The Early 21st Century: 2005 (Part Three)

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MOST RECENT UPDATES:

INFORMATION OVERKILL. Unless there is a strategic development, like the war in Lebanon spreading to Syria, there shall be no more news links on this page concerning Israel's ongoing war with Hamas and Hezbollah. The Mideast half of the "Double Crisis" prediction has been fulfilled. Meanwhile, the Balkans half of the crisis has been partially fulfilled, but we await further developments.

Angela Devi (30) committed suicide by Asphyxiation using a plaid flannel belt - October 19, 2006. Posted December 20, 2006. Tying up the loose ends. Finito. MyDeathSpace formally reports porn model Angela Devi committed suicide by hanging.

About 2,500 Take Part in Opposition Rallies in Downtown Moscow - December 17, 2006.

Police Detain Hundreds of Opposition Activists Ahead of Anti-government Rally in Moscow - December 17, 2006.

Moscow sees rare opposition rally - December 16, 2006.

Marina Litvinenko pictured at her husband's funeralSpy's widow points finger at Russia - December 10, 2006.

Second Russian hospital hit by deadly fire - December 10, 2006.

3 Killed, 11 Wounded in Attacks in Troubled Southern Russian Provinces - December 9, 2006.

Ukraine’s NATO Entry to Harm Relations With Russia -- Defense Minister - December 7, 2006.

Four Protesters Set Themselves on Fire in Armenia - December 7, 2006.

Thousands Rally for Abkhazia’s Independence From Georgia - December 6, 2006.

Middle East facing three civil wars, Jordan's King says - November 27, 2006.

Litvinenko’s Associates Blame His Death on Russia - November 24, 2006.

Finns Protest Human Rights Abuses in Russia, Murders of Politkovskava and Litvinenko - November 24, 2006.

Russian spy: Putin responsible for my death -- Radiation found where ex-spy ate, UK officials say - November 24, 2006.

Moscow police detain participant of far-right rallyCasualties Reported as Police Use Tear Gas to Dissolve Opposition Protesters in Kyrgyzstan - November 7, 2006.

Pro-Russian Activists, Their Opponents Clash in Kiev - November 6, 2006.

National Unity Day spawns divisive protests in Russia - November 5, 2006.

Riot police foil Moscow nationalist march - November 4, 2006.

Russian Ultranationalists Defy March Ban, Rally in Moscow, Other Cities - November 4, 2006.

Hundreds of protesters held in Moscow - November 4, 2006.

Anti-government rallies in Hungary - November 4, 2006.

Thousands Gather in Kyrgyzstan Capital to Demand President’s Resignation - November 2, 2006.

Georgian nationalism provokes Russia - October 30, 2006.

Police force two demonstrators to the ground during arrestsDozens injured in Budapest riot - October 24, 2006.

40 injured in Hungary violence - October 24, 2006.

Hungary foes clash over protests - October 24, 2006.

Hungary police tackle protesters - October 24, 2006.

Hungary police fire rubber bullets at protesters - October 23, 2006.

Police fire on Hungary protesters - October 23, 2006.

Russian HR Activists Alarmed by Nationalists’ Plans to Hold Massive Rally in Moscow - October 21, 2006.

Thousands of Protestants Rally in Belarus to Protest Church Closure - October 21, 2006.

Kosovska MitrovicaBridge in divided Kosovo town closed again after attack on Serb man - September 26, 2006.

Kosovska Mitrovica bridge remains closed due to fighting - September 26, 2006.

Gyurcsany accuses centre over street protest - September 25, 2006.

Muslim Albanians attack Christians in Kosovo town - September 25, 2006.

Massive Nationalist Rally in Russia’s Second Largest City - September 25, 2006.

Largest protest yet hits Hungary - September 23, 2006.

Far-right holds anti-government demo in Hungary - September 23, 2006.

Huge protest planned for Budapest - September 23, 2006.

NATO Troops Increase Presence In Kosovo; Police Arrest 7 - September 22, 2006.

A car is on fire Tuesday Hungary rally hit by 'terror threat' - September 22, 2006.

Far-right sparks fears in Hungary - September 22, 2006.

Another Hungarian Uprising? - September 22, 2006.

Hungary protests enter fourth day - September 22, 2006.

Hungary protesters vow to continue - September 21, 2006.

Hungary: Do Protests Echo 'Colored' Revolutions? - September 21, 2006.

Pope Benedict urges prayers in wake of Hungary rioting - September 21, 2006.

Bombings inflame tensions in Kosovo - September 21, 2006.

Clashes continue in Hungary - September 20, 2006.

A police officer throws a stone back at demonstratorsBudapest Police Clash With Demonstrators -- Police in Budapest clash with bottle-hurling demonstrators demanding premier's resignation - September 20, 2006. "DOUBLE CRISIS" PREDICTION NEARLY FULFILLED. See comments.

Crossfire War - Fourth Bomb Attack in Kosovo Targets Serbs - September 20, 2006.

Explosion in Kosovo wounds four Serbs - September 19, 2006.

Explosion injured 4 Serbs in Kosovo - September 19, 2006.

Riot police rush to Hungary's capital as protesters mass for 3rd straight night - September 19, 2006.

PM's warning to Hungary rioters - September 19, 2006.

Anti-Government Protests In Hungary Turn Violent - September 19, 2006.

Hungarian anti-PM protests turn violent - September 19, 2006.

Hungarians riot after PM admits lying - September 19, 2006.

Hungarian protesters storm the headquarters of state broadcaster MTVHungary: Rioters attack TV station - September 18, 2006.

More bombs explode in lawless Kosovo - September 18, 2006.

Fresh Bomb Attack in Kosovo - September 18, 2006.

Bomb damages four cars in Kosovo - September 18, 2006.

Bomb damages government official's car in Kosovo - September 17, 2006.

Militant Group Claims Responsibility for Military Helicopter Crash in South Russia - September 13, 2006.

Russia Voices Concern Over Growing Tension in Georgia - September 9, 2006.

Rally in north Russia demands Caucasus natives be deported - September 8, 2006.

Separatists Clash With Georgia Forces on South Ossetia Border - September 8, 2006.

Russia risks breakup amid violence, Chechen says - September 5, 2006.

Security police move into North RussiaGovernor of Russian province warns mob violence could spread - September 5, 2006.

Chechens Flee Northern Russian Town as Attacks, Arrests Continue - September 5, 2006.

Georgia Fights Back by South Ossetia’s Missile - September 5, 2006.

Russian town hit by race violence - September 4, 2006.

Russia, Georgia trade barbs over helicopter attack - September 4, 2006.

Ethnic Tensions Extremely High in North Russia - September 4, 2006.

Georgia Claims Russia Behind Attack on Helicopter in South Ossetia - September 4, 2006.

Fighting for new hegemonic power in the Middle East: Turkey and Iran - September 3, 2006.

Right-wingers Clash With Police as Locals Call for Expulsion of Chechens in Northern Russia - September 2, 2006.

Kurdish Guerillas Kill 7 Turkish Soldiers, Wound 2 in Attacks on Iraqi-Iranian Border - September 2, 2006.

Turkey carries out airstrikes in N. IraqRussian Military Helicopter Violates Lithuanian Air Space - September 1, 2006.

Turkey continues operations in northern Iraq - August 31, 2006.

Turkey, Iran flex their muscles in north Iraq - August 26, 2006. BEGINNING OF PREDICTION FULFILLMENT? STAY TUNED. See comments.

Turkey continues airstrikes in N. Iraq - August 26, 2006.

Turkish jets hit PKK in northern Iraq - August 25, 2006.

Iraq: Turkish Jets Strike Kurdish Bases As PKK Moots Truce - August 24, 2006.

New Wikipedia Article, Newly Released Police Reports On Suicide of Model and Porn Star Angela Devi - August 8-24, 2006. PREDICTION FULFILLED. Death occurred March 31, 2006. See comments.

Iranian Planes Forced to Land in Turkish Territory -- Tehran upset by Turkey’s forced landing - August 21, 2006.

Two killed in alleged Iranian shelling of Kurdish border towns - August 21, 2006.

Massive Explosion in Natural Gas Pipeline from Iran to TurkeyKurd rebels attack gas pipeline in Turkey - August 20, 2006.

Iranian Shells Land in Kurdish Villages in Northern Iraq, Killing 2 - August 20, 2006.

Heading toward an inevitable war in Kirkuk - August 20, 2006.

Iran And Turkey Shell Kurds In Iraq - August 19, 2006.

Guardian: Turkey has bombed Kandil Mountains in N. Iraq - August 18, 2006.

Kurds: Iran, Turkey launch artillery attacks on N. Iraq - August 15, 2006.

Turkish Troops Briefly Enter Northern Iraq - August 15, 2006.

Turkey, Iran open fire on PKK camps in Iraq - August 14, 2006.

Turkey escalates plans for operations in Kurdistan and links with Iran - August 9, 2006.

Turkish Artillery Opens Fire on PKK Camp in N. Iraq - August 8, 2006.

Turkey wants an immediate cease fire in Lebanon - August 2, 2006.

Communists Threaten Nationwide Protest Over Russia-U.S. Military Exercise - August 2, 2006.

Turkey Stops Iranian Fighters at Border - August 1, 2006.

Erdogan Warns on PKK and Lebanon in Televised Address - August 1, 2006.

Turkish forces in Iranian territoriesThe Turkish Threat - August 1, 2006.

Turkey sends reconnaissance units into northern Iraq - August 1, 2006.

LA Times: US may Overlook a Limited Turkish Incursion into Iraq - July 31, 2006.

Talabani: We don’t want a second Lebanon in Iraq - July 31, 2006.

Serbia 'will not give up Kosovo' - July 31, 2006.

Russia worried about possible Georgian offensive vs. Abkhazia - July 28, 2006.

Russia Warns Georgia Against Using Force in Breakaway Abkhazia - July 28, 2006.

Georgia Reports Ongoing Clashes in Kodori Gorge - July 27, 2006.

Turkish soldier killed, two hurt in landmine blast - July 27, 2006.

Barzani deems action against PKK as an attack on N. Iraq - July 26, 2006.

Tensions mount at Iraq-Turkey border - July 25, 2006.

Turkey threatens military incursion into Iraq - July 24, 2006.

Talabani: Iraq Shouldn't Be Launchpad For Turkey Attacks - July 23, 2006.

Turkish Army in Iranian territories against the PKK - July 21, 2006.

Turkish commando on Iraqi borderTurkey May Follow Israel Example and Send Troops to Iraq - July 21, 2006.

Turkish Commandos on Iraqi Border - July 19, 2006.

Turkey Moves Forward on Push Into Iraq - July 19, 2006.

Turkey Signals It's Prepared to Enter Iraq - July 18, 2006.

Turkey Prepares For Offensive Against Kurds On Iraq-Iran Border - July 18, 2006.

Israel Navy ship seriously damaged off Beirut coast -- Explosives-laden
drone damages ship's steering - July 15, 2006.

Hezbollah ready for 'war on every level' -- Israeli warship hit, burning off coast of Lebanon - July 14, 2006.

Israel Says Hezbollah Drone Damages Warship - July 14, 2006.

Palestinian economic ministry hit by rocket -- Militants blow hole in Gaza-Egypt border gate - July 14, 2006.

Palestinians Stream Into Gaza From Egypt - July 14, 2006.

Vehicles clog the Masnaa border between Lebanon and Syria on the outskirts of Lebanon's Bekaa ValleyIsrael hits Beirut airport depot

Vehicles clog the Masnaa border between Lebanon and Syria on the outskirts of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

Israeli fighter jets have bombed Beirut International Airport, expanding its campaign against Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas holding two Israeli soldiers captive. All three of the airport's runways were rendered unusable in the air strikes and as a result the airport was closed, a senior Lebanese aviation official said.

Israel bombs Beirut airport again -- Lebanese prime minister appeals for help - July 14, 2006.

Israel attacks airports, major highway after Hezbollah lobs rockets - July 14, 2006.

Russia Warned of Georgia’s Planned Offensive in Breakaway South Ossetia Region - July 13, 2006.

Ukraine Braced For New Rallies Amid Government Crisis - July 13, 2006.

EU calls on all sides to halt renewed violence - July 13, 2006.

Fuel tanks burn at Rafik Hariri International AirportIsraeli Jets Bomb Main Road Between Beirut and Damascus - July 13, 2006.

Israel attacks Beirut airport a second time after rockets hit Haifa - July 13, 2006.

Navy gunboats shell Beirut airport - July 13, 2006.

IDF: If Hadera is hit we'll destroy Beirut buildings - July 13, 2006.

Northern Israel under attack; missile fired at Haifa - July 13, 2006.

Israel Blocks Sea and Air Access to Lebanon - July 13, 2006.


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Mammoth Earthquake Rocks Macedonia or Former Yugoslavia

 

 

NEW PREDICTION: 10/19/04 -- Thousands will be killed in the 6.9 or higher temblor. Hundreds of thousands may be homeless. The cities of Skopje and Belgrade will be half-destroyed. Buildings collapse like packs of cards while civilians run through the cities to flee the carnage. Watch out for July/August 2005.

 

UPDATE (4/19/06): The reason I am listing links to news reports concerning the flooding in Serbia and elsewhere in the Balkans concerns an interesting phenomena I have observed in the past. Many times I have seen regions or countries I have predicted would experience a major earthquake suffer first from major flooding several months beforehand. For example, I predicted that India would be struck by a major earthquake in August/September 2000. Instead, India experenced one of its worst floods in history in August and September 2000. But then, four months later in January 2001, India was devastated by a 7.9 quake that killed some 100,000 people. So, keep an idea on the Balkans for a possible major temblor in August 2006.

 

RATING: +0


THE ELVIS PRESLEY SCENARIO:
Sudden Death of Major Rock or Pop Legend

 

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Death of unknown legend dominates the news

R.I.P. 2005

 

NEW PREDICTION: 2/11/05 -- It's 1977 again. Or is it 1991? 1970? 1963? This person will be a great rock or pop artist. Universally famous. MAJOR ICON. Like Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix. Likely a male. But a Janis Joplin influence could make this person a female. If old, death could be by natural causes. Otherwise, if young (likely), probably something controversial: drugs, suicide, homicide, AIDS, etc. This will be a major event that will dominant the news for weeks and months. Strong August 2005 vector.

NOTE: If President George W. Bush is assassinated this year due to the Tecumseh Curse, there is a high probability this scenario will not happen. The assassination would instead be the major story. Still ...

 

Madonna breaks bones in riding accident -- Singer suffers cracked ribs, broken collarbone, broken hand

Madonna lying near death at scene of accident (note blue colour of skin)Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Posted: 1747 GMT (0147 HKT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Madonna's 47th birthday celebration was marred when she suffered several broken bones in a horse riding accident at her country home outside London, her publicist told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The superstar was hospitalized with three cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand, according to Liz Rosenberg, her spokeswoman based in New York.

The accident occurred Tuesday at Ashcombe house, her estate outside of London. Madonna and an assistant were riding horses, when Madonna, on a new horse she wasn't accustomed to riding, took a tumble.

Her children, Rocco and Lourdes, were at the home but were not with their mother at the time, Rosenberg said. "The whole family was out in the country, celebrating her birthday," Rosenberg said.

Her husband, director Guy Ritchie, took Madonna to an undisclosed hospital, where she was treated. Rosenberg said the entertainer was expected to be released later in the evening.

MADON NAAAGH!

17 August 2005

Mirror.co.uk

By Fiona Cummins

Madonna in slingWeeping singer is rushed to hospital in agony after she falls from galloping horse on her 47th birthday

MADONNA wept with pain yesterday after a terrifying riding accident left her with three cracked ribs, a fractured collar bone and broken hand. An onlooker said: "She was clearly in agony and was in floods of tears." The singer - a rookie rider - came a cropper as she celebrated her 47th birthday.

She and an assistant had gone for an afternoon gallop in the 1,200-acre grounds of her £9million country estate at Wiltshire. Madonna is believed to have been on a horse she had not ridden before - and was suddenly sent crashing to the ground.

Anxious husband Guy Ritchie, 36, was at her side within minutes and immediately whisked her off to hospital.

Their two children Rocco, five, and Lourdes, eight, were also at the Ashcombe House estate but did not witness their mum's horrific fall. The family had all gathered in the country specially for Madonna's birthday.

An insider said: "It was supposed to be a lovely occasion but it all went horribly wrong. Guy was beside himself when he heard that she had fallen off. She could have been paralysed or worse. It cast a huge shadow over the whole day. It was a shock to everyone but thankfully she is now recovering." ...

EXCLUSIVE: THEY FEARED SHE WAS DEAD: Friends' horror as Madonna lay KO'd

By Richard Smith and Pete Samson
Mirror.co.uk

18 August 2005

Madonna feels much better nowFRIENDS thought the worst after Madonna fell from her horse on to ground "as hard as concrete", it was revealed yesterday. They were "afraid" as they raced to her aid as she lay motionless on her £9million country estate.

A source told how she was briefly knocked out by the shuddering impact - and that the novice rider had been on a fast thoroughbred horse. The star came round after a few seconds and wept in agony from a broken collar bone, three smashed ribs and a fractured hand.

Yesterday she was flown to London aboard a helicopter which had landed at the Ashcombe House estate, near Tollard Royal, Wilts, at 10am. She was later thought to be under private medical care in the capital.

The riding outing was a 47th birthday present from husband Guy Ritchie, who is "absolutely mortified".

Yesterday the source gave the Mirror a detailed account of the accident on Tuesday that could have brought tragic consequences. "When Madonna hit the ground, her friends were there like lightning," said the insider. "She lay unconscious on the floor for a few seconds and everyone was afraid."

The source added: "If the horse had landed on top of Madonna or trodden on her, it could have been an awful lot worse. Although she's in excruciating pain, she did get off quite lightly."

Film director Ritchie, 36, had invited some friends to bring horses for Madonna, including a chestnut-red, 16-hand bay thoroughbred which she eventually rode.

The insider said: "They brought four horses down in a horse box. Guy's idea was that they could all go for a ride on the estate as part of her birthday celebrations. Unfortunately, they didn't realise Madonna was such an inexperienced rider, and brought a horse that was too advanced for her. She was over-horsed - and basically fell off because she was going too fast. The horse went faster than Madonna expected and she simply lost her balance and fell on some very hard ground in a field - we've had hardly any rain and it was like concrete. I don't think her riding friends even knew what had happened until they saw Madonna on the ground ...

The source told of her husband's anguish. "Guy has been giving Madonna lots of TLC - those two are very close to each other. It was a lovely treat which sadly went all wrong." The singer will now probably miss another horsey outing at the nearby Starrock Stud ...

MORE NEWS:
Madonna, Elvis Alike In Key Way - December 13, 2005.
Exclusive: They Feared She Was Dead -- Friends' horror as Madonna lay KO'd - August 18, 2005.
Madonna, Reeve Accidents Differ - August 17, 2005.
Madonna suffers broken ribs, collarbone -- Singer discharged from hospital after riding accident on her birthday - August 16, 2005.

 

COMMENTS (5/19/06): I can't believe I forgot to post this as a CLOSE CALL ... and it happened on the anniversary of the day Elvis Presley died! That is because of the chameleon nature of Madonna. She's an actress and world famous female icon, which forced me to consider her only along the lines of Diana, Marilyn Monroe, Sharon Tate, Thelma Todd, Jayne Mansfield, etc. But she is also one of the most famous rock stars of all time ... which is what this prediction was all about. Only Madonna could end up almost fulfilling two seperate predictions. And the vector, August 2005, was spot on!

 

RATING: +1.0


Alien Contact Made With People of Earth:
Close Encounter of the Third Kind

 

Alien contact made in Washington DC

 

NEW PREDICTION: 2/15/04 -- Alien ambassadors may actually make personal contact with the people of earth for all to see on television in August 2005 or August 2012.

Unfortunately, the base 7 vectors for the second event, CE3K, are flexible and recurring enough that it may not happen until as late as August 2236.

The question that needs answering is whether we are approaching the Biblical period known as Tribulation NOW or if we will not for another 200 plus years in 2236. According to Nostradamus, Armageddon and the Second Coming will not happen until around AD 2242-43. However, it is possible that God may choose to shorten the days until Tribulation and allow these events to occur in our time.

It is an interesting fact that the period we are now living in was ushered in during the time Pluto's orbit moved inside of Neptune's (1989-1998). This happens every 247.7 years so the identical situation will begin again in 2236 or 2237. The people of that time will be a lot like we are now, possibly a bit more advanced, but not much since there will be a short dark age to rebuild from after the coming global wars of this century. Of course all the nukes in the world cannot destroy ALL of Man's knowledge and technology, but it will be the ruling elite who will get most of the surviving leftovers until mass production makes it possible for everyone to possess modern technologies again (generally creature comfort technologies).

What is coming NOW and SOON will either be an early Tribulation and Second Coming OR a stage rehearsal for what will happen in the late 2230s. So we must watch carefully what happens.

Getting back to CE3K, I believe this will be Satan and his fallen angels being cast down to earth in the roles of benevelant "ETs." If this happens in 2005 or 2012, all the powers of the devils will be working against us and the kingdom of the beast will be upon the earth. Of course it is possible that they may make contact with government officials secretly enough to continue to cast doubt about their existence to the world and work behind the scenes for the next 200 plus years THEN stage their dramatic appearance.

But at some point, either soon in 2005 or 2012 or later in 2236, they must be made earthbound, not being able to travel beyond the moon's orbit, following the great battle in the sky described in Revelation between the archangel Michael and his angels and Lucifer and his fallen angels. Until then they are capable of interstellar travel.

So, my view is that the so-called "aliens" are actually angelic and demonic forces.

 

COULD THE COMING ALIEN CONTACT THIS YEAR OR 2012 TAKE THE FORM OF AN INVASION OR ATTACK??

For dream visions of mass attacks on humanity by UFOs, battles between UFOs, and alien occupations of earth, visit the following Dream Window. (NEW Dream vision by David Orlovic: Live televised UFOs at the Great Pyramids in Giza and Austin, TX).

 

COMMENTS (2/7/07): The largest mass sighting of UFOs in history prediction is already covered and rated +1 on another page. However, no verifiable contact was made in 2005. So this prediction is a failure.

 

RATING: +0


Tampa, Miami, Most of Florida Destroyed and Flooded by
Super Hurricane or Asteroid Impact in Gulf of Mexico

 

Asteroid impact 40 to 90 miles off coast of Florida Leading edge of hurricane destruction signal giant tidal waves approaching

 

NEW PREDICTION: 1/25/05 -- The cause of this destruction will largely be by both flooding and ferocious winds. It should happen either in August/September 2005 or August/September 2006.

The question is will this be a natural hurricane or will it be an asteroid-spawned disaster (or even a collapsing volcano)?? On April 28, 2001, I dreamt of a small asteroid impacting 50 to 90 miles off the coast of Florida and then witnessed the massive flooding of a major city in Florida from what seemed a helicopter view looking straight down. Indeed, the flooding of New York City sequence in the 2004 blockbuster film, The Day After Tomorrow, as seen straight down from a high altitude, so much resembles my dream of the Florida city it is frightening. Just before awakening, I was shown a map where all of this was happening. I could distinctly see the Florida peninsula and understood that what happened to the city would happen to most of the state.

Here is a Dream Window where you can read my dream vision (if that is what it really was) and those of four other individuals (two new dreams by David Orlovic and Andrew posted May 28, 2005).

 

Hundreds feared dead on storm-ravaged U.S. coast

Aug 30, 4:30 PM (ET)

By Matt Daily

A Coast Guard helicopter flies over a Louisiana neighborhood flooded by Hurricane KatrinaBILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - Helicopters plucked frantic survivors from rooftops of inundated homes on Tuesday and hundreds were feared dead along the U.S. Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina sent a wall of water into Mississippi and flooded New Orleans.

The economic cost of the hurricane's rampage could be the highest in U.S. history, according to damage estimates.

"The devastation is greater than our worst fears," Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco told a news conference.

"It's totally overwhelming." An overnight breach in New Orleans' protective levee system allowed water from Lake Pontchartrain to flood most of the city.

In the Mississippi coastal city of Biloxi, hundreds may have been killed after being trapped in their homes when a 30-foot (9 meter) storm surge came ashore, a city spokesman said. Cadaver dogs were being brought in to help find the dead. "It's going to be in the hundreds," spokesman Vincent Creel told Reuters. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin reported bodies floating in the city's floodwaters.

Two residents take refuge on their rooftopRescuers struggled through high water and mountains of debris to reach areas devastated by Katrina when it struck the Gulf Coast region on Monday. The storm inflicted catastrophic damage all along the coast as it slammed into Louisiana with 140 mph (224 kph) winds, then swept across Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. It shattered buildings, broke boats, smashed cars, toppled trees and submerged whole neighborhoods. Risk analysts estimated the storm would cost insurers $26 billion, making Katrina potentially the costliest U.S. natural disaster.

Most of the deaths appear to have been caused by the storm surge, which swept as far as a mile inland in parts of Mississippi. Hundreds of people climbed onto rooftops to escape the rising water that lapped at the eaves.

They used axes, and in at least one case a shotgun, to blast holes in roofs so they could escape through the attics.

PLUCKED TO SAFETY

Cars are almost submerged in this parking lot in Mobile, AlabamaPolice took boats into flood-stricken areas to rescue some of the stranded and others were plucked off rooftops by helicopter. The Coast Guard helped rescue 1,200 in New Orleans on Monday night and thousands more all along the Gulf Coast on Tuesday. "We've been pulling them off sometimes four at a time, sometimes as many as 12," said Coast Guard Petty Officer Larry Chambers. "People are being taken to the nearest dry spot then the helicopter's going back and picking up more people."

In New Orleans, "We probably have 80 percent of our city under water; with some sections of our city the water is as deep as 20 feet," Nagin told television station WWL. "Both airports are under water."

New Orleans is a bowl-like city mostly below sea level and protected by levees or embankments. The levees gave way overnight in places, including a 200-foot (60 meter) breach that allowed the lake waters to pour into the city center.

The U.S. military planned to use helicopters to drop giant sandbags filled with gravel into the breach in an attempt to fill it. Pumps failed and floodwaters threatened downtown and the historic French Quarter. "This is a horror story. I'd rather be reading it somewhere else than living it," said Aaron Broussard, president of New Orleans' Jefferson Parish.

Two women swim for higher ground in New OrleansMARK OF DEATH

In Mississippi, water swamped the emergency operations center at Hancock County courthouse. The back of the building collapsed and "Thirty-five people swam out of their emergency operations center with life jackets on," Mississippi's Sun Herald newspaper said. The local hospital appealed for more doctors and nurses to treat the wounded. Hancock County emergency workers went from house to house and put black paint on those where people died, CNN said. They planned to return later to pick up the bodies but did not have enough refrigerated trucks.

In Biloxi, the storm surge destroyed some of the casinos that lined the shore and ripped houses off their foundations.

Dazed residents foraged for food and water and looting was widespread, the city spokesman said. "It was like our tsunami," Creel said . . .

New Orleans shelters to be evacuated -- Floodwaters rising, devastation widespread in Katrina's wake

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Posted: 0501 GMT (1301 HKT)

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans resembled a war zone more than a modern American metropolis Tuesday, as Gulf Coast communities struggled to deal with the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Deteriorating conditions in New Orleans will force authorities to evacuate the thousands of people at city shelters, including the Louisiana Superdome, where a policeman told CNN unrest was escalating.

The officer expressed concern that the situation could worsen overnight after three shootings, looting and a number of attempted carjackings during the afternoon.

Officials could not yet provide accurate estimates for fatalities or time needed for recovery in the area and are focusing, instead, on widespread search-and-rescue operations.

The death toll from the storm so far is estimated at 70 -- mostly in Mississippi. Officials stressed that the number is uncertain and likely to be much higher. "A lot of people lost their lives, and we still don't have any idea [how many], because the focus continues to be on rescuing those who have survived," Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco told reporters Tuesday.

Elsewhere along the Gulf Coast, authorities used boats and helicopters to reach stranded residents and search for survivors.

The storm ripped ashore in Louisiana on Monday morning with winds topping 140 mph before scourging Mississippi and Alabama. The U.S. Coast Guard said its crews assisted in the rescue Monday of about 1,200 people stranded by high water in the New Orleans area, and thousands more were rescued Tuesday morning.

Waters rising in New Orleans

New Orleans was left with no power, no drinking water, dwindling food supplies, widespread looting, smoke rising on the horizon and the sounds of gunfire. At least one large building was ablaze Tuesday.

Mayor Ray Nagin told CNN that at least 30 buildings had collapsed, but that no attempt had been made to determine a death toll. "There are dead bodies floating in some of the water," Nagin said. "The rescuers would basically push them aside as they were trying to save individuals."

Nagin said that as of late Tuesday "a significant amount of water" is flowing into the bowl-shaped city and sections of the city now dry could be under 9 or 10 feet of water within hours. "The bowl is filling up," he said . . .

New Orleans evacuations under way -- Health emergency declared; thousands may be dead

Thursday, September 1, 2005 Posted: 0536 GMT (1336 HKT)

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- The first of New Orleans' evacuees began arriving in Texas early Thursday as the Gulf Coast began to grasp the magnitude of what President Bush called "one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history."

Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath damaged beyond repair tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the region and left more than 78,000 people in emergency shelters, the president said.

Bush announced a massive federal mobilization to help victims, warning that "the challenges that we face on the ground are unprecedented."

"This recovery will take years," Bush said in an address from the White House Rose Garden, hours after viewing parts of the Gulf Coast from aboard Air Force One.

The Bush administration earlier in the day declared a public health emergency for the entire Gulf Coast in an effort to stop the spread of disease in the storm's wake. "We are gravely concerned about the potential for cholera, typhoid and dehydrating diseases," Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said.

Meanwhile, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin reportedly said Wednesday that the storm probably killed thousands of people in his battered and flood-stricken city. "We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water," and others dead in attics, The Associated Press quoted Nagin as saying. When asked how many, he reportedly said: "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands."

Nagin and other Louisiana officials had refused to give a casualty count in the past, saying emergency workers were focusing on the rescue effort. Rescue workers continued to push bodies aside Wednesday as they used boats and helicopters to search for survivors. Their efforts have been hampered by lawlessness and damaged infrastructure.

Electricity was out for more than 2.3 million people in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida.

Meanwhile, Katrina's effect on oil supplies and gas prices spread nationwide, prompting the White House to tap the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. News of disruptions in the gas supply sparked runs on stations and a sharp spike in prices, with some drivers in Atlanta, Georgia, facing prices above $5 per gallon.

Pentagon officials said Wednesday the governors of Louisiana and Mississippi have ordered the mobilization of an additional 10,000 National Guard troops to provide security and help with hurricane relief.

Federal officials asked for patience as residents of the affected areas expressing frustration with the government's response. "I need the American people to recognize how catastrophic this is, to be patient and to work with us," said Michael Brown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency chief who is leading the federal response on the ground.

Swapping domes

The first evacuation buses departed Wednesday evening near the Louisiana Superdome, where up to 30,000 people sought shelter. Weary storm survivors stood in mobs waiting to board buses under the direction of National Guard troops. The Superdome had little power, no air conditioning, the toilets were backed up and both food and water were in short supply.

The first buses arrived early Thursday in Houston, Texas, where the displaced residents will be housed at the Astrodome stadium. Residents were warned to expect a prolonged displacement. "I surmise there are people in New Orleans who won't be able to get back to their homes for months, if ever," Brown said.

Some desperate people tried to walk away from the stadium on their own. Widespread looting of businesses continued, punctuated by the sounds of gunfire ...

MORE NEWS:
New Orleans a 'ghost town' for 9 months - September 4, 2005.
HHS Chief: Katrina Death Toll in Thousands - September 4, 2005.
Guardsmen Greeted With Applause, Anger - September 2, 2005.
New Orleans mayor issues 'desperate SOS' -- Violence disrupts evacuation, rescue efforts - September 1, 2005.
New Orleans evacuations under way -- Health emergency declared; thousands may be dead - September 1, 2005.
New Orleans shelters to be evacuated -- Floodwaters rising, devastation widespread in Katrina's wake - August 30, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina damage worse than expected - August 30, 2005.
Katrina kills 50 in one Mississippi county -- Tropical storm heads toward Tennessee, Ohio River Va - August 29, 2005.
Katrina Hammers Gulf Coast - August 29, 2005.

 

COMMENTS (8/31/05): Well, enough of you seem to feel that this prediction was a PREDICTION FULFILLED despite the fact that Katrina hit west of Florida yet did exactly what I said would happen ... but instead of Florida it happened in New Orleans, Louisiana; Biloxi, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama, and other places. No doubt that the timing, magnitude, and general location of this disaster happened exactly as I said it would. I also accurately described the cause as a super hurricane or asteroid impact. And we have all seen the helicopter views of these cities and towns that have been partially or completely submerged by water.

I should mention that in my dream I not only saw the Florida peninsula, but also the entire Gulf of Mexico. However, because Florida is such an imposing land mass because it juts out, I assumed that Florida was the target of the dream vision.

Still, I must make an additional warning. Let us not forget that this hurricane season has another two months to go, and that up to 12 to 20 more hurricanes may form in that time. This is an unusually long hurricane season, having begun much earlier than normal. Therefore, the odds increase of additional monster hurricanes forming like Katrina .... or worse.

Thus, a category 5 hitting Florida still remains a possibility. That is why I am a bit unsure as to whether I should take credit for predicting Katrina or not. If I do, and then the real deal forms a few weeks from now, striking Florida exactly where I said, I'll feel that maybe I had jumped the gun.

Even so, if another hurricane that is much worse than Katrina should strike Florida, Katrina added to it would be considered "Prediction Overkill," I suppose.

Beware, everyone, for the remaining season ahead ... and the years of greater dread to follow.

 

Texans flee colossal Rita -- Category 5 storm is third most intense ever

Thursday, September 22, 2005 Posted: 0307 GMT (1107 HKT)

Traffic is backed up Wednesday as evacuees leave Houston, Texas, as Hurricane Rita approaches.MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- As more than 1 million people scurried to get out of the way of Hurricane Rita, the Category 5 hurricane grew more turbulent, becoming the third most intense storm in history, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday night.

Officials said the barometric pressure near the eye of the storm was 897 millibars, a lower reading than Hurricane Katrina, which slammed into the Gulf Coast August 29.

Only Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 (888 mb), which struck Jamaica and the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 (892 mb), which hit the Florida Keys, had lower pressures.

Max Mayfield, director of the hurricane center, said Rita could be even more damaging than Katrina. "This is a very, very dangerous hurricane," he said.

A hurricane watch was issued from Port Mansfield, Texas -- about 80 miles from Mexico -- to Cameron, Louisiana.

As of 11 p.m. ET, Rita packed maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm's center was about 570 miles (915 kilometers) east-southeast of Galveston, Texas, and the storm was moving west at 9 mph (15 kph), according to a center advisory.

The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico were fueling the storm, which is about 370 miles wide . . .

Mysterious 'Ball Of Fire' Seen In Fla. Skies

Local6.com

1:26 pm EDT September 21, 2005

Dozens of people from Jacksonville to Ft. Pierce flooded the U.S. Coast Guard late Tuesday with calls about a mysterious ball of fire seen flying in the sky, according to a Local 6 News report.

Callers flooded the newsroom of Local 6 News partner Florida Today after they saw the object over the Space Coast Tuesday night. "Starting at about 7:30 last night, we started receiving calls here in the newsroom," Florida Today online news editor Dave Larimer said. "In fact, the Coast Guard station in Port Canaveral got more than two dozen reports of people seeing a bright light in the sky over the ocean."

From Fort Pierce to about five miles south of Jacksonville, reports came in to Coast Guard offices starting about 7:30 p.m., said Dan Yates, a Coast Guard petty officer in Port Canaveral.

Yates said one caller who was walking his dog near the Sebastian Inlet described the object as "huge, like a giant fireball."

"One person thought this fire ball went into the ocean," Larimer said. "The Coast Guard said it probably didn't and it was just his perspective. We know it was not a rocket launch and we know the Air Force was not doing anything."

Experts said it could be a piece of space junk or a large meteor burning up in the atmosphere ...

Rita batters Louisiana, Texas coasts

Saturday, September 24, 2005 Posted: 0423 GMT (1223 HKT)

BEAUMONT, Texas (CNN) -- Hurricane Rita, its powerful core nearing the Louisiana and Texas coast, began blasting the region with strong winds and rain that will last several days, the director of the National Hurricane Center said Friday night. "For all practical purposes, [Rita] is already hitting," said Max Mayfield.

Mayfield said forecasters were most concerned about the possibility of storm surges of 18 to 20 feet into Louisiana, portions of which will be on the northeastern side of the eye wall of the Category 3 storm.

Water flows Friday through a damaged levee in the Lower 9th Ward of New OrleansWhen asked how long the storm would affect Texas and Louisiana, Mayfield offered a dour prediction. "I'm afraid we're talking about days," he said. "The immediate concern is the coastline tonight and tomorrow morning, but then after that, for the next four or five days, we need to be very careful about the inland fresh-water flooding."

In downtown Galveston, Texas, video showed heavy smoke and a blizzard of blowing embers as firefighters tried to control large fires in at least two buildings. One of the buildings was destroyed. It was unclear whether anyone was inside them. Firefighters were hindered by gusty winds of up to 70 mph, which fanned the flames. CNN's Sean Callebs said the winds apparently blew off the roof of a downtown multi-story hotel.

Ninety percent of the city, where it was raining Friday night, was evacuated in anticipation of Rita, officials said earlier. Steve Rinard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana, told The Associated Press that tornado warnings were "popping up like firecrackers."

Forecasters say Rita will make landfall early Saturday near Port Arthur, Texas. The city of about 58,000 people is home to a port and several oil refineries and chemical plants, according to the chamber of commerce's Web site. Port Arthur Mayor Oscar Ortiz said most of the residents had fled, but "I'm afraid we're going to get it real bad."

Ortiz said he was concerned about Rita moving across Sabine Pass -- where Sabine Lake, a salt water estuary on the Texas-Louisiana border, flows into the Gulf of Mexico -- and pushing a large surge of water toward the city. "If that's true, it will be underwater," he said.

The 11 p.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center placed Rita's center in the Gulf of Mexico about 55 miles (90 kilometers) southeast of Sabine Pass. It was moving northwest at about 12 mph (19 kph). The storm's maximum sustained winds were 120 mph (193 kph), the hurricane center said.

A hurricane warning was in effect from Sargent, Texas, to Morgan City, Louisiana, meaning hurricane conditions such as sustained winds of at least 74 mph (118 kph) are possible within 24 hours.

Flooding in New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, also was feeling the storm's effects, with water pouring over a key levee into the 9th Ward neighborhood, still almost empty after Hurricane Katrina's flooding. "It's spreading rapidly down to the south-southeast, so they're going to have complete flooding in that area again," said Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell, commander of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, following a tour of the area Friday.

Caldwell, whose troops are aiding the relief effort, said floodwater had spread across 30 to 40 city blocks by noon. Video showed water spilling through the break in the levee, quickly flooding both the 9th Ward and Lower 9th Ward, which are divided by the canal.

The levee system that protects the city was breached when Katrina came through August 29. More than 1,000 deaths along the Gulf Coast have been blamed on Katrina, most of them in Louisiana. Texas Gov. Rick Perry told reporters more than 2 million people in his state had evacuated, and he assured citizens that "we're going to get through this." ...

New Orleans' 9th Ward floods -- Nagin: 'This nightmare just continues for us'

Aerial view of New Orleans' 9th Ward Friday, after rising waters caused by Hurricane Rita ran over the levee.Saturday, September 24, 2005 Posted: 0924 GMT (1724 HKT)

NEW ORLEANS (CNN) -- As water continued to pour over patched levees in New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin late Friday told CNN, "This nightmare just continues for us."

He said the city's Lower 9th Ward is inundated by 3 to 4 feet of water.

Conditions around the city are expected to worsen throughout the night as Hurricane Rita approaches the Gulf coast, with an expected landfall near the Louisiana-Texas state border around daybreak Saturday. "Our concern is a storm surge," Nagin said. "We really can't take anything more than about a 6 or 7 foot storm surge."

However, by 9 p.m. Friday, Lake Pontchartrain was experiencing a surge of nearly 6 feet, according to CNN Weather.

Earlier in the day, an 8-foot storm surge sent water pouring over two patched levees. The water then entered the Upper 9th Ward, Lower 9th Ward and Gentilly neighborhoods, as well as the Maersk Sealand container terminal. And Nagin urged the media to leave such flooded areas immediately because of safety concerns. "We did not expect this early that we'd get this level of the surge," Brig. Gen. Robert Crear said.

The flooding forced a skeleton crew of National Guard soldiers stationed in the Lower 9th Ward to evacuate.

A helicopter drops sandbags during efforts to repair a broken leveeThe National Hurricane Center said New Orleans may experience 3 to 5 inches of rain and tides about 4 to 6 feet higher than usual from Hurricane Rita. The Army Corps of Engineers has said such amounts may overwhelm the fragile levee system.

The 9th Ward is the low-lying and now empty neighborhood that was devastated last month when Hurricane Katrina damaged the levees, causing water from Lake Pontchartrain to flood the city. Many people there were forced to their rooftops because of the high water.

One resident of the Ninth Ward, watching the flooding on TV at a shelter, told The Associated Press: "It's like looking at a murder. ... The first time is bad. After that, you numb up."

Authorities are also closely watching the levee system around St. Bernard Parish, just east of New Orleans, said another official with the Army Corps.

"We haven't had any problems yet," said Col. Duane Gapinski. But he noted that the area, where one levee was severely degraded by Katrina, is now relying on back levees for protection.

Flooding had been expected, but not until Hurricane Rita had made landfall. By Friday evening, its outer bands were already lashing the region ...

Catastrophic Atmospheric Blast in Southern Hemisphere Continues Global Weather Chaos as North American Plate Instability Increases and US President Orders Massive Troop Withdrawal from New Madrid Fault Zone Region

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Russian Subscribers

September 27, 2005

Russian Scientists are reporting today that an atmospheric blast in Southern Hemisphere yesterday was most likely caused by an incoming meteor that exploded in the higher regions of the earth’s atmosphere. So powerful was this blast that Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen seismographs were able to measure this extraordinary event as being of a 7.8 Magnitude.

(This was the mysterious fireball seen in Florida skies that disappeared over the Gulf of Mexico reported above - MM)

Of the greatest concerns to Russian Scientists, these reports state, is that this is the second time an event like this has occurred in the past year, with the first event occurring in September, 2004, yet the Western people were not allowed to know of this until this past August, and as we can read as reported by Australia’s Courier-Mail News Service in their August 25th article titled "Scientists probe asteroid crash" and which says:

"An asteroid the size of a house that exploded with the power of an atom bomb over Antarctica last year may help scientists prepare for the entrance of larger bodies into the Earth's atmosphere. The 1000-tonne asteroid crashed to Earth in millions of pieces last September, 900km from the nearest humans at Japan's Syowa station. A trail of dust recorded by a physicist 1500km away at Australia's Davis station shows that if the asteroid had not fragmented into tiny pieces when it hit the Earth's atmosphere, it would have had an impact similar to the bombing of Hiroshima." ...

To the causes of these blasts hitting our earths atmosphere, and the Global Weather Chaos they have unleashed upon us all, and again, only now are Western Scientists beginning to report to their people, and as we can read from these reports:

... As reported by the Space.Com News Service in their article titled "Huge Quake Cracks Star" and which says, "Astronomers have found the first evidence of cracks in a neutron star's crust. The star cracked when it was rocked by the strongest "starquake" ever recorded, researchers said last week. Last December, astronomers worldwide monitored the explosion that caused this starquake. The eruption was huge – in the first 200 milliseconds of the event the star released energy equivalent to what our Sun produces in 250,000 years. It was the brightest explosion ever detected outside of the Milky Way."

These reports further speculate that our earth's orbit is in the beginning phases of entering into a heretofore ‘unknown’ debris field within our Solar System, and raising the danger level of our being ‘hit’, by not only these past two years of meteors which exploded in our atmosphere with the power of atomic bombs, but also there will be an ever increasing number of ‘hits’ upon the earth's and moons surface as well, and continuing reports from all around the world of ‘fireball’ type events in the skies.

MORE NEWS:
Catastrophic Atmospheric Blast in Southern Hemisphere -- Reports: Earth's orbit in beginning phase of entering into ‘unknown’ debris field - September 27, 2005.
New Orleans' 9th Ward floods -- Storm surge pours over damaged levees; 30 city blocks inundated - September 24, 2005.
Rita begins Texas assault -- Outer bands of huge hurricane reach coastal towns - September 23, 2005.
Mysterious 'Ball Of Fire' Seen In Florida Skies - September 21, 2005.
Texans flee from Rita -- Category 5 storm churning toward Gulf Coast - September 21, 2005.

 

COMMENTS (2/8/07): The mega fireball sighting and the 7.8 magnitude explosion it caused at sea coinciding with the strengthening of Hurricane Rita, refocusing flood damage once again on New Orleans, I felt was an echo of the asteroid produced super hurricane and tsunami aspect of the above prediction, although only partially so.

 

RATING: +1.5


Major Terrorist Attack or Geological Disaster in Hollywood,
Al Qaeda Attacks in Las Vegas, Africa, Egypt

 

Hollywood destruction Bombing of building in US, South African, East African, Egyptian city

 

NEW PREDICTION: 10/5/04 -- This is more difficult to pin down, yet I suspect these attacks will be much worse than the one in Washington DC (if that one happens at all). Strange as it may sound, some sort of attack or earth changes catastrophe will strike at Hollywood and possibly Las Vegas, the ENTERTAINMENT CAPITALS. It will be a first, if it does. South Africa, for some reason, stands out as a possible target, although it is not typical of Al Qaeda to strike there. More likely, perhaps, will be the bombing of an important building in an East African or Arab nation alligned against Sudan in the current conflict. This could be EGYPT if in the Middle East. The timing may well be in August/September 2005.

 

Bombs kill scores in Egyptian resort town -- Attacks may be tied to October terror strike in another Red Sea resort

A woman's body lies amid debris on the bloody groundMonday, July 25, 2005 Posted: 1758 GMT (0158 HKT)

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (CNN) -- Investigators in Egypt searched Saturday for bodies and clues after near-simultaneous bombings at the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, attacks that killed at least 83 people and injured more than 200 others.

Authorities hauled in earth-moving equipment and began the painstaking work of searching through rubble left by the three early morning blasts. Egypt's interior minister said the attacks may be linked to explosions last October in the Red Sea resort of Taba.

"We are trying to find out who committed these crimes," Habib al-Adli told reporters while viewing the extensive damage at the Ghazala Gardens Hotel in Naama Bay, a popular tourism area of Sharm el-Sheikh.

That city is on the Red Sea at the tip of Sinai Peninsula. Taba is also on the Red Sea, on the Sinai n