Some mornings I am there so early that sun hasn't risen yet. I enjoy watching stars twinkle in pre-dawn. Slowly sun begins to rise, and light begins to push back darkness. The process is fascinating.

Some mornings I am treated to a spectacular sunrise scene. The colors bouncing off nearby clouds give me a pleasing light show. I watch colors change from pink to purple to orange to yellow.

Other mornings it's stormy outside, and all I see are storm clouds angrily racing across sky. There's magnificence in power of storm as it marches through affecting everything around.

And then there are mornings where nothing particularly spectacular is going on. The sky is clear, and as sun rises, it quietly bursts forth onto scene lighting earth.

Of course, ever since that time, works of this man have been claimed to have foretold just about everything, including wars, rise and fall of empires, assassinations and disasters, as well as just about anything else.

Anyone who has ever really read these prophecies will immediately realize that they are written in such a vague way that they could mean almost anything. Nostradamus was purposely vague in his writings, as he was constantly being harassed and watched by church.

Naturally, there are many people who claim right away that Nostradamus predicted September 11th disasters. In fact, following "prophecy" circulated within hours of attack.

In City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while fortress endures, great leader will succumb, The third big war will begin when big city is burning

- Nostradamus 1654

It's interesting to note how stupid some people are - Nostradamus died in 1566. If you are going to make a hoax at least get your facts right! By way, this actually was created by a student at Brock University in Canada in 1990s, appearing on an essay on Nostradamus. He was trying to show how anyone could make something that looks like a prophecy.

Someone obviously mistook this for a real prophecy and added a few lines of his own.

In City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while fortress endures, great leader will succumb, The third big war will begin when big city is burning

On 11th day of 9 month, two metal birds will crash into two tall statues in new city, and world will end soon after.

I received another with a slight variation. Note that Nostradamus is misspelled and that New York is at 41st degree of latitude, not 45th (the email author pointed out 45 was latitude of New York). By way, none of these lines has anything to do with anything that was written by Nostradamus, except that someone went to some trouble to mix and match a few lines here and there.

In year of new century and nine months, From sky will come a great King of Terror. The sky will burn at forty-five degrees. Fire approaches great new city

In city of york there will be a great collapse, 2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos while fortress falls; great leader will succumb; third big war will begin when big city is burning

-NOSTRIDAMUS

and yet another variation: