They don't speak of it..even to each other, but their laughter is hollow now..muted, without real joy in it. The nervous laughter of some poor devil walking through a dark and dangerous alley, or a kid whistling nervously as he crosses a graveyard at night, so he won't be late getting home. It's the feeling of someone walking on your grave. A cold shudder travels down your spine for no reason. And though you can't quite put your finger on it, you know in your gut that real trouble is coming, the kind people dread the most...

I see it in their eyes now, in stranger's faces as they wait at stoplights or in line at the stores. Their eyes dart nervously to and fro, like something hunted. And it's spreading. There's a phenomenon that has always been a part of the human condition that no one ever talks about. And that part is our ability to sense things as a species. Suddenly everyone just "knows" the shit's about to hit the fan. They don't need a reason or some talking head to tell them, they simply know. And sadly, this talent always comes too late to be any practical use as far as I'm concerned, because it's almost immediately afterwards that all hell breaks loose. This phenomenon has been recorded since the dawn of time, though you won't find discussions about it in any mainstream media or book. It's always in the "Strange But True" and Weirdities" sections of your bookstore...

That's because stuff like this makes people very uncomfortable. They don't want it dragged out into the light, they want it stuffed away in some dark, dank niche where they can go refer to it in private if they feel like it. Because to admit it exists would be to admit we aren't in control. And the very thought of that makes us freak. We take great comfort in the illusion that we are in control of our lives. Fat chance...

Have you ever seen how animals behave just before an earthquake? They suddenly start doing all sorts of weird stuff. Cats will start crying or run and hide under a bed or in some dark hole, and nothing you do can coax them back out. Dogs will start running in circles and yapping excitedly, and some will even pull on their master's sleeve, trying to drag them outside. But being the idiots were are as a species, we fight off the loving efforts of our loyal pets and ignore their warnings. Many dogs simply run off, never to be seen again. Parakeets and parrots fly the coop or explode in a flurry of loose feathers as they try to bite their way out of their cages to escape. Steers stampede, goats start dancing on the hoods of cars, ruining them, whole flocks of wild birds take to the air and disappear. Even the insects stop chirping and buzzing, and all is silent. Then it hits.....

A deep rumbling in the earth like a huge freight train coming toward you. The ground suddenly starts to violently heave, and then comes to the sounds of screaming women, busting glass, snapping wood beams, falling masonry, car alarms, and all the rest of the symphony of chaos.

But this time it isn't a quake or a tsunami, or a tornado, it's doom itself. It's the end of everything we know. When this economy finally dies..and it will, the entire framework of American civilization will collapse. And before it can even hope to recover, the carrion eaters, predators and enemies of America, who have been patiently waiting in the wings for that fateful event, will rush in and start to devour all they see before the first glimmer of recovery can lift a finger. It will be hell on earth. Imagine the worst possible scenario you can and times it by ten, and you'll have a rough idea of what to expect. Don't look for help from our benevolent government, because the fiends that run it are the ones directly responsible. Look to yourselves and your people, for there will be no one else. Your only hope is to prepare now while you can. I wither with grief internally for all the millions that are going to face this horror unprepared. They are the ones that continued to deny what's coming and refused to make preparations for survival. While some were socking away food, medicine and weapons, most were living as always with no thought of tomorrow...

Those that were your trusted friends will now be dangerous enemies that will gleefully kill you for the supplies you had the forethought to get. And those of you that were foolhardy enough to advertise you were preparing will become the first targets of these people. Trust dies today, here, now, or you and yours die when the fall comes. It's that brutally simple. Chaos is rising. You can hear its terrifying voice on the wind if you stop and listen closely. Are you listening?