HISTORY OF THE END OF THE WORLD

THE ATLAN CHRONICLES

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SONGS OF CALLING

AND SLOWLY SHE REMOVED HER CAP

HER LONG, BROWN CARRESSED THE WIND

OCRE COLOURS

A BURNING SUN

I FOLLOWED HER , RUNNING

DOWN THE PATH

TO THE LAKE

THROUGH BAMBOO-FORESTS AND

HISSING WALLS OF SOUND

STEP BY STEP

WE FOLLOWED THE ANCIENT TRAIL

THE MONSOON WAS ABOUT TO EXPLODE

WATER FALLS

FLASHES AT THE HORISON

ARE SIGNALS OF CHANGE

I WILL CARRY YOU ALL THE WAY

I SAID AND I DID

“A very bright, previously unknown comet will appear and its arrival will coincide with a time of great geological trouble. Increasing numers of earthquakes and volcanoes erupting. It will lead to global weatherchanges and extremes. Foodproduction will be severely hit. Famines and droughts will lead to social upheaval in unexpected places. Nations that are thought to be powerful and prosperous will weaken. Communities will be torn apart by civil strife and rioting, as starving refugees migrate to areas that have fresh water and can support cropcrowing. The social upheavel and chaotic changes and weakening of social structures will bring “the Antichrist” into power. The United States in particular will be subjected to serious natural disasters, particularly earthquakes and flooding.”

The teacher looked his students in the eyes. “These prognosis is based on my own calculations and observations. There is, always, room for error.”

(Meditations on Nostradamus by Jian, tcm, SiTU; JUNE 2006)

In the meantime, Laura was waiting on a flooded airfield near Georgetown (Guyana). After a lot of negotiating, she had got a ticket to Amsterdam. When the plane would depart was unsure. Children were playing in the kneedeep water on the landingstrip and it was still raining.

Laura did what every experienced traveller would do.

Try to get some sleep.