A-L-I-V
“My name is Daniel. I'm broadcasting on a middle band wavelength frequency. My call letters are A-L-I-V. I know it has only been five
days since my ability to view or hear anything from the outside world has
ended, but I'm beginning to fear the worst. No one has tried to contact
me. I'm in a government built habitat, I work for the United States government, and was in daily contact with my superiors...............If anyone
is listening to me out there, I hope you are safe in your own fortified shelter...............If
someone does hear me, do you have the capability to see what is happening in
the outside world?............... Internet, television, aircraft, international, coastal stations, AM and FM signals have all gone dead in this
area. I'm hoping these signals are still active in other parts of the world but
my ability to receive them has been severed...............I assume it was a
Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun, which fried my primary communication
equipment...............With all electronic communication lost to me locally,
I can't tell if civilization goes along normally or if this voltaic outage is
worldwide...............If you can hear me, please tell me what kind of
condition the world is in and what I can expect if I go to the surface.…............I
am using an antenna buoy system that is tethered to my backup communication
equipment, which is this shortwave radio................I'm alone here, under
the Arctic Ocean................Since I haven't heard any other broadcasts, on
any frequency, I'm inclined to believe the worst is happening to our world. If
an EM pulse was so large that it destroyed all electronics worldwide?…............
...............I'm sorry.…............I'm back.…............I'm
probably just overreacting.…............I hope I'm a little premature with my
assumptions. Especially if the outage is only localized and I'm just being
paranoid.…............But if the world has fallen into chaos, I want to let
anyone who can hear my signal know that you, my friend, are not alone................We
just have to wait in our shelters until the chaos outside finishes destroying
itself................ From this day forward, I plan on broadcasting on this same
frequency at this exact same time. So as the turmoil outside calms down, we, the
survivalists, will be able to organize into groups, to overcome the hardships of
building a new world together…............I will periodically listen to other
bandwidths to see if anyone else is trying to communicate with other survivors.
I will then ask them to broadcast on this same signal so we can keep in touch
with one another................I suggest you do the same if you are in contact
with anyone or if you hear from someone................If you do hear me right
now, but cannot respond at this time, fine. When you are able to, use your call
letters so all survivalists everywhere will know what part of the country
you're in or what nation you are from................It will be helpful if some
of you out there can speak another language. I also suggest, as soon as more of us
are able to communicate with one another, we set up a series of bilingual
broadcast stations as our main gathering points of information. That way, they
can keep everyone up to date on what is actually happening in the outside world
and when it will be the best time for us to leave our
shelters................The first thing we all need to realize is, no matter who
you are or where you're from, that if there is annihilation happening outside
of our shelters, it is not Armageddon. The Earth itself goes through stages in
its own evolution. There have been five major mass extinctions already in our
planet's history where the majority of life was destroyed, yet it led the way
for new life to flourish................Please, just remember, change was good
in the evolution of mankind, when the dinosaurs went extinct and mammals began
dominating the World................ I won't waste any more of your precious
power if you can hear me. I don't even know if you have the reserves that I
do................Once again, I will be broadcasting daily at this same time,
on this same frequency................If you are in communication with other
groups, have them listen in tomorrow. Take care. A new future is upon
us................ Over and out.”
“Hi out there in the real world. This is Daniel Roosevelt
Thorogood broadcasting, once again, live on call letters A-L-I-V. The only sound
from the underground. Seriously, if anyone can hear me out there, please send
me a signal or call me on this frequency................It has been thirty-five
days since all communication discontinued from the surface. Which is one day
short of the last time I had a conversation with anyone. I'm beginning to
believe it wasn't a CME from the Sun, which knocked out all the electronics in
my general area, but the stupidity of some general or president or prime minister or whomever. They had their grubby little mitts on those new EM Field
weapons and thought they could strike first.…............If it was an
electromagnetic field disturbance, which destroyed our once proud civilized
world, why did it have to be so damn thorough?...............When this shelter
was built, there were cameras placed in different locations on top of the Arctic
ice which I could monitor remotely. They were originally set up along with
standard climate monitoring devices, so there would be a visual record of the
changes in local weather patterns, wind velocity, and temperature fluctuations
due to global warming. Of course the cameras would be ideal if they were working now, to see when or if it
is possible to venture back out onto the surface of the
planet............. .…I've tried to repair things remotely, without going to the
surface, but I was just fooling myself. The cameras must have been permanently
fried. Now I have no way of knowing what is happening... .............I'm holed
up in a self-contained bunker that I designed for the U.S. government. They
spent about a billion dollars to construct this shelter for a NASA mission
scheduled for two years from now............. .…Well, I guess the joke is on them.
Nobody is getting off this planet for the next two hundred years or
so.…............I'm waiting to hear from you out there, so I can once again
come to the surface and see the sunshine................I've been broadcasting
every day around this same time, on this same frequency, so if anyone can hear
me, please answer me...............I know there has to be at least a hundred
thousand survivalists out there Worldwide. Fallout shelters have been in vogue
since the 1950's. There has to be survivors................There just
has to be................OK, I know someone must be able to hear
me.......... ......I will be broadcasting again tomorrow at the same
time................ OK?…............”
“My broadcasting day has just begun here at A-L-I-V.…............I
was hoping by this time to be able to see the light of day, but I dare not
leave the safety of my bunker. With no electricity to monitor the containment
fields around nuclear power plants or the military's thermonuclear weapons,
there could be hundreds or even thousands of radiation leaks worldwide from
this kind of equipment failing by now. Exposing whomever might still be alive
to massive amounts of radioactive particles. I'm not sure how long these
containment fields can hold up without electricity................I don't
really know. It's not exactly my area of expertise.…...........When I designed
this prototype shelter, I did not anticipate the need for any kind of
protective breathing suit. Where I needed to enter a world
filled with toxic fumes, ultraviolet radiation, or any kind of radiation. I
have no weapons to protect myself against roving bands of desperate looters
looking for clean food and water. The thought never crossed my mind that I
would need these things. I knew this shelter could handle anything the Earth
could throw at it. I didn't anticipate being alone here.…............Whomever
might be listening to me, I'm relying on you, to give me the
OK................The OK to go to the surface.......... ......If the world has
destroyed itself, as predicted by Oxford University's Quantum Mechanics
Mathematician Samuel P. Learn, where are the survivors?...............He
predicted the Earth was overdue for one of its global transformations, where
there is a mass extinction of life on the planet...............He predicted it
would be a new dawning age of enlightenment for any survivors................I
can't be the only one who has survived................Well, if you are worried
about answering my call because you might have to share vital supplies with me,
don't be. I am a former NASA engineer who designed the Human Habitat Europa
Six. A facility built so man could eventually have a research facility on
Europa itself, one of Jupiter's Moons................NASA and the ESA gave
their OK to launch the first phase of our ten-year mission beginning in two
years. Now look at them all................I suppose they're all dead or
starving or something................The idiots... ............My bunker has
all the same hydroponics designs, recyclable water filtration, radiation
protected walls, and stored, dried, food supplies for a family of four to live
on without rationing for two years. With the developments in harvesting
techniques greatly improved for the Europa Six Habitat, the edible plant life I
have growing is estimated to supply that family for ten years................My
clothes are lined with small battery cells, so with every movement I make, I am
actually charging each cell. All my exercise equipment is wired so that each
workout generates electricity. I have all the food, water, and energy I
need................I don't want your supplies. I want you to................To
talk to me................ Please................I want to hear another
person's voice................Sure, I have hundreds of recorded movies,
hundreds of digital music tracks, and I even have the latest hologram
technology of some of my old colleagues lecturing...... ….......I want to hear
from you................I'll try again tomorrow, and the next day, then the day
after that, until you talk to me................For one hundred eighty-eight
days straight, I've been broadcasting, and I know you are listening to me. You
have to be..................Over and out.”
“Daniel here. My call letters are A-L-I-V................I
will be broadcasting a recorded message for the next five to seven days. I have
some kind of virus causing extreme stomach cramps and nausea...............My
first aid kit is supplied with all the antibiotics I need to get through this
bug, so don't worry about me...............I'm starting a new calendar so all of
us survivors are on the same page once we venture back to the
surface...............It has been two hundred twenty-eight days since any
contact with the surface was lost to me. We will still go by the seven days a
week system, making today Sunday...............So expect to hear back from me
in about seven days. Maybe less, if I feel better...............Out!”
“That last song you've just heard was the final recording of
that fabulous quintet, formally known as Two Buck Howie with the Exact Change.
You could have picked up that beauty at any of your local internet Independent
Music Stores, when we still had the internet, for the extreme low price of
$15.95. But if someone is alive today, besides myself, you can
go ahead and loot those large chain stores for their lowest prices of the year,
free................Remember to tune in tomorrow to the coolest station this
side of the equator, A-L-I-V, to discover another new indie band called, The
Boll Weevils. The same fabulous guitar player and extraordinary drummer were
together in both bands. But I'll let you in on a little secret ahead of time,
the music from each band was unique to that particular group!...............So
fab, so fabulous!…..............To all you gorgeous people out there, if you
like the sounds you hear today and every day, give us a ring on this frequency
and we would love to put you on the guest list of our upcoming A-L-I-V
jamboree! It’s been Mother approved!…............This is Rockin' Dan Roosevelt
signing off for another day, wishing for of all my wonderful listeners out
there to go to Hell!...............I want you to go to Hell for not having the
sense to put me on your social network page as a fan favorite when you were
still alive!...............So go to Hell out there in radioland, and I'm out!”
“Call letters A-L-I-V................Tomorrow will be my
five hundredth day since I last saw the world as I once knew it. I never
thought I was going to be the only survivor................I once had a
girlfriend named Sherrie. But she didn't believe me when I started listening to
all those doomsayers who predicted the end was near. Funny thing, they were
right...............She said she would rather die with her family, than to live
in a world without them. I, on the other hand, was so afraid of dying, I left
behind the one person that I now believe I loved more than life
itself...............My daily thoughts are about her now. I have tried, for
all this time, to suppress my feelings for her, believing my relevance was
crucial in bringing forward the new utopia of mankind...............The absurd
thing about all of this? I wasn't willing to let any other human being come
down inside this bunker with me other than her...............I convinced my
superiors to let me be the one to do the "living test" in the Europa Habitat so
if the prediction of the end of our civilization came to pass, I would be
alive. If it didn't, I would just act like I was kidding around and we could have
gone on with our relationship...............I was so positive that there would
be other survivors out there that I never dreamed of being
alone...............Maybe the choice of an underwater location was unique. Probably
the size and materials I used to build this shelter were right on the mark to
survive not only the alien Moon Europa, but the destruction of the Earth
itself. The saddest part about all of this is, I could have fit twenty people
in here and we could have made it
work................ Tomorrow................Tomorrow, instead of going to the
surface to see what has happened to humanity, I'm going to stay right here in
my coffin and let the body die. …............If Einstein's conjecture is true,
where energy cannot be created nor destroyed, will my energy continue after
tomorrow? Well, apparently, I'm going to find out...............Today is my
last broadcast. Today................Hello Daniel................What? Is
someone there?...............Hello Daniel. ............... I can't believe it.
Ha ha ha ha ha. Someone is really out there! Ha ha!...............Hello
Daniel.. ..............Who is this? What are your call letters? Where are you
located?...............Hello Daniel...............OK, OK. Hello, hello, hello!
Wow, am I glad to hear from you. Man, this is great................Hello
Daniel................Wait, why are you only saying hello Daniel? Am I talking
to a computer that is trying to become self-aware or something? Did the
computers destroy humankind as predicted by so many?...............Hello
Daniel................Or is this my mind playing tricks on me? Am I going crazy
here? Am I really hearing this?............. ...Hello Daniel................Why
can't you say anything other than hello?.. ..............Hello
Daniel..............Wait a second, you speak another language, don't
you?...............Hello Daniel................Maybe you didn't think of
bringing material to learn another language. Ha, that has to be
it................Hello Daniel................ Man, right now I don't care what
the explanation is, I just love to hear you say those words.…............Hello
Daniel................OK. Ha ha ha. I am going to say things to you very slowly
now, so maybe you will be able to understand what I am going to tell you.
Tomorrow I will be broadcasting again on this same frequency at the same
time................Hello Daniel................I will write out as many
different greetings in as many different languages as I have on digital recordings. We will try to have a conversation with each other tomorrow,
OK?...............Hello Daniel................Great! Tomorrow
then................Hello Daniel.................Please, just one more thing
before I let you go. If you can answer me in your own language, is it too early
to go to the surface?...............Hello Daniel................ Yeah, what am
I thinking. You can't possibly understand me yet. Tomorrow then! Do not forget
to listen tomorrow................Hello Daniel................I am afraid, that
if I let you go right now, I will never hear from you
again!...............Hello Daniel.…............But just hearing you say hello
Daniel over and over again is getting on my nerves. So please, please, please
come back tomorrow, OK?...............Hello Daniel................Fine. Then
here it goes. Over and out!”
“Hello out there. A-L-I-V is back on the
air................Yes, I am still alive and kicking since one of you wonderful
listeners out there has finally answered my call................I'm just
hoping that it wasn't a fluke call yesterday or a figment of my imagination and
that the same wonderful person is listening today................Buon
Giorno................ Halo................Bonjour................Hoy, Hei,
Sveiki................ Ahoj.......... ......Allah.................Don't make me
come out there and wring your neck you son-of-a-bitch................Hello
Daniel................OK, great. Whew, at least we know I'm not going
crazy................Hello Daniel....... .........Hello back to you my insipid
friend. Why do you always say my name with no emotion to
it?...............Hello Daniel................Am I talking to a computer? Is
that what this is?...............Hello Daniel.......... ......I knew it. You're
a damn computer................No Daniel, I am not..... ...........Whoa. The
computer has learned a few more words for today..... ..........I can assure you
Daniel that I am not a computer................Then why do you say everything
in a monotone voice?............... First, I had to learn your
language................What do you mean by that exactly? Two days ago you
couldn't speak English?...............Two of your planet's orbiting rotations
of your star, I could not speak a single language. Today I speak every single
one that was ever spoken on this planet................What are you talking
about? You say you're not a computer, then how in the hell could you learn over
six thousand languages in two days?...............We are not of this
Earth................ What?...............We are not of this
Earth................Hello Daniel.............. ..Hello Daniel................What kind of bull are you trying to feed me, you are not from
this Earth?...............We are not of this Earth............... So you are
trying to tell me, you're from another planet?...............We are not of this
Earth. ...............And there is more than one of you?........ ........We are
not of this Earth................This isn't funny if someone is trying to play
a joke on me?...............We are not of this Earth................ Then where
are you from?...............A parallel Earth................What the hell are
you talking about?...............We are not of this Earth. We are from another
Earth................You really say a lot of bullshit, don't you? I'm outta
here.”
“Hello Daniel...............Just out of curiosity, you knew I would turn on my ham
radio today, didn't you?...............Yes
Daniel...............I thought about what you said yesterday. We had theoretical physicists who used to explain the multidimensional Universes in
terms of parallels. The funny thing is, they used to call it Parallel Universe
Theory!...............I know Daniel.…............Before I get into that, I want
to ask you a simple question. Did you destroy mankind?…............No one is
dead Daniel.…............Then why can't I raise anyone on my shortwave
radio?…............Our essence has merged with humanity's
essence .…............What does that mean? You are somehow possessing everyone's
body?…............Our essence has merged with humanity's
essence................OK, if you won't answer that question, tell me why you
had to merge with humanity?…............To stop you from destroying your
planet.…............Too late. It's gone.…............No Daniel. Your planet is
still here. Your way of life has been destroyed.... .…........If you are from a
different Parallel Universe as you say, why worry about what happens to
us?…............To save our planet............... I don't understand. What does
destroying our planet have to do with destroying your
planet?…............Simply explained, in your unsophisticated Quantum Mechanical
definition of Parallel Universes. Each Universe is separated from each
other by a single quantum event. …............I understand the definition.
Explain it on how it applies here.…............Daniel, you make a decision to
turn right as you walk, another Daniel in another universe goes straight,
and another Daniel turns left in his parallel universe. For every possibility in
your life there is a Daniel going in every possible direction. I am the Daniel
who has managed total enlightenment. So I am able to interact with each
Daniel.…............OK? So you are saying, because you are enlightened, that
should explain how you are able to travel from your universe to any universe or
I should say, from dimension to dimension, so you can communicate with me or
any parallel Daniel. …............Yes.…............But you keep avoiding my
initial question of, why? Why come here to stop us from destroying our
planet?................ I can only explain it in terms your primitive mind can
understand. With an analogy to your simple understanding of Quantum Mechanics.
Your finest grand pianos have 236 strings to them. Each string represents a universe right next to one another, but those universes are not unique, but
mirror images of each other, as in your Parallel Universe Theory. Each Earth,
from every universe, is next to one another on the same point in time on each
different string. All strings on the piano are wound extremely tight and are
placed just far enough away from one another as not to touch. Yet if one Earth
destroys itself, it is like breaking one of those piano strings. That string,
no longer has its expected tension across the Universal Parallel Bridge, which
holds all the strings. The gravitational effect will act like a vacuum on the
space-time continuum. Pulling surrounding strings in to fill the
void.…............I'm listening, but I have hundreds of equations telling me
you are handing me a line of bull.…............Then look at the strings as
having magnets representing all the stars, planets, moons, or anything else
having a gravitational force to it. They face each other with opposite magnetic
poles. These opposite magnetic fields push on each other keeping the membrane
of each string from touching one another. If you take away or eliminate one of
the magnetic forces on a string, the space-time becomes flat, or ineffectual in
that part of the universe. There is nothing to hold back the magnetic forces
from either side of the flat membrane from attracting one another. This
attraction eventually punches a White Hole into the ineffectual membrane,
creating Black Holes on the two opposite universes, eventually causing a ripple
effect through all the parallel universes, and destroying all that once was there
in all parallels.…............For my simple understanding, you're saying I
have three pieces of paper with a magnet attached to each one, pushing
themselves away from each other. If I take the middle magnet out of the
equation, the other two will attract each other, pulling themselves into the
middle piece of paper. Which creates a White Hole on the center page and
creating two Black Holes on the other two pages...............Simply
speaking...............Has this ever happened before, elsewhere in the
Universe?...............Yes...............
Then why hasn't this effect destroyed the adjoining 2 parallel galaxies?...............We continually prevent it from ever
happening close to your solar system, but there are systems with 2 to 3 black holes in both of our galaxies...............But the cosmos is evolving all the time.
How can you stop changes in the different universes in every dimension?...............We are not. We only affect what will affect us if we do
nothing...............So you are trying to tell me, if this Earth would destroy itself,
eventually the void would cause a wave of destruction among all the Earths in
every dimension? ...............Yes...............And how long will this take, to
destroy all the Earths?...............As measured by Earth's rotation around the
Sun. One point three billion of your Earth years. ...............Why the hell do you care what
happens in 1.3 billion years?...............It is calculated that our world will
be the first to become a Black Hole................Why not move?...............It
is our home...............You've got to be kidding me?…............It is our
home...............For being enlightened, you guys sure seem to be pretty
sentimental about your home planet. …............It is our
home................ Why are you telling me all of this?…............We want you to
come out to the surface so you can be cleansed with your
planet.…............What do you mean, cleansed?…............So the pessimistic
virus you carry in your mind will not affect the ones who have been
cleansed.…............I don't like the way that sounds!…............We want you
to come out to the surface so you can be cleansed with your planet.
…............What if I don't?…............We want you to come out to the
surface so you can be cleansed with your planet.…............How come you can't
reach me in my habitat? Why do you need me to come to the surface?................ We want you to come out to the surface so you can be cleansed
with your planet.…............It must be something inside the structure of the
habitat I created for the Europa Moon Mission, isn't it! You can't reach me in
here, can you?…............We want you to come out to the surface so you can be
cleansed with your planet.…............And now you won't answer any of my
questions!…............We want you to come out to the surface so you can be
cleansed with your planet.…............You're still not telling me everything.
I think I'll listen to the recordings I just made of our conversation and talk
to you tomorrow................It is the truth Daniel................If you
think I'm going to believe that bunch of bull, you are sadly mistaken. What a
bunch of crap.…............It is the truth Daniel................You know what
I think? I think it's a lot simpler than that. It's as simple as having a
dislike for doppelgangers in other dimensions................Daniel, it is the
truth................Yeah, right............. ...It is the truth.
...............Daniel?...............It is the
truth................ Daniel?...............”
“Hello Daniel.…............Wow, you must have been listening
to my broadcasts for a while, since you obviously know my routine so
well.…............We want you to come out to the surface so you can be cleansed
with your planet.…........…....Oh, that again. Tell me something. Why didn't
you just let me kill myself the other day instead of trying to convince me to
come out of my bunker?…............We are not here to kill human beings. Our
essence has merged with humanity's essence.…............Yeah, that merging of
essence has me a little worried and wondering what you're really up
to!…........….We want you to come out to the surface so you can be cleansed
with your planet.…............Cleansing and merging. I'm not so sure you are
really telling me the whole truth! …............ Daniel! This is not a child's
game we are playing here! It is vital that you come out now to the surface so
you can be cleansed with your planet!…............You see, I don't think you're
telling me the whole truth, the real, because of how you've changed over the
last few days! I've noticed that from the first day, when you only spoke two
words in a monotone voice, that you are now using our English grammar more
fluently and with a lot of emotion to it! I'm wondering if you are not some
kind of child yourself. Just now understanding how the human race thinks and
you're growing bolder as you gain more knowledge. You talk about cleansing the
human race. Our planet's history has also had many tyrannical dictators who wanted
to cleanse this or that race whom they felt were inferior. They wanted to eliminate
those people from our planet. And right about now I'm thinking you are not as
superior, or as friendly as you say.…............Don't be so absurd! You are
but a microorganism to us on the evolutionary scale!…............Well, well!
For someone who is here to merge with us humans, I believe your lack of a calm
superior attitude is showing.…............Daniel if you don't come out we
cannot help you. You will be alone. …............ So, you want to help this
protoplasm. So I won't be alone? …............ Daniel, we will be leaving
shortly. You must come out now and be cleansed with your planet. Time is of the
essence...............I don't think so! I believe you sent an EM Field which
crippled our planet's defenses so you could implement whatever vulgar, deviant
plan you have for mankind. You knew chaos would ensue once all electronic
devices were destroyed and then you could have your way with the
survivors... .….........Daniel, you are becoming paranoid.…............What have
you really done with the World's population?…............Daniel, you must come
out now so you can be cleansed with your planet.…............I believe I'm
actually going to watch some old reruns of my favorite TV show and listen to
some music for a month or so. Then, if you are still around, maybe you'll give
me some honest answers. Over and out!…............Hello
Daniel................ Daniel?................ Daniel?.......... ......”
“Hi, this is Cat Sands, or Catherine Sands. Call letters
W-M-E-X. I'm broadcasting from a substation out in the Mojave Desert for a
Spanish speaking FM radio station covering the Las Vegas, Nevada area. I had
two other companions here with me, both engineers, but I'm alone now. Each one
of them decided to go to Vegas, on separate occasions, to evaluate what the
conditions were like in the city. I was hoping they would bring back food and
supplies. Neither one has returned. I have rigged up an ancient shortwave
radio and rewired a gas generator so I am able to broadcast once again. Please
contact me at this frequency. This message will automatically repeat itself
every half-hour. Please contact me. Let me know I'm not alone!”
Hello Catherine.…............Is someone really
there?…............Hello Catherine.…............Is that a woman's voice I
hear?...............Hello Catherine................Finally, after all this
time! Yes, this is Cat Sands. Who am I speaking with?…............Hello
Catherine.”
This is,
Hoping Aliens Are A Little More Friendly Than My Imagination,
Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Do you ever wonder if--well, if there are people living on the third planet? The third planet is incapable of supporting life, stated the husband patiently. Our scientists have said there's far too much oxygen in their atmosphere.”
- Ray Bradbury, -
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