future holds more. Earthquakes have triggered massive tsunamis and released methane gas that killed most of the life in the ocean. Asteroids have laid waste to nearly all the life on earth. Volcanoes have blocked the sun's rays for months.
As the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami have dramatically demonstrated, we are all vulnerable to unexpected disasters, both natural and man-made. Combining science and history, The History Channel's series Mega Disasters visits the sites of previous disasters, then recreates them in modern times and locations, using state-of-the-art computer animation. Whether it's the city of Memphis crashing into the Mississippi River during an earthquake or a mile-wide asteroid destroying Los Angeles, each week is a hair-raising look at just how vulnerable our complex society really is to the power of Mother Nature.
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