# The (SF) Futures Left Behind

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-futures-left-behind/708674>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 1, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-futures-left-behind/708674 "2015-01-01T12:59:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sf-futures-left-behind/708674/70 "2026-08-04T18:15:46Z")

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Bumped.

Today we reached a future date written about by Ray Bradbury:

> [@Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-august-4-2026-in-the-city-of-allendale-california/1032132/4):
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> I remember that story well, and am glad to see we’ve reached today without (yet) destroying ourselves in a nuclear war.

And see: [There Will Come Soft Rains (short story) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(short_story))

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