Terraforming - 12 May
I wrote this a few years ago. I was going to post it in full, but then I realised… my timing is perfect. So now you have to suffer through a series of journal entries.
May 12, 2027
I’m going to start writing a journal. People have preached the end of the world for centuries, but if anyone survives this, I want the history books to get it right.
I have no idea when the space agency people first started tracking the meteor, but it is pretty easy to remember when it turned. Social media had a field day. Someone leaked a recording of a confidential conversation, (The people at NASA didn’t want to cause panic; see how that worked out.) and it went viral in about five seconds. People started predicting the end of the world more than usual, and in some cities there were riots and looting. If I can find a copy I’ll write down what they said. I bet there’s someone in the area who left