Captain Trips

I was surprised to hear about this tonight on the television. They devoted thirty minutes to talking about this, and visions of Resident Evil, 28 Dyas Later, and The Stand, danced in my head.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041220/D8736P900.html

I found myself surfing around and found some other interesting sites. Enjoy...
http://www.armageddononline.org
http://www.emptyworld.info

For a good read, I recomend Earth Abides:

review: http://www.lostbooks.org/reviews/1998-06-11-1.html
buy at amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0449213013/rpcman/103-2257546-6094205

and Rings of Ice, by Piers Anthony.
These will get you in the mood for the end of the world.

And if you've seen Dante's Peak, this is a unique geologists perspective:http://www.geol.umd.edu/pages/facilities/lmdr/dante/dante.htm

For a slightly differant perspective, one through the eys of a previous end of the world, check out:
http://www.2think.org/ishmael.shtml