# Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-august-4-2026-in-the-city-of-allendale-california/1032132 "2026-08-04T04:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-august-4-2026-in-the-city-of-allendale-california/1032132/1 "2026-08-04T04:38:49Z")
If you haven’t read [“There Will Come Soft Rains”](https://users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Docs/BradburyStories(1).pdf) by Ray Bradbury, check it out. But be advised, it’s a downer. It’s also an example of how it’s not so hard to predict how technology will develop (Snow Crash is another good example), but less easy to predict how society will change. In this version of 2026, there’s still only one household earner, people still have fried eggs and bacon for breakfast, coffee is just coffee, and there’s no TV. Also, I spot an error. Dad was apparently mowing the lawn when It Happened, but later, a self-propelled mower does its thing. Sigh. Yet another fictional-future date that becomes the past. But hey, we made it this far… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-august-4-2026-in-the-city-of-allendale-california/1032132)._