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512: Project Looking Glass | The Time Warriors of the 2012 Apocalypse

2023/12/4
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The episode begins with a recount of the events on December 21st, 2012, describing a global blackout, falling satellites, and the appearance of the aurora borealis in the middle of the day.

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You’re not supposed to be alive. 

None of us are. 

About 10 years ago, you woke up to an eerie silence. The power was out. You went to check your phone for news but your phone was dead.

Then you realized, everything was dead. Some kind of blackout, you thought.

You looked out your window, confused. It looked like a normal December morning. Holiday decorations were up, though all the Christmas lights were out.

You saw neighbors also peering through windows and standing on their front porches. Everyone was looking up.

It looked like the stars were falling. Only, they weren’t stars. They were satellites and space debris. It was raining fire. And for the first time in your life, you saw the aurora borealis … in the middle of the day. 

You looked at the calendar. Today's date was supposed to mean something, but before you could remember, everything went black.

It was December 21st, 2012.

The end of the world.