Apparently the Doomsday Clock now stands at 11:55 having been pushed forward by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (the organisation that devised the timepiece) as a result of the current concern over the threat of global warming.
The clock, which was set up in 1947 once reached two minutes to midnight in 1953 at a time when the United States and Soviet Union were involved in nuclear testing.
The clock has been moved backwards and forwards on 18 occasions in its 60-year history and reflects the prevailing political climate of the time.
This is the nearest that the clock has got to midnight for a number of years and the reasons this time are not just as a result of unstable political factors, but also for environmental reasons.
I guess I better clear out my shed and convert it into a panic room/shed to ward off the impending cataclysmic meltdown.
Shame really, as I was looking forward to a busy February.
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