I have to run over that in my head several times...
Perhaps that should be cleared up.
IF the world's currents stopped, then I agree that stuff could happen.
But, from what I've read, the world's current's couldn't stop unless the world stopped spinning or the wind system died. And I think if the world stops spinning, we have more to worry about than a little bad weather.
I'd also like to enlighten anyone that might not know...
Who are the author's of that book?
Art Bell and Whitney Strieber.
One of Whitney's other books is called Communion and says that he was told by aliens about Earth's apocalypse.
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