Did Nostradamus predict the floods?

Question

I seem to remember as a child reading a book on Nostradamus' predictions, one of which was that Southern England would have catastrophic flooding around the year 2000. I have also heard that his predictions are 6 or 7 years out as the calendar they were based on had fewer days.

Answer 1

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think he predicted anything.

Answer 2

The quartains that nostradamus wrote were fairly vague, and could be applied a number of situations in after thought. A number of more specific versions of his quartains are floating around the internet, most of which are purely made up recently and not real quartains.
His predictions so far have all been applied to situations after the fact, so even if they were predicted by some kind of psychic power, they are completely useless.
He lived in Europe in the early 1500s, so he used the same calandar as us.
Without delving to deeply into his specific predictions, he probably made some predictions of catastrophe for the year 2000, but that was very popular amounst prophets until it happened, because people believed the year 2000 was something special and stuff would happen.
If it happened 6 or 7 years later, you are just justifying the prediction and it is not evidence of any kind of accuracy. There was bound to be some kind of flooding in Southern England at some point in time.

Answer 3

Nostradamus' writings are so cryptic and metaphorical; they are completely open to interpretation. Anytime something newsworthy happens, a select few turn to Nostradamus to see if he predicted it. Because of the ambiguity, they can easily find something he wrote and tie it to current events. Usually these interpretations are a stretch to say the least. I think it's all bunk until someone can start using his writings to predict the future.

Answer 4

Nostradamus never mentions dates in his writings. It is only a few modern people who have read his writings and though that some event that happened already bears some resemblance to something he wrote. But nobody has ever correctly predicted a future event based on any of his writings.

He says things like, "There shall be earthquakes in divers places" and some person will look at a record of Earthquakes and see that several happened in one year in different places and he will say that Nostradamus predicted it. But nobody ever reads "There shall be earthquakes in divers places" BEFORE the earthquakes and then says when they will happen, because you can't tell from such a general statement. Or if they do say when they should happen, they don't happen as predicted after all.

Answer 5

No. Nostradamus didn't. The bible didn't. Nobody predicted anything. I can say that sometime around 2009 there is going to be a devastating storm over the U.S... Woohoo. I'm gonna be famous now.

Answer 6

The "predictions" of Nostradamus are cultural myth. As the future does not yet exist, it is simply not possible to foretell the future or predict what will happen beyond the obvious. (like, "I look out the window and see my neighbor's tire is starting to go flat. I can predict that my neighbor will be out there changing the tire before he goes to work in the morning.")

But that's as far ahead as anyone can see. And that goes for Nostrdamus (a Latin name that means "our man") as much as for anyone.

Sorry.

Answer 7

Yes he did predict the floods. He also predicted that someone called Girlsgirl would ask a question about his predictions on Yahoo Answers, on this very day. When it comes to predictions he was on fire!!!

Answer 8

There is a DVD on Nostradamus's predictions, he predicted that the Yellow nation will rule the world.

Answer 9

The answer is No, not particularly.
The Nostradamus "Quatrains" are interestingly close on a few historical events but then, again, you can take horoscopes, biblical text, Greek Mythology, even, Aesop's Fables, and align them all to something historical and/or of
human nature, within any generation's lifetime, and they seem to make sense or be mysteriously accurate and of the time. Many ancient texts and stories are assimilated accounts of great disasters and human faults, encapsulated in "lesson stories." These stories (or news) traveled from village to village as both entertainment and record keeping. Before writing and duplicated text was more commonplace, storytelling was how humans kept history, showcased their hero tales and God(s), as well as attempted to warn or predict the repeating of bad events for bad people.
Nostradamus' writings are somewhere between the ancient Epic story form and cryptic Mysticism. Perhaps, envisioning Shakespeare with a Swami turban and a crystal ball will help conjure the image.
Without pouring through Nostradamus' entire writings for this answer, I believe one example of his predictions involved the name "Himler," which coincided with Hitler or one of Hitler's elite evil goons. As for floods, earthquakes and other disasters, these things have been predicted all throughout human existence, and by many cultures. Some texts have simply withstood the ages more than others, beit through particular Faiths or simply sparking the human imagination - as well as, preying on our fears and curiosity of the unknown.
So,I don't think Nostradamus was "getting a direct, concise vision from the Future" so much as he was trying to make a dime after having been an expert apothecary. Maybe, he suddenly felt an urge for a change of Profession and was inspired to write poetry like, Dante's "The Divine Comedy" (1300's) or like Shakespeare, a 1500's contemporary. Whatever the reason, he successfully managed to amuse and astound the high courts and Laymen at a time (1500's), when Mysticism was a growing trend and horoscopes were trendy and necessary tools for setting policies and Life decisions for the elite. 'Twas the thing to do and it slightly skirted Church heracy guidelines so, it felt edgy and underground; secret spiritualism societies were everywhere. Evoking cosmic guidance was Pop. To tantalize the mind with shocking mental visualizations of horrifying events, was the sensationalism of it's time.
Words had much more a far-reaching emotional effect than they do Today. So, to be able to guide people to also "see" made them believe that what is being said or written MUST be true, if they could exclaim in amazement and awe, "Because I can see it too." Look at the stretches that modern horror films have to go to shock us, in comparison to what was shocking in 1950. The same escalation applies to the written/spoken word.
My speculation is, his ultimate, long lived message we know may be so dark, due not only to the illness-ridden times in which he lived but also in reaction to personal illness (gout?), which, he as an Apothecary, could not cure.
Artists can often manifest their darkest, and most brilliant works, in times of despair. We all interpret works of art and poetry differently, and often can find ourselves connecting and/or relating to a particular piece because it evokes something familiar in us - or something in it happens to align with an actual event a day or hundreds of years later. If you write enough books, make enough art, something is bound to relate in time. This doesn't make it prophetic but it does make it observant to human nature and the grand cycles of History, Nature and Life - even "Visionary."
So, don't worry your head so much on prophetic accuracy. It's interpretive, cryptic, and will always be speculative. What you can count on, beyond Death and Taxes, is the Earth is gonna do what the Earth is gonna do what the Earth is gonna do and Humans will be Humans, but not always Humane. The best thing you can do is monitor weather cycles, earthquake/volcanic activity and analysis, and be prepared like our "more in-tuned," nomadic, planetary ancestors used to be - and some still are. Be your own Nostradamus. Anybody can, if they will listen close enough and open their eyes beyond the immediate moment of Being.

Answer 10

wow is that true then nostradamus was correct was,nt he i wonder if he no,s what the winning number,s are going to be Saturday

Answer 11

Don't know, but i predict all the water will disappear within two weeks