It’s been two weeks since the event that transformed the entire landscape of the Western United States. Most of the mere thousands who survived are calling it an “Armageddon;” a cleansing of a culture run amok with narcissistic consumerism; Mother Nature’s wrath against those she felt unworthy.

Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange Counties were obliterated by a wave of disasters. The first meteor struck downtown Long Beach on August 4th at approximately 2:03 P.M. For two hours the coast was pelted with a constant stream of meteors that blackened the sky, followed by tsunami-force tidal waves, placing most of the region under water, up to 50 miles inland.

The fault lines could no longer stand still, and at 3:45, the first quakes were felt. The series was so severe that most of the southern coastline fell into the ocean and disappeared forever. Along with the coast, some five million residents of So Cal, were lost to the raging sea.

On the flip side, my Phoenix home is now beach-front property. So, win for me.