Lately I've been filled with an eerie, sickening feeling that I can only remember feeling once before. Once, a few years ago I had this feeling for only a few moments, and I remember it distinctly. It was the evening before hurricaine Charley passed over my house. As a native of Seattle, I had never experienced a hurricaine before. Part of me looked forward to it, while the other part of me was afraid as I knew it was dangerous. It was in the early evening, and the first feeder bands had just passed over. It was getting dark, but the sky was clear. I remember walking out into the backyard, and that's when it hit me. I didn't hear anything. There were none of the usual sounds of birds or squirrels, nor any other creature out that evening. I looked up to the sky, and it was as though it were any other evening, except for the strange silence. Day was turning to dusk, and had I not heard the news, I'd have never known what was coming. But the birds and squirrels knew.

Today that same feeling exists in me every moment of every day. For the last month or so, since the US Dollar began its nosedive, I've known that the storm is coming. I first realized this storm was headed our way more than ten years ago, but back then we had leadership that was working toward diverting it. Over the past six years, our leadership has done the opposite, and the storm has been encouraged, strengthened, and emboldened to become the monster it is today. And now the monster is upon us. Events of the past week make it clear that the storm is just over the horizon. We have begun to see the feeder bands, with events like the Fed's rate cut, and Hugo Chavez's announcement that Venezuela will now trade for their oil in currencies other than the dollar. There were even indications of something similar from Saudi Arabia. Each day the entities holding massive numbers of dollars overseas take enormous losses as their dollars decline in value. Every day the value of the dollar falls, every day more dollars are pumped into the system, and every day the prices on everything rise. People are becoming more and more desperate, but slowly enough for most people not to notice. Like before, you wouldn't know the storm was coming - unless you'd heard the news. Most people haven't heard - certainly not those who only get their news from the mainstream media, and that actually is relatively fortunate, as their blissful ignorance is the only thing holding our economy together. But as the storm approaches, and people begin to see the lightning and hear the thunder, it will become clear to them what we are facing. People will begin to panic when they realize the storm has arrived and they haven't prepared. Their windows won't be boarded, and their patio furniture will begin flying right into their living rooms. Once that happens, nobody can predict what we will face from this monster storm, our panic stricken and desperate countrymen, or from our outlaw government. A few things are certain though. This storm is worse than any hurricane, and it won't be something that will pass overnight. It will be a very long time before we can begin to come out of our shelters and survey the damage.

I can't say exactly when the storm will strike, as I don't have the most advanced satellite imaging equipment, but it isn't far away. If you go outside right now and look just over the horizon, you can feel it. The birds and the squirrels know it too.

David Francis

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Teach the zombies to dance, or they'll eat your brains too!

