Comments on 'High Tide'Adaime stood in the doorway to the bedroom. In the darkness, she could just faintly see Steve's chest rhythmically rising and falling. She walked quietly to the bed and layed down beside him.
"It's going to be okay," he whispered. "We've got the Appalachians to the east, and the Rockies to the west. We're safe."
"Half of Texas is going to be underwater during high tide tonight..." she mumbled, "and they don't even know yet."
"There's nothing you can do, Adaime. New York didn't believe you, DC didn't believe you -"
"- And now they're both gone," she interrupted. "Gone...Washed away...Flooded by that damn meteor's high tide." She nearly got out of bed in anger, but Steve's arms held her back.
"You need to rest, Adaime. There's nothing you can do for them, you've already done everything you could. Now we just look out for us."
"...I know." she relaxed in his embrace.
He kissed the back of her neck, his face buried in her long, soft hair. "Get some sleep, love."2008-02-03T11:58:55Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/19754Comment on High Tide<p>lol Tarzan, lol. I did like the quiet bedtime scene as a background for the disaster. Even after tragedy you need your sleep because life goes on.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19754?basename=385102008-02-03T11:58:55ZTad Winslowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/tjdComment on High Tide<p>Bruce Willis should just go blow it up.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19754?basename=379892008-02-01T04:12:12ZCrown Me Tarzan, King of Marshttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_605Comment on High Tide<p>slightly like the way harry potter thinks, always doing something. haha sorry for my harry potter obsession.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19754?basename=378102008-01-31T20:41:16ZyoITSmehttp://ficlets.com/authors/fillupComment on High Tide<p>As to the tides, it could be opposite the moon, like I mentioned, as well. And the sun plays a role too.<br />Observe: http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/images/tides.gif</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19754?basename=378002008-01-31T19:55:14ZFyora Cartaganhttp://ficlets.com/authors/fyoramacraggeComment on High Tide<p><strong>Asteroid</strong>: any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter<br /><strong>Meteor</strong>: any of the small particles of matter in the solar system that are directly observable only by their incandescence from frictional heating on entry into the atmosphere<br /><strong>Meteoroid</strong>: a meteor in orbit around the sun<br /><strong>Meteorite</strong>: a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized</p>
<p>It really doesn’t fit any of these…</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19754?basename=377972008-01-31T19:44:23ZFyora Cartaganhttp://ficlets.com/authors/fyoramacraggeComment on High Tide<p>It’s only a meteor if it’s falling through the atmosphere.</p>
<p>Let me get this straight…<br />Earth has somehow captured a huge asteroid in its orbit? Or it’s a near pass by one?</p>
<p>To cause extra-high tides, it would have to be on the same side of the planet as the moon…</p>
<p>Still confused, but in a different manner.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19754?basename=377862008-01-31T18:54:01ZWhite Hathttp://ficlets.com/authors/whitehatComment on High Tide<p>I love apocalypse stories and your approach at this one is wonderful. I could feel her frustration and his desire to soothe her. Well done.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19754?basename=377802008-01-31T18:48:34ZMeliahttp://ficlets.com/authors/meliaComment on High Tide<p>Lovely portrait of not only two lovers but two different approaches to the impending disaster, the monumental, immense thing out there. One survival, the other frantic desire to ‘do something’. Very neat.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19754?basename=377662008-01-31T17:59:38ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477