TIME SPIKE — snippet 42
TIME SPIKE – snippet 42:
Chapter 28
At what he estimated was noon, Joe Schuler called a halt. He had to estimate based on the sun’s position, because he couldn’t use his watch. The watch was working, as were most watches. The problem was that they were skewed. His watch said it was 6:17 AM. Not surprising, really. It would be a little much to expect that a disaster that had sent them all back tens of millions of year in time would have maintained the same time of day. Someday, he supposed, if they could survive long enough to afford the luxury, they’d have to agree on a new standard.