Are You Forgetting About the Yankee Fans?

In his review of Ian Wilson’s book Nostradamus, Gregg Easterbrook points out something I found amusing:

Supposedly the seer predicted September 11, but his “predictions” of this event were lines that could mean almost anything: “The sky will burn at 45 degrees/fire approaches the great New City.” Devotees assert this foretells September 11 because one plane hit one of the World Trade Centers at a 45-degree angle, and New City sounds almost like New York City! Yet the same uncanny “prophecy,” Wilson notes, goes on to declare that immediately after the fire hits the New City, “The undead will roam the Earth for a little time.”

If you’ve ever seen people on the subway at the end of the day, you know that the undead really do roam the Earth.