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| From NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day - today
I’m starting this essay on August 18th. Wired
of August 17 gave me the idea for the title of this essay and the nudge to
think about what I think about so-called apocalyptic events like these. Well, there it is: without further thought I
used the descriptive words “so-called”. Deep thought or no thought, it
indicates I’m not at all worried that the day of doom will arrive.
It’s like ghosts – I’d rather believe in them and find out I
was wrong, than not believe in them and find out I was wrong. Know what I mean?
I’d rather believe that our world will go on for eons and live as I do now,
than begin planning for an end that, if it comes, will be the end: no matter of
prep will have helped.
Update – November 4, 2012 –Flood and Fire in Breezy
Point – here’s how our niece described it:
To all, Thx for all of your messages of concern. We are all ok. Our
house is standing because of our neighbor's ugly cement fortress wall
surrounding their house. When the ocean came roaring up, the wall veered the
water to either side. Our house was protected just enough not to receive the
brunt of the waves. Billy and Will stayed in the house to ride out the storm
and that was a major mistake in hindsight. It was a harrowing experience for
both and they are traumatized from the experience. They said fire balls were
flying through the wind and landing on random houses setting them ablaze. The
sky was bright orange throughout the night. That being said, we are only 1 of
only about 20 houses not destroyed by fire or flooding. All of my close friends
lost their houses and everyone must find a place to live. We are blessed in
that regard as well. My brother has an unsold apt at 302-96th in Bklyn (in the
same building as my sister and dad.) We have 3 air beds and a coffee pot. A lot
of Breezy people are staying in Bay Ridge so we meet people we know every day
on the avenue. The bars are packed with Breezy refugees. (is anyone surprised
at that fact???) And so......we are alive, my friends are all alive and what
can we do but carry on. Thx again for your e-mails and I would love your
continued support in the weeks ahead. Go Giants!! Love ya, Janet
This all just mind boggling. I
can’t begin to wrap my mind around losing everything.
Talk about the Apocalypse! I guess many of the folks hit hardest by Hurricane
Sandy must think that it came earlier than predicted: December 21 is the wrong
date, too late. Talk about acting and re-acting – I can’t begin to think of
such a scenario. I’ve heard about tsunamis and landslides and earthquakes all
over the world. I’ve heard the news about devastating forest fires that claim
dozens of houses, I heard about, and later saw, the devastation on the Gulf
coast after Hurricane Katrina, but this, as it would do because I lived in the
same area, hits me very close to home. All I can say is “Whew!” My PC home page
is the New York Times: their daily pictures and updates from the nearby states
- millions still without power, public transportation a laugh, guarding against
looters - are an eyeful.
December 20, 2012 - So the Mayans ended their Long
Count calendar on tomorrow’s date.
Clever of them! They turned to
each other and said “Well that job’s done forever. In 2012 we’ll just reuse
this” - or words to that effect. They
planned to just roll it around again and start at the beginning.
Also: I don’t believe it disastrous that the sun will align
with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in 26,000 years. Where’d they get that number? I’m no astrophysicist, but I get a mental
picture of our spinning galaxy, and I compare our sun system to a yoyo whirling
around on the end of a string: the sun is always in line, on that string, to
the center of our galaxy.
I know that a lot of folks out there, even whole cities, are
stockpiling food and have built underground shelters. Didn’t they do that back at the turn of the
last millennium? Nothing much happened
then except for a few minor computer glitches.
The scenarios are many and varied. But it seems they’re all preparing
for “The End”. If it is “The End” then
that will be that: they – and I – won’t need food; shelter will be no shelter.
We won’t know the difference because we won’t be. I’m posting this a day early – just in case!
December 21, 2012
- Well, I was so not worried that I forgot to post this yesterday. I got to thinking: do you remember the old
Kingston Trio ditty called The
Merry Minuet: “They’re rioting in Africa, they’re starving in Spain…” ? Well, change the lyrics just a wee bit and
the world, with the addition of countless electronic gadgets, is just the way
it was in the late fifties and early sixties. I don’t think things will ever
settle down much – much as we can hope it will.
One last thought, tongue in cheek: my “perpetual” calendar – just like this one -
ends with 2035. Should I be worried? |
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