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SciFi/Fantasy 111206

On this date in 1811, the first of three major earthquakes rocked eastern half of the USA from New Madrid, Missouri. Church bells rang from the shock in Charleston, South Carolina, chimneys crumbled throughout Ohio, and in places the Mississippi River flowed backwards.

Write a scene in which an elder or teacher in your world describes a similarly astounding natural disaster and how the culture or society has changed and adapted as a result.

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