now or never.
John Roddenburg walked in and sat in the chair closest to the couch where I was, seated. I thought about asking him if I could sit in the chair and he sit on the couch, but felt he probably would not be amused.
He leaned over to me, and said. “Are you ready?”
I in turn said, “Yep.”
At about the same time, Chester Nichols, the weatherman from Bear News walked in and sat on the couch next to me. Exchanging pleasantries, Chester asked if he could see the document before the show started. He stated that he did not understand totally, what John was saying to him in his briefing earlier about what I was going to be predicting.
I said, “Sure,” and removed the pages from my breast pocket and handed them to him.
Like John earlier, his reaction was one of astonishment. He looked over at John and said, “You know John, it would be nice if we could get this over to some people who might be able to make more sense out of this than me.”
“I would,” John said, “but we don’t have time Chester. So I guess you will just have to wing it.”
Chester read it again then he turned to me and said, “You realize that this is not physically possible, at least with our knowledge of physics and the way the world’s weather patterns work.”
“All I can say is that God is in control. Neither he nor I have ever been wrong yet, have we?”
“But that means that the entire weather patterns of recorded history will completely change. That is almost impossible. You need a wobble change of the earth for this to even be remotely understandable from what history we have.”
“You’re right Chester. It is impossible for us, but not for him. I look at it this way; a hundred and fifty years ago, we thought electrical lights were impossible.”
He hesitated, and said, “Okay, I see your point.” He then paused again, I assumed in thought. Then he said, “I will do my best to relate to our viewers the contents of your document. I think I have a good idea how I can lay it out and what the results will be from there. But I have no idea scientifically, how to explain any of it.”
While we were still discussing the contents of the note, the lights in the studio came up and a person with a tape measure walked up to me, then walked back again. He did the same thing with Chester and then John. He then came back and said, “John, we are about ready to go live.”
“Thanks Spencer,” he said. John then turned to me and said, “Watch the numbers on the digital display in back of me. Over there,” he pointed. “When it hits zero, then you will know we are live.”
I said, “Okay, let’s do it.”
As the countdown reached zero, I saw the camera pan to John’s face for a close up and then he started by saying, “People of America and of the world, I am John Roddenburg, News Anchor of Bear News, and we are transmitting live from our studios in New York with the promised interview today with Mr. Jack South.”
I could see the camera pan towards me then zoom into my face. Then John began talking. “As many of you already know, Jack has astounded the world by winning two major lotteries in the U.S. in the same week using the exact same numbers. According to some reports, the odds on that do not exist and stand at zero. In addition, this morning on our competitors network, Jack tried to warn us of an impending disaster in California, but the news team there felt he was either lying or making a fool out of them and did not air that part of the segment. However, Mr. South’s lawyer, Mark Anderson, videotaped the entire interview and had it transmitted to the internet and several other news outlets worldwide. But, unfortunately as we all know, we were unable to get any warning to the people of Southern California in time and if you have been watching the news, you know of the carnage and destruction is of biblical proportions.”
“Jack has come here today for two reasons: number one, he has something to tell
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