# Nostradamus question...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-question/81362>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-question/81362 "2001-09-13T15:55:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-question/81362/1 "2001-09-13T15:55:08Z")

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I need some help in the battle vs ignorance. I have now received from three different folks a version of this e-mail:

> [@](#):
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> \> This is just too freaky…  
> \> \>  
> \> \> \>  
> \> \> \> September 11th, 2001  
> \> \> \>  
> \> \> \> THIS IS HARD TO BELIEVE…  
> \> \> \>  
> \> \> \> Nostradamus’ prediction on WW3:  
> \> \> \>  
> \> \> \> “In the year of the new century and nine months,  
> \> \> \> From the sky will come a great King of Terror…  
> \> \> \> The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.  
> \> \> \> Fire approaches the great new city…”  
> \> \> \> “In the city of york there will be a great collapse,  
> \> \> \> 2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos while the fortress falls the great  
> \> \> \> leader  
> \> \> \> will succumb third big war will begin when the big city is burning”  
> \> \> \>  
> \> \> \> - NOSTRADAMUS  
> \> \> \>  
> \> \> \> He said this will be bigger than the previous two.  
> \> \> \> 2001 is the first year of the new century and this is the 9th month.  
> \> \> \> New York is located at the 41st degree Latitude.  
> \> \>

The first time I saw this I did a search on the web for Nostradamus’ quatrains and found a site, that had both the original French and a translation into English. Needless to say that the above quatrains has had some serious modifications from the original. They seem to have taken some artistic liberties in the translations and mashed to separate quatrains together.

Now I can’t find the site which I found yesterday [sub]curse me for not bookmarking it [/sub]. Anybody out there into this stuff, with a sceptical point of view? Good site references?

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-question/81362/2 "2001-09-13T15:59:53Z")

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I think this thread, [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86941](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86941) and I don’t know how many others will anser all your questions.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-question/81362/3 "2001-09-13T16:08:29Z")

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Thanks Floater, I had seen something about this in one of the other forums, but it had been not really addressed. Sorry I missed it here.