I would say that the Whore of Babylon in the Scriptures (Revelation, for the thread) is a city.
That being said, America is doing an excellent impersonation of Babylon. In many ways.
And that is definitely not a good thing.
There was a great shaking on 09/11/2001 and another in 2008.
And there are people trying for a repeat of Genesis chapter 19.
Unbelievable.
Could be. I think it is the banking system(s). the PIIGS (Prtugal, Itasly, Ireland, Greece & Spain) countries are wrecklessly overleveraged. IF there is a black swan event, like Chicago getting nuked, it would start a cascade of disasters.