<HTML>In a message dated 9/12/01 9:35:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">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 world wars. 2001 is the first year of the new century and this is the 9th month. New York is located on the 45th parallel.  Or, put another way, at 45 degrees. </BLOCKQUOTE> This is not the writings of Nostradamus. This is one of several internet hoaxes making the rounds. It is based on the 97th quatrain in the 6th century ( 6th group of 100 4 line poems, the 97th poem in the group) which reads "<XMP>At forty-five degrees the sky will burn,Fire to approach the great new city:In an instant a great scattered flame will leap up,When one will want to demand proof of the Normans." Here's a link to a site with all the quatrains: http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/titan.htm Just thought you'd want to know. Larry </HTML>