Catastrophe (part fifty)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part fifty) On the 9th, we resumed the rescue. At 11:30, we were moored before the cove of Belleville, 200 meters from land. A movement underwater occurred. Bubbles, swirls, turbulence. The boat carried three times around its anchor. Pods of […]
Catastrophe (part forty-nine)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-nine) XXXII The Observations of the Pouyer-Quertier The exact unfolding of the phenomena Now, the most precise observations, the best and clearest noted on the eruptions of Mount Pelée, and […]
Catastrophe (part forty-eight)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-eight) M. Le Bris, commander of the Suchet, coordinated observations taken on naval ships in the waters of Martinique, and collated them in his report to the Naval Minister, sent by the same mail steamer that […]
Catastrophe (part forty-seven)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-seven) Thus at the limit of the volcano’s action, people died of asphyxiation, not burns. An instantaneous death, as with all who were found mutilated, crushed, burned, carbonized, at the heart of this choking, explosive action. […]
Catastrophe (part forty-six)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-six) Letters, carried a by boat that left Saint-Pierre at six in the morning, and were received that day at Fort-de-France, prove that in other quarters, in houses on other streets than Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, many women had not slept […]
Catastrophe (part forty-five)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-five) XXIX An Observation of M. Muller The equipage of the doctor. Proof of instant death. Some who first saw the stricken bodies in the streets of Saint-Pierre, and notably, in […]
Catastrophe (part forty-four)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (forty-four) On the 18th, an event more powerful, with detonations at the mountain’s summit, and the village ground quaking. They collected ash and sent this to Fort-de-France, where it was analyzed by M. Mirville. They warned the […]
House for Sale: This Week’s AI Images
Last week, my theme was military vehicles. A request for a sonic weapon van disguised as a house for sale became the jumping off point for this week’s series. My first choice was “a house for sale with a dark secret”. This entire image could work for the cover […]
Camouflage: This Week’s AI Images
Last week I did fashion, and since I like to jump off from one project to the next, I chose the military theme explored with gala gown for an army general, and asked for ways of disguising weaponry… A tank disguised as cheese. All four images were similar, so I chose […]

Style Statements: This Week’s AI Images
Can the bot play fashion designer? Last week’s fantasy figures sported some snazzy looks, raising the question of whether the bot, as designer, could do custom orders. My first request was for a business suit, for a Supreme Court Justice, who uses a wheelchair. The bot did put faces on these […]