Chapter 54 - Inspiration When Needed

The World as we once knew it is no more. As you all know an asteroid, along with the triggering of the Yellowstone super volcano, is in the process of wiping out what little is left of civilisation. Everyone here has friends and family who have perished in this disaster and we will have plenty of time for grief once we have got through the next few days. We are still under threat from tsumani's which will be circling the Earth over the next week. I have been advised that the threat is small, given the quality of this bunker.

It will be many months if not years before the surface of the Earth is once again habitable in any meaningful or convenient sense. We are better off within the confines of this bunker. Subject to outside readings small teams may be sent to the surface starting in a months time. With the systems we have in place we have enough food, water and electricity to live comfortably with twice the personal that we have.

It is only natural to ask 'why me?'. What have I done to deserve to survive when so many others have perished. You may look within yourselves and see a darkness and wondered why you were allowed to live. The answer is simple. You became part of an indomitable team. That team is us and when we pass on this torch of excellence to our children we will have shown ourselves to be stronger than our fragile biology, stronger than the dinosaurs and stronger than this planet can hold.

In Greek mythology the titans were imprisoned in Tartarus. We however shall break free for this is a prison of our making to serve our purposes. The only way we can deal with this catastrophe emotionally is to give ourselves a purpose, and its very clear what the purpose shall be. We must give rise to a new generation and to pass on to it our health, our excellence and our wisdom. As a people we shall leave our old weaknesses behind us, rise from the ashes of this broken world and craft a new one by the mighty hands of our children. In China there is a subtle curse: may you live in interesting times. My answer to that is may we make these times even more interesting. Today the universe has given us its judgement. Tomorrow we shall give the universe ours, for we are proud to be of this Earth!

Ironic, thought Roger, how the most inhumane woman was needed to deliver the speech needed to keep humanity going.

"We better start doing systems checks, food and education being the priority systems", Imogen told Daniel. "In times of disaster the natural instinct is to replace the lost population. If you ever get around the thinking with the wrong body part you'll know this to be true", she said with seductive smile.

Being an almost perfect sphere the underground shockwaves had plenty of room to disperse. These shockwaves were internally reflected and came to a focus on the other side of the world. This focal point being 1,400km south west of Albany. The concentrated energy was enough to raise the seabed and form a small island. This in turn triggered a tsumani.

"Is that a helicopter?", asked Felicity
"Can't hear ... now I can. Too loud what the hell is it." Simon emerged from the tent, by the time he stood up her could feed the ground rumbling underneath him. And then it almost passed. He could still hear the rumbling but the ground was stable. "Whatever it was I think its passed us by. Probably the government fracking the shit out of the national park or some shit like that."

Well that wasn't so bad, thought Felicity, at least not on this side of the planet.

Deidre grabbed on to the furniture as the house started to shake. There was some dust in the air by the time it has finished. They dusted themselves off. "Better check for cracks in the walls", Andy said. The house had taken it pretty well, the only crack found was where the porch, a structural after thought, joined the rest of the house. Brent was the one to spot it. "At least it wasn't a load bearing wall."

"Well we can soon fix that", said Tracy. "We have self healing concrete. Not only will the crack be gone, but it will be just as strong as it was before. But before we apply it the ejector cloud from the impact has to come and go first."

"You come prepared", said Brent in appreciation. He turned to Andy. "My guess is that the band is still playing in Albany so you've got some music to face."

"Have you ever watched the band playing in the Titanic movie?", Andy countered.