28 What a hideous sound

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What a hideous sound

 

Ships steam toward China

With their chests full of sand

Replace ore that was taken

From an Emerald land

 

Russia lends muscle

As it was in the past

To hurry the mend

That can’t happen too fast

 

The pieces advance

On a Chess board of Earth

Striking rumbling roars

From vast crumbling floors

Of tectonic birth

 

Horrific sounds

As mantel rebounds

 

Indigenous souls

Moved to higher ground

From locations too low

Although some would not go

Fear the voices of gods

As they hide in their pods

While the first of dams break

Claiming life in their wake

From the flooding below

 

What a hideous sound

 

Mankind must understand

There is no perfect plan

When the shifting begins

Adding ointment to sins

To secure from regret

Once the trap has been set

 

First doubts are mounted

As bodies are counted

Trust loses affection

As fear questions direction

Scowling skeptics look on

From a miserable dawn

 

What a hideous sound

 

Still the course is embraced

Through adversity faced

Smiting doubt is rejected

As some loss was expected

 

Hard to tell at first

If your voyage is cursed

Waiting ships approach land

From the sea

 

A year and six months pass

 

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Don asks for answers

 

 Small conference room - NSA

Don Smith leads

 

 In attendance

Dr. Lydia Carnegie

Dr. Rock Greisen

Randall Sparks

 

 I asked to meet with you

Before the oversight meeting

To go over your arguments privately

 

 You’ve had eighteen months

Well over a trillion dollars

Much to America’s protest

 

 Earthquakes are increasing

What’s going on?

 

 Lydia first

 

 

 At the start there were stumbles

Efforts focused on China exclusively

This mistake was caught quickly

After seismic activity increased

 

 Some tectonic plate influence

Centered in South America

Requiring simultaneous reversal

 

 Resources were divided accordingly

But it slowed progress

 

 Hiram Mills is project administrator

He’s been responsive and attentive

 

 Thanks totally to his expertise

We achieved 28 percent completion

 

 He’s asking for twice the resources

 

 We have spot checked for errors

And we’ve found none so far

But data is seriously backlogged

 

 We must increase staffing

And that’s a problem

Engineering resources are tapped

 

 We have scientists doing grunt work

It’s a waste of resources

 

 We need university student support

 

 As for increase of seismic activity

We expected this to happen

Due to stress modification

And mass redistribution

 

 All this change took place

Over a fifty year period

We’re trying to correct it in five

That’s a recipe for disaster

 

 Many people have been moved

To higher ground for safety

But some still refuse to go

 

 The people behind this threat

Had years of experience

 

 We are well behind that curve

 

 World Hope United and Green Relief

Have facilitated the relocation

They’ve offered to do so at cost

But cost is still considerable

 

 That’s where we’re at Don

 

 

 What do you have to say

About Dr. Greisen’s argument?

 

 

 Dr. Greisen is extremely qualified

His opinions must be respected

 

 In this instance the data disagrees

That’s no reflection on his merit

His objections should be explored

If he’s willing and staffed to do so

 

 I would be happy to assist

 

 

 Dr. Greisen

That’s quite an endorsement

What say you?

 

 

 Give me a staff and I accept

 

 Dr. Carnegie’s offer is appreciated

But she represents the project well

And should remain where she’s at

 

 We’re no longer in the same place

We were a year ago Don

 

 I said it would have to be done

In broad daylight

With the whole world watching

That seems to be happening

 

 At this point I hope I’m wrong

 

 

 And Mr. Sparks

Do you still hold to your objections?

 

 

 Do I think the Civil are behind it?

Yes

 

 Do I believe they are deceivers?

Yes

 

 Can I prove it?

No

 

 So nothing’s changed

 

 

 At this meeting

Let’s stick to what we can prove

 

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The recovery review

 

 Expanded conference room - NSA

Don Smith leads

 

 In attendance

NSA USIIFNC task force

Administration cabinet officials

US Senate Intelligence select

US House Appropriations select

US State Department diplomatic

STEM community representatives

 

 Ladies and gentlemen

Officers and honored guests

 

 My name is Don Smith

 

 Eighteen months ago

Our objective was to reverse threats

Introduced by Eco-terrorists

 

 We’ve made gains

And we’ve faced challenges

 

 Seismic activity has increased

Causing thousands of fatalities

In Asia and South America

Along with substantial damages

Both geographic and infrastructure

 

 Our focus of recovery

Has expanded to include

Targets in South America

 

 We’re committed to these people

 

 Simultaneous recovery is necessary

To reduce seismic events

 

 Not doing so results in fatalities

 

 We must expand data verification

From spot-check to comprehensive

Redundancy by a second team

To eliminate possibility of error

Unintentional or otherwise

 

 Dr. Greisen

Will lead a dissenting study

To critique recovery models

And confirm findings

 

 As sole dissenting opinion

To our original plan

Dr. Greisen’s study

Will provide critical oversight

 

 Due to a shortage of engineers

We’ll recruit engineering students

From top universities

To supplement staffing

 

 Double the effort

Will require double the budget

 

 That’s two trillion dollars annually

It'll require Congressional approval

 

 Other countries will be required

To match the increase

 

 Need I remind you

There is little time for debate?

 

 In conclusion

I’m sure you will have questions

Please contact or see me personally

 

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Eco-correction updates

 

 By Randall Sparks

 

 Governments work together

To right environmental wrongs

Committed by Eco-terrorists

 

 Congress approves 620 Billion

“Emergency funds” increase

200 billion diverted from military

Totaling 1.82 Trillion dollars

Doubling the debt in ten years

 

 75 partnering countries commit

To increase obligations in kind

 

 Correction focus expands

To include threats in South America

In addition to concerns in China

 

 Engineering efforts double

With focus on data confirmation

Adding college STEM students

In exchange for tuition credits

 

 China and Russia work with Holland

Employing ‘Sea wall technology’

In support of dam upgrades

As new dam projects continue

 

 ‘Sea wall technology’

 

 Steel walls isolate existing dams

Construction reroutes spillways

Dam walls are fortified

To withstand earthquakes

 

 “Can’t be built fast enough”

Scientists say

 

 Seismic frequency increases

Smaller magnitude energy release

Scientists say to expect more

 

 Volcanic and vent field activity is up

Near mid-ocean ridges of the Pacific

 

 Two large earthquake events

7.2 seventeen miles off the

Coast of Chile

And 7.4 event in the Indian Ocean

No significant waves reported

 

 Shipping companies receive credits

In exchange for materials transport

To Asian and South American ports

 

 You will hear it tomorrow

 

 But if you want it first

Get up with the Daily Sun

 

 Sparks - On the record

For the record

 

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Randall’s dream

 

Randall

Randall

 

Dark night

Hooded cloak

 

Silent park

Merry-go-round

 

Lydia?

 

Tall

Beautiful lips

 

 

What do you see?

 

 

I see a banana

 

 

Peel it

 

Taste it

 

 

No

 

Wet citrus

Fragrance

 

It tastes of sin

 

Nothing

 

 

We

Can read your will

 

We

Can write your thoughts

 

Tell me

If you knew it was a lie

Why did you believe?

 

See all that you’ve done?

 

 

“I was shown the truth Randall

But the truth had changed”

 

 

Tell the rock to check the logs

 

We can read your will

 

If you knew it was a lie

 

If you knew

It was a lie

 

If you knew

 

See all that you’ve done?

 

We can write

 

 

“I was shown the truth Randall”

 

 

Tell the rock to check the logs

 

 

“You’ll come around to the truth”

 

 

See all that you’ve done?

 

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Honey wake up

 

 Randall

 

 Randall

 

 Randall, wakeup

 

 Wake up

 

 

 Susan!

 

 

 You were having a bad dream

You were shaking

 

 I thought I should wake you

 

 What was it about?

 

 

 I heard Jonathan Warbel

 

 And then

Tell the rock to check the logs

 

 But it wasn’t Jonathan

 

 Greisen!

 

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Tell Greisen!

 

 Don, this is Randall Sparks

You need to get hold of Dr. Greisen

 

 

 What’s this about, Randall?

 

 

 Ask him if he checked the logs

 

 

 What logs?

 

 

 I can’t explain it right now

Just ask him that question

 

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Did you check the logs?

 

 Dr. Greisen, this is Don Smith

 

 Randall Sparks just called me

 

 He wants to know

If you checked the logs?

 

 

 Yes Don

We checked the data logs

They were fine

 

 Calculations were accurate

We didn’t find anything wrong

 

 

 What about the shipping logs?

 

 

 Shipping logs?

 

 No, we didn’t check them

We assumed that had been done

 

 Wait, nobody did that?

 

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Checkmate

 

 They didn’t check the logs!

 

 

 They didn’t?

 

 Oh my this is splendid!

And now it will take years!

 

 

 It will take years to figure out!

 

 

 Years to figure out!

 

 

 Well done you!

 

 

 Well done you!

 

 

 (laughter)

 

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Questions and conclusions

 

 Expanded conference room - NSA

Senator Silvia Short leads

 

 First question to you Mr. Smith

 

 How did this happen?

 

 

 We failed Senator

 

 In the face of a sea of data

It was our responsibility to verify

Collected and shipping data matched

 

 We did not and they did not

 So we failed

 

 

 Who’s responsibility, Mr. Smith?

 

 

 It was mine Senator

 

 

 The blame, Mr. Smith

Is not yours to bear alone

 

 No one expected

The data to be false

 

 Other countries didn’t catch it

 

 We all assumed it to be correct

 

 Now that activities have stopped

Do we have a damage assessment?

 

 

 We’re working on it Senator

 

 I’m afraid the damage is grave

 

 We’re unable to recover some logs

Over time they’ve been destroyed

 

 Engineers have created a new model

Its predictions are grim

 

 Axis shift has begun to accelerate

 

 We’re trying to reverse damages

But we don’t have the answers yet

 

 

 What answers can you provide?

 

 

 Dr. Greisen is leading that effort

He’s best qualified to explain

 

 Dr. Greisen?

 

 

 Thank you Mr. Smith

 

 Axis tilt is at x3 three times normal

Affecting sun exposure and seasons

 

 Solar orbit is unaffected

But tilt recovery is failing

It’s not recovering

 

 Celestial drift is ok for now

 

 If our model is correct

That won’t last long

 

 Equatorial perspective

Will change as tilt progresses

Causing a domino effect

 

 Centripetal forces

Natural to equatorial norms

Will shift geologically

Amplifying plate stress

 

 In layman’s terms

The equatorial bulge will move

Causing tectonic plates to shift

 

 Earth’s mantel isn’t rigid, it moves

 

 As it moves, stress and tilt increases

 

 The plates will crash

Resulting in natural disasters

Of biblical proportion

 

 The model projects five years

Until critical celestial shift begins

That’s when orbit changes

 

 After that we can expect

Seventy years to solar impact

 

 In thirty-five years temperatures

Will not support human existence

Even if the atmosphere survives

Which it won’t

 

 

 Dr. Greisen

 

 You’re saying

The model that brought us here

Has now predicted our extinction?

 

 It was wrong before

 

 

 The model was right

The data was wrong

 

 Someone used the model

To alter the data projections

They figured out how to set this up

 

 They cooked the books Senator

And we fell for it

 

 

 If word of this reaches the streets

We won’t last thirty-five days

I trust everyone understands this?

 

 

 Who pays?

 

 

 The gentleman will be recognized

 

 

 Randall Sparks, Senator

 

 I’m sorry for interrupting

But who pays?

 

 You all took a consensus

Of five-hundred experts

You Ignored the objections of two

And you ran with it

 

 As our federal government

You’re immune from responsibility

And now it doesn’t matter

Because it’s over for all of us

 

 So I want to know, Senator

Who pays when you’re wrong?

 

 

 Mr. Sparks

I don’t think I like your tone

Are you a prophet now?

 

 

 No I’m just a reporter

 

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They’re not going to tell?

 

 Senator Short warned us not to

 

 She said it would start a panic

And you know she’s right

 

 

 Oh baby this is crazy

It’s been crazy from the start

 

 

 I blamed her but it was my fault

They sent me to Warbel

 

 None of this would have happened

If I hadn’t gone there

 

 

 Slow down paperboy

You think it was the Civil?

 

 

 They contacted me

That’s when it started

 

 

 Do you think they were angels?

 

 

 I don’t know

They were in my dream

They said it was my fault

 

 

 You tried to stop it paperboy

Remember?

 

 They never checked the logs

It wasn’t your fault

 

 As for the Civil Randall

They don’t control our lives

They don’t control anything

God does

 

 You’re going to be a father

And we’re keeping this baby

 

 

 What?

 

 

 She’ll be smart like her daddy

She’ll marry some day

She’ll grow up

And come visit us with flowers

 

 With God there’s always hope

 

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Tower of Babel

 

Babylon, Iraq

 

Latitude 32.5363° north

Longitude 44.4209° east

 

Etemenanki

A large temple tower in Babylon

Also known as the Tower of Babel

 

Sumerian name E-temen-an-ki

 

"House of the foundation

of Heaven on earth"

 

 

THE END

 

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