Uproot

The end began three years after the flooding began. Hurricanes hammered away at the coastlines and tsunamis slowly plunged coastal cities underwater, one by one. Many stubborn humans, determined to drown with their ships, clung steadfast to the artificial material world around them and stayed in their homes. Some of them died oblivious to the catastrophe, because they never unplugged their optic link from the Internet for long enough to see what was happening in the reality around them. Some said that they were the lucky ones. They never had to see what was to come.