[SPOILER] The story is about the Mediterranean sea which completely dries and then fills back up in a massive flood. http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/

[SPOILER] The story is about the Mediterranean sea which completely dries and then fills back up in a massive flood. http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ [/SPOILER] There's a lot of subtext in Time, but you only caught what was immediately apparent. I'm very sorry!