Re: OT: Sept 11, 2001

[Tater <tater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:28 AM 9/13/01 -0700, you wrote:
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>Hi everyone,
>
>Sorry for the cross post. But I just got home. My family and i were
visiting some relatives in NYC while the events of the last couple of days
were happening. Thankfully none of us were hurt but know too many who were.
But y'know, even one is TOO many. Don't think any of us have really
processed any of it yet, just so stunned--equal parts furious and grieving.
My deepest sympathies and condolences to everyone who's lost loved ones. To
the vicitims I can only say we'll never forget you or stop mourning your
loss. This is just all so senseless.
>
>I also wanted to post because of something I read this morning. It's a
prediction by Michel de Nostradame, aka Nostradamus. It's sort of freaked
me out:
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>"In the year of the new century and nine months, 
>>>From the sky will come a great King of Terror... 
>The sky will burn at forty-five degrees. 
>Fire approaches the great new city..." 
>In the city of york there will be a great collapse, 
>2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos while the 
>fortress fall the great leader will succumb 
>the third big war will begin when the big city is 
>burning."
>
>2001 is the first year of the new century and this is the 9th month. New
York is located at the 45 degree Latitude. 
>
>I know it shouldn't, but besides freaking me, it also frustrates the crap
out of me. This prediction has been around for 400+ years yet still no one
took precautions or even did a "hey, did ya see this, maybe it could happen
and we should be sort of aware." I know I'm probably being really stupid
about it but I'm still pissed and way frustrated. Guess this is that 20/20
hindsight thing, only makes sense when you look back at it. I just have to
wonder what good is a gift like Nostradamus had if it never saves anyone?
>
>God Bless all. Hug your loved ones and cherish each and every day. I know
I will from now on.
>
>Danica



Nostradamus did not write the quatrain now being attributed to him. It
originated with a student at Brock University in Canada in the 1990s,
appearing on a web page essay on Nostradamus. That particular quatrain was
offered by the page's author, Neil Marshall, as a fabricated example to
illustrate how easily an important-sounding prophecy can be crafted through
the use of abstract imagery. He pointed out how the terms he used were so
deliberately vague they could be interpreted to fit any number of
cataclysmic events.