Chernobyl

Chernobyl is proof that even a mushroom cloud has a silver lining. After every kind of disaster, there's a rebirth, a sort of return to Paradise when the slate is wiped clean (See: New Orleans). So even if there's an Earth-killing asteroid heading for us in 2029, keep a positive mental attitude: the right perspective on something like that could even get you laid.

Chernobyl was The Wørd for January 24, 2007.