What if the Earth Stopped Spinning?

In the latest video installment of his What If? series, Randall Munroe explains the disasters that would follow if our earth stopped spinning on its axis. The question included the fact that the atmosphere continues moving at the same speed, so that part is enough to blow us all away pretty much immediately. Then the long-term consequences would kick in. The oceans would throw a lot of water into the atmosphere, but retain enough to blast the land with tsunamis, and our days would change to years. That makes surviving the effects pretty darn difficult. But all things considered, the earth would eventually start rotating again someday, probably without us. (via Damn Interesting)