musings of wrath

November 3, 2005

Sorry I didn’t write. I’m not dead. I was busy with my skills assessment. Apparently, we’re being assigned jobs to help rebuild the city. They didn’t seem to like the fact that I have very few manual labor skills. They put me on a computer.

Today I discovered more of what really happened. The Internet survived it, but barely. Large portions of the network went down, and whole domains simply ceased to exist. The Japanese portion of the Internet is gone, completely.

Something hit us, and hit us hard, somewhere in the Pacific. Scientists said that if it had not been a glancing blow, there wouldn’t be life left on the planet.

Some people are saying it was a weapon of some kind, a space-based weapon. The microwave radiation in the impact zone was so powerful that a large amount of sea water was flash boiled, killing a lot of sea life. They’re saying nearly half of China’s population was wiped out by the wave since they all live in the coastal areas. There’s no mention of Japan - at all. It’s on the western edge of the impact zone, according to makeshift maps. All those people.

Others are saying it was just an object. A meteorite, a comet, something natural. Nothing’s natural about this darkness, however. Nothing’s natural about the faint glow in the western sky, either. Scientists say we can’t get anywhere near the site due to the continued radiation. They say it’s caused by the magnetosphere “vibrating” after having a hole punched through it. It will be safer in 6 months, they’re saying. The “lights” are caused by this vibrating and the solar radiation entering the hole.

The military is telling us that what happened to San Francisco was caused by the impact. The reports on the Internet say something else, however. When the hole was larger a few nights ago, the solar winds went right through the hole and slammed right into the western half of the city. The radiation killed the other half of the city. I don’t like being lied to.

I’m going to see if I can find out more about what’s going on with the government. The military has told us repeatedly - as if it’s part of a script - that everything is fine in Washington. More tomorrow.

November 4, 2005

2 am

The lights again, this time they’re not as bright. I have a feeling Hawaii’s not in good shape, if it’s even there. World Wind is back up at NASA, though half the satellite systems can’t pick up imagery in that area due to the magnetic interference. In addition, the LANDSAT system is missing the three stationary satellites over that area. Not malfunctioning, missing.

After a long load time, I had recent imagery to work with in World Wind. The impact zone is obvious from space - without a need for labelling. There’s a huge dark brown spot in the Pacific. Japan’s gone. There’s a few spots of what look like volcanic activity there, but the islands themselves are under water, now.

The surprising part was the States. Snow has built up enough that the majority of the US appears to be a glacier of some sort.

The scary part was Antarctica. It’s melting.

I need some sleep, there’s Reveille at 6 am.