I would have thought a meteor hitting the earth or a cataclysmic solar flare would not be a dangerous thing but a good thing, it would focus the attention on a disaster-type scenario rather than worrying about who to employ, what race you are, what difficulties you might have etc. There would be looting, economic collapse, jobs would disappear as people would likely flee to someplace safe whilst some of us would likely be left behind to salvage things. Nothing interesting ever happens in my life, the good things in the world only seem to be reserved for the really disabled people or the really lucky people.