If my calculations are correct..
When Juliette said she had been on the island for "3 years, 2 months, 22 days"..
It equates to Mid-Late December 2004..
We all remember what happened in late December? December 26th to be exact?
The Tsunami at Sri Lanka..
Just think about it.
Goodnight.
That was my observation for the evening.

I like this theory better than the 9/11 Theory. It just sounds more like what LOST is all about.

They are in 2004 now in the show not current time

Remember the World Series tape Ben showed Jack?...Ben said the plane left in Sept of 04..then showed him the World Series tape..so they are in November '04...

That timeline would make it Sept. '01 that she went there...

But we're still in LOST time right? So it's actually STILL 2004 to them.

But remember it's still the year 2004 in the Lost-verse, so going back from the day this episode takes place (end of November... the 29th, I think?), then she would have come to the island in 2001. I don't really see why or where there would be a connection to 9/11, though.

ETA: Aaaand I got beat to it by two people.... le sigh.

http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Timeline

The current day is Dec. 3, 2004.

yeah it would be around 9/11, though it is quite convenient that if you count back from the current date, you are close to tsunami time.

http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showpost.php?p=1363397&postcount=15

Juliet arrived on the island about 5 days before 9/11. I think. If she counted right.

Of course...the Tsunami is still a possibility if they are where we think they are...

... think about it... wow, Baileysdad, you could be right. Would they really end the series with it? Yikes. Kinda horrifying to use an event like that for a TV show, I hope they don't.

... think about it... wow, Baileysdad, you could be right. Would they really end the series with it? Yikes. Kinda horrifying to use an event like that for a TV show, I hope they don't.

I doubt it. That would be in extremely bad taste.

I doubt it. That would be in extremely bad taste.
yeah I am on the train that says they (writers) have a little more in store for their story than that.

I agree it's unlikely that tragedy of staggering proportions would be used as an element of the show. Then there's that little detail that we expect they are in the Pacific, and the tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean.

Bad taste, but also the tsunami didn't make it to Fiji.

Just wanted to say that, yes 2007 minus 2004 is 3 but we're in February and that was December, so it's more like 2 years - 2 years one month and 13 days, to be exact ...

On the island it is early December 2004. We are not in the same year as it is on hte island because only 74 days have passed in the 2+ years we've been watching this show.
Juliet arrived on island just before 9/11/2001. Did DHARMA know something about the terrorists attacks and visited Juliet in the morgue because they had to get her to the island before air transportation was shut down?

I think the reference to time, to 9/11, is to show that on that day, all commercial airlines were grounded. The only way she could have gotten to the island that day is on a military flight.

I think the reference to time, to 9/11, is to show that on that day, all commercial airlines were grounded. The only way she could have gotten to the island that day is on a military flight.

AH, now I think we're cooking with gas!!

yeah I am on the train that says they (writers) have a little more in store for their story than that.

especially since the tsunami (12/04) hadn't happened yet when the series began in 9/04 and TPTB claim to have had their ending in mind from the start. that's not to say that the tsunami won't be recognized on the island (it's effects were seen globally, even on the east coast of the US). besides, if that was how they were gonna end the show, they'd only have 20-30 island days to wrap things up, which i think is too little time... i'd look for a mention of strange tides somewhere in the middle of season 4 (if in fact the island is still in real world time).

--billy

On the island it is early December 2004. We are not in the same year as it is on hte island because only 74 days have passed in the 2+ years we've been watching this show.
Juliet arrived on island just before 9/11/2001. Did DHARMA know something about the terrorists attacks and visited Juliet in the morgue because they had to get her to the island before air transportation was shut down?
They seem to know alot, but IMHO I think they used the attacks as a way to KEEP Juliet on the Island.

They told her that they could have her back in time for the birth of her sister's baby, but with the attacks of 9/11, they had a convenient excuse to convince Juliet that a terrible tragedy had befallen the outside world and they needed to stay on the Island to stay safe. ;)

Sri Lanka?

The tsunami mainly hit Indonesia.

If it's December 2nd or 3rd of 2004 on the island right now then 3 years, 2 months and 22 days backward is 9-11-2001, depending on if the writers took into account that 2004 was a leap year, but it seems obvious that we're supposed to believe Juliet arrived on the island on 9/11 so what would be the significance of that?

Well, I see Smidge's point that on 9/11, only military planes were allowed in the airspace after approximately 9:00 a.m. EST. Could hold some significance, as to fly from the west coast to somewhere in the pacific, you'd be working backwards in terms of time zones. Not sure though . . .

If it's December 2nd or 3rd of 2004 on the island right now then 3 years, 2 months and 22 days backward is 9-11-2001, depending on if the writers took into account that 2004 was a leap year, but it seems obvious that we're supposed to believe Juliet arrived on the island on 9/11 so what would be the significance of that?

http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showpost.php?p=1363397&postcount=15

No. She got there five days beforehand. I think.

http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showpost.php?p=1363397&postcount=15

No. She got there five days beforehand. I think.

If the official Lost Timeline says that the day of the episode "Not in Portland" occurred on December 3rd, 2004, and Juliet said she'd been on this island for 3 yrs, 2 months, and 22 days, then:

1) 2004 - 3 = 2001 => December 3rd, 2001
2) December --> November --> October (2 months) => October 3rd, 2001
3) Count the 2 days in October --> 20 days remaining => October 1st, 2001
4) September = 30 days; include the 30th in the count => September 11th, 2001

Now, she was in Miami when she was recruited...maybe her and Bush (he was nearby if I'm not mistaken) flew to the Hanso compound on the West Coast somewhere (maybe in Portland) before she took off to the island we've grown to love, while Bush and THF cleaned up their mess of a conspiracy.:)

P.S.
Don't believe in conspiracies while living in this reality we've all agreed on as "planet Earth".

Leave the conspiring for the gods of Lost (DL & CC), because only someone with complete control over their reality and universe could have a hodge-podge of government cronies and elitists/CEOs orchestrate the most flawlessly executed attack on American soil and get away with it.

P.P.S.
I mean how could such a huge and monumental plan not be burning inside at least a thousand skulls (i'm guessing it would take at least that many guys 'n gals) around the world, and no one's talking?

Come on, people, there are such things as government secrets, but it is absurd and irrational to explain the randomness and awesome power/horror of 9/11 with a plan such as the 9/11 conspirators describe and come to no consensus on, mind you.

Hmmm....maybe that's because they're filling in the gaps with whatever John Ryan fan fiction they wrote on their blog!

If the official Lost Timeline says that the day of the episode "Not in Portland" occurred on December 3rd, 2004, and Juliet said she'd been on this island for 3 yrs, 2 months, and 22 days, then:

1) 2004 - 3 = 2001 => December 3rd, 2001
2) December --> November --> October (2 months) => October 3rd, 2001
3) Count the 2 days in October --> 20 days remaining => October 1st, 2001
4) September = 30 days; include the 30th in the count => September 11th, 2001

Now, she was in Miami when she was recruited...maybe her and Bush (he was nearby if I'm not mistaken) flew to the Hanso compound on the West Coast somewhere (maybe in Portland) before she took off to the island we've grown to love, while Bush and THF cleaned up their mess of a conspiracy.:)

P.S.
Don't believe in conspiracies while living in this reality we've all agreed on as "planet Earth".

Leave the conspiring for the gods of Lost (DL & CC), because only someone with complete control over their reality and universe could have a hodge-podge of government cronies and elitists/CEOs orchestrate the most flawlessly executed attack on American soil and get away with it.

P.P.S.
I mean how could such a huge and monumental plan not be burning inside at least a thousand skulls (i'm guessing it would take at least that many guys 'n gals) around the world, and no one's talking?

Come on, people, there are such things as government secrets, but it is absurd and irrational to explain the randomness and awesome power/horror of 9/11 with a plan such as the 9/11 conspirators describe and come to no consensus on, mind you.

Hmmm....maybe that's because they're filling in the gaps with whatever John Ryan fan fiction they wrote on their blog!

I'm confused by this post . . . did someone suggest that the events of 9-11 (the planes being flown into buildings) are related? I thought the only conspiracy theory flying around here was questioning when/how etc. Juliet was on a plane on that date.

If the official Lost Timeline says that the day of the episode "Not in Portland" occurred on December 3rd, 2004, and Juliet said she'd been on this island for 3 yrs, 2 months, and 22 days, then:

Before you run ahead with calculations, make sure you have the data right!
She said she has been on the Island for 3 years 2 months and 28 days not 22.
Now you can start your calculations. Happy calculating!

Tsunami could explain why the "Black Rock" is so far inland.

Before you run ahead with calculations, make sure you have the data right!
She said she has been on the Island for 3 years 2 months and 28 days not 22.
Now you can start your calculations. Happy calculating!

Given the RIGHT data, I believe it comes out to September 5, 2001. I know some people are suggesting that it wasn't 9/11 that the writers were referencing but instead an article that came out that day where scientists predict a black hole at the center of our galaxy.

I don't understand why so many people think incorporating the tsunami into the storyline would be in bad taste.

We watch movies about WWII and Vietnam and the Holocaust, and even 9/11, but somehow the tsunami is too tragic to include in fiction? Please explain your logic.

Sri Lanka?

The tsunami mainly hit Indonesia.

The tsunami also hit Sri Lanka.

Given the RIGHT data, I believe it comes out to September 5, 2001. I know some people are suggesting that it wasn't 9/11 that the writers were referencing but instead an article that came out that day where scientists predict a black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Is there a link for this, is it being discussed in another thread?

Given the RIGHT data, I believe it comes out to September 5, 2001. I know some people are suggesting that it wasn't 9/11 that the writers were referencing but instead an article that came out that day where scientists predict a black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Yeah, I hadn't heard that theory yet. Where are they talking about that?

Yeah, I hadn't heard that theory yet. Where are they talking about that?

It might be in the thread that discusses the Stephen Hawking book, A Brief History of Time, that Also was reading.

Is there a link for this, is it being discussed in another thread?

They were talking about that here: http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=68797

In the 3rd post, they begin talking about 9/6 and the black hole.

They were talking about that here: http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=68797

In the 3rd post, they begin talking about 9/6 and the black hole.

Oh it's in the spoiler section, I see, thanks.