By Valerie O'Riordan
Published Monday 2 February 2009
Something fell from the sky.
It dropped to the bottom of the dinghy, a wall of stagnant water cresting and slamming after it. The dinghy pitched and spun off course, everything crashing downwards, water spilling in from all sides, Harrison yelling and stumbling, the dinghy spinning in the current and finally slamming into the dead outcrop [...]
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Tags: alone, dead, extinct, Flood
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By Martin Reed
Published Monday 2 February 2009
STEP ONE: Secure your location. Identify optimal charge position and direction of sun.
I’ve lost track of how long I’ve been doing this. Two, maybe three years. Long enough I could light the candles blindfold if I wanted. But I still keep the direction sheet beside me as I go. There’s something reassuring about it. Its [...]
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Tags: candles, flame, Flood, London, loss, media, memory
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By Mark Giacomin
Published Thursday 29 January 2009
A gradual atavism held London in thrall. Relentless downpours and rising water levels had led to monolithic aluminum rigidams fencing in the Thames. A once mighty river eddied pitifully, tapping the barriers like an apologetic asylum seeker.
A glut of flat-packed messiahs ranted at Speakers’ Corner. People flocked to hear the gilded tongues of mendicants. When [...]
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Tags: Apocalyptic, Darkness, Flood
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