water water everywhere

The river ran backwards on the day the Queen vanished. A summary never heard before as the news ended. The newsreader appeared to shrug and shake his head briefly. Obviously trained to give bad new and to report on emergencies, this was beyond anything ever considered.

Presumably he was looking through the camera, almost apologising for what he was saying. He felt responsible for shocking and upsetting the country, small solace was the sure fact he wasn't the only one doing so. The whole world had gone a little strange.

Heads of state had vanished , literally off the face of the earth. The usual excuses were being made for the top people going missing, though with a world of nearly 200 heads of state or president it was hard to decide where they might be. The tin foil hat brigade decided on mass that they were in a secret meeting with Bill Gates, new world order or new pandemic or the little grey men wanted a chat.

For a change the trolls could be right, nobody seemed to know anything. The rivers going backwards, the seas going out and not coming back and the moon vanishing were quite a good distraction though. The tin hat brigade went into melt down when they saw this was happening as well.

The social media chat rooms were full of the previous minority shouting how they had been right all along. The worlds problems were all linked to the things they had predicted. From micro chips in vaccine doses through to all aircraft dropping poison on everybody near a flight path.

The news sites meanwhile stuck to the facts, such as they were. Most things we took for granted weren't where we left them or how we left them. When people go to the beach they expect the sea, when people see rivers they expect them to flow the right way. All simple things, nice and reassuring. In fact it was the Queen that would usually pop up around now to say don't worry , it will all be sorted.

All around the world incident rooms and emergency rooms were fired up. Some talking to friendly countries , some even talking to not so friendly ones, just in case. Still nobody had anything but impossible theories.

It was equal parts reassuring and equal parts confusing that every country seemed to have exactly the same problem. In fact a few countries were quite disappointed with this, hoping it was just them so they could have a little sympathy. From the smallest island to the biggest country it was all the same.

Departments that didn't officially exist met, people that didn't officially work there chatted about projects that didn't officially exist. Many conversations were had about experiments and testing that had gone on, had something gone wrong. The problem was, nobody would admit to do anything that would explain half of what was going on.

As the day progressed the news channels took over most of the airwaves. They didn't have much more to report to resorted to digging up people claiming to be experts on whatever was happening. They even had a few suggestions, all dismissed quickly with some logic.

The relevant people looked for their sovereigns and scientists tried to work out what the seas and rivers were up to. Deputy sovereigns collectedly wondered why their senior hadn't told them what was going on, even more why hadn't they gone wherever it was as well.

The first panic was after realising the tide wasn't coming in anywhere, therefore where had the water gone. Similarly , if rivers had reversed where was that water going. Aircraft were sent out for the seas and rock climbers for the rivers.

Soon everyone found out where the after had gone, as thousands upon thousands of gallons of rain began to fall. Rainy season didn't cover the deluge, storms with whatever names are left didn't come close. Many countries began to shrink as the water missing from the sea was rapidly replaced from above. Many coastal areas vanished under water, many low lying countries simply vanished.

Nobody had a chance to do much, especially as it was happening to everyone at the same time. Only people in very large and very steady boats stood a chance at first. But the storms brough waves which brought destruction whether at land or sea. Those inland managed to reach higher ground, clambering up hills to hopeful safety.

Of course, it didn't take long for higher ground to be not so high. The biblical deluge was not going to stop. Quickly the memories of vanishing seas and backwards rivers were replaced by one never ending body of water.

Within a few hours the water was clogged with bodies, drowned people in cars floated with those simply drowned. Anyone still alive would be hearing the screams getting less, the sound was of rain and more rain. If you had looked from above the earth was no longer green and blue, it was all various shades of blue. Industrial countries' left a dirty , dark blue for example.

Then suddenly as it started, it stopped. Someone had found the tap and turned it off. The world was quiet bar a few noisy whales and dolphins who were loving life.

Mean while, a few thousand safe miles away the great and good were getting settled in. The building of the arc had been planned for many years but recently the need had meant it was needed sooner. It was situated , almost literally on the dark side of the moon. Many space missions had take numerous items up but had brought far les back. The arc city had taken shape so that it wasn't visible from earth.

What might have surprised many is that it was invite only. A few more tech savvy laughed to themselves. After all the fuss those three billionaire's that everyone claimed to hate had come good. They had saved the most important people, did something technical to the moon so the gravitational affect on earth changed and they had washed the earth.

They had realised they were never going to agree who made the most co2, who should or shouldn't invade who and whose turn it was for the next pandemic. Ironic that one of the people responsible for the arc project was famous for moving small things around the world in enormous boxes. His logistics had helped build their sanctuary.

Also ironic was the computer whizz that many thought was killing the world with vaccines was simply killing people with water. What role the mad billionaire had was anybody's guess.

Any way, the water will recede eventually and we can have a nother do. Just need a dove to fly a few thousand miles to check its ok.