Near the gates and within two cities There will be scourges the like of which was never seen, Famine within plague, people put out by steel, Crying to the great immortal God for relief.
Michel de Nostredame (aka Nostradamus)
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
The Book of Revelation, Chapter 20, verse 1
And mankind is naught but a single nation
The Koran
It"s snowing hard outside the window. It"s been snowing without any let up for three whole months, with more to come. It always does at this time of year. Only fools venture out anymore once the snows come. We huddle safe inside our warm shelters, shelters fashioned mostly from the remains of what was once thought of as `civilisation". My nearest neighbours liv
