At the risk of being hurtfully mocked I'm going to reveal a little bit more about myself. In a few moments you will see why I think this is necessary...
You will no doubt recall the horrific earthquake and tsunami that struck on December 26, 2004 and which devastated so many lives. I am sure it shocked you as much as it did me, but in my case, I was mentally shaken at several different levels.
On Christmas eve (meaning the whole day), I felt utterly awful, so much so that I eventually had to go to bed in the middle of the day. This is absolutely not normal for me. When I get up that's it. Even if I feel a bit unwell I just relax on the couch. But that day Ijust had to go to bed and try to shut out everything and rest my mind for a while. It didn't help much and eventually I got up again and went and sat on the couch and just stared into space or tried to watch TV.
That evening, Mrs Chromosome was decorating our Christmas tree. I usually help her (even though she I much better at it myself), but this time I couldn't. I just kept thinking: "It's going to be a disaster...an absolute catastrophe..."
The problem is that although in the past I usually associated such feelings with earthquakes and had around a 60-odd percent success rate -- meaning there was a major one somewhere within two or three days -- in this case the concept of 'earthquake' never entered my mind. I simply had no idea. It was just the most awful feeling that something very, very bad was coming. Even when the very first reports of a tsunami appeared on CNN international it didn't ring any bells, and also by the time the event happened my feelings had passed and I felt quite well again.
People, I'm getting the same feeling today. Right now. And again, although I should mention the fact that I've just been on the USGS/earthquake website and peered at the quake maps, I cannot just point a finger there and say "big quake to hit southern California within three days". That would be too simple.
There are many other places in the world that get far more and far bigger quakes than Calif has anyway, and anyone who wants to pretend at predicting would get a fair success rate by choosing Indonesia, or example. I can't do that. This isn't a game and I am not looking for publicity or seking to make money out of a dubious 'talent' I'd much rather be without.
I'll be honest. Something's coming. I feel it. I think it'll be within three days. I do not think it will be a 9/11 anniversary terrorist strike. I think it will be a natural event, very sudden and probably so unexpected that it will be devastating at several levels.
And I sincerely hope that this time I am utterly wrong.
Accept my statements or not, but just please don't be too scathing in any comments, okay? I feel bad enough already and can't even be bothered to proof out this text for typos.
Thank you.
WhyChromosome posted on Sep 08, 2006
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secretlife said on Sep 08, 2006....
it must be awfully hard to sleep with the weight of this on your shoulders -
let it go WhyC...kiss it up to God as my mother would say.
I hope you are resting soundly.
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WhyChromosome said on Sep 09, 2006....
Hi, Secretlife. I slept till after nine a.m. Well it IS Saturday and I don't work weekends any more. Slept well, especially I think because I got that other matter off my chest. I read your kind comments there too. Many thanks.
Like I said, I'm not always right on these things. In the light of a new day it's come to me that I could just be picking up on a general vibe: millions of people will be recalling 9/11 as that date approaches again. There's a lot of grief and fear in the air right now.
A natural source... But why do I still feel bad about it, then? I guess that's the way it is with vibes.
I'm sincerely hoping that the next three days will be 'no-news' as far as the mass media go. Yes, that's my hope! Whyc :) (Able to smile again...)
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hotaka said on Sep 09, 2006....
I have a friend in Oregon who says that Mt. Saint Helens has been exceptionally unsettled in the last few months. Mt. Ranier also has had more seismic activity than usual recently. And in March I saw Mt. Baker steaming which is a bit unusual. The Pacific Northwest might be in for something.
Indonesia has had a volcanic eruption, an earthquake and a tsunami this year. That area is unstable.
In Japan every year, at least five or six volcanoes erupt, though most of them are small steam eruptions that can be safely viewed from fairly near without danger. Asama Mountain is known for big eruptions and is Japan's most acive volcano. It "popped" on Sept. 1, 2004. A bigger eruption hasn't occured, however, since 1973. There have been a couple of noticeable eearthquakes around the Kanto area in the last couple of weeks and according to predictions based on earthquake patterns, another large earthquake is expected to strike the Tokyo area within the next 20 years.
Alaska, Chile, and areas of the Middle East also have frequent earthquakes. The Middle East has had several bad ones in the last 20 years.
Any one of these areas could suffer an eruption or earthquake at any moment. If your feelings are accurate to about 60% then watch the news in the next day or two and let's see if something doesn't happen. Even without your feelings of impending disaster I wouldn't be surprised if something happened.
I saw a TV program once where a woman had the same feelings a day or two before an earthquake. I can't say it's 100% impossible that your feelings warn of imminent catastrophe. I wouldn't make fun of you.
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hotaka said on Sep 09, 2006....
And I forgot Mexico City. They have been hit twice in the last 20 years, haven't they?
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WhyChromosome said on Sep 09, 2006....
Hi hotaka and thanks for your input. This will be a long reply but your constructive comments warrant it.
Yes, the Ring of Fire (as it's called) shows volcanic and earthquake activity almost constantly. Indonesia has around 200 volcanoes, which is roughly half the world's total. I hadn't heard about Mt St Helens' latest activity, though it was on CNN a few months back, I think. Speaking of that case, the woman you may have heard of is named Charlotte King. She called a local radio station and predicted the exact hour the mountain would explode, basing her statements only on her 'feeings'. This was when she still lived in California! (She's now in Oregon, I think.) Ms King been dubbed the 'human seismograph', and has been scientifically studied by several respected organizations. She is not the only one known to scientists, just the most intensively studied. A list of scientific references (in respect of who has tested her) is included in her own website. I feel perhaps the site itself puts some people off because it presents as too 'new-age'. I don't mind, I just look for content.
I must also explain that in my case (as in hers), this is a learning process. Just as some people get very adept at predicting weather from the signs they see around them, my own ability to discern normal back pain or headaches or whatever from these strange influences has increased with time. I am still wrong around 40% of the time, but when that happens I just note it in my 'quake log' and see what I can learn from it. I also need to point out that I do not seek and have never sought any gain from my 'talent'. It just is and I deal with it.
Some technical details: it seems that before an earthquake or major volcanic eruption there are powerful subsonics (around 8-10 cycles/sec) that move out from the region. In water, they play havoc with the sensitive hearing systems of dolphins and whales and can cause them to lose their way and become beached. (I haven't heard of any beaching lately but I'll google it.)
These sounds can be picked up by some people and it has a negative effect on them. Ms King was tested in an audiology lab and was found to be able to hear sounds well below the normal human range. I may be the same. I don't know as I have not been tested. I do recall reading, however, that an anti-burglary system was designed that pumped out very 'loud' subsonics that would make any would-be thieves feel so ill they'd lose all interest in their evil purpose and want to get out of the building. I am not sure if it was ever placed on the market.
More googling...:))
There is also a theory that there are some changes to the earth's magnetic field around deep earthquake or volcanic areas when they are active, and that some living things are affected by them. This -- coupled with the subsonics -- could explain why so many animals fled for the hills before the big tsunami struck in 2004.
Some smart people followed them, and one woman had no choice. Just a tourist, she was riding an elephant when it simply turned and headed due 'up' -- away from the sea -- and refused all commands to stop. She lived when many others didn't.
I believe that in respect of my own sensitivity to quakes it is not some airy-fairy thing, it is a physical phenomenon that has not as yet been fully investigated by science. But then, many people did not beieve in the existence of auras until they were able to be photographed.
Who knows? In any case, I'm grateful and appreciative for your open-minded attitude.
Whyc
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WhyChromosome said on Sep 09, 2006....
BTW I just checked Charlotte King's website:
[url]http://www.viser.net/~charking/
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Within it, besides the rather impressive list of organizations that have tested her, there are some 'hot links', including this one to the Mount St Helen's real-time camera:
[url]http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
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Check it out!
Oh, I should mention that Ms King does not have any warnings up for potential major quake activity. But she states herself that she is not 100% accurate. (It's around 75%)
Whyc
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hotaka said on Sep 09, 2006....
Well, Whyc, that was an eyefull and I do appreciate it. The subsonics thing makes for a good starting point and I wouldn't be surprised at all if some people like you might actually have that kind of ability. Listening to your descriptions of your feelings reminded me of a tale from Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. Here's the short version:
On July 13, 1888, a man and some friends went up to a hot spring on the slopes of Mt. Bandai. They had planned the trip for weeks and we all looking forward to it. They were all enjoying themselves except for the guy whom the story is about. He was feeling ill and had lost his spirit for fun. He told his friends he felt he had to leave and was sorry for spoiling the trip. They were angry with him but after a restless night's sleep he went down the mountain anyway. The next day the remaining people noticed the birds were flying away, the deer were running downslope and even the snakes were in a hurry to go somewhere. This strange animal activity continued all morning and finally the people figured it was a bad omen and the guy's friends also went down. It was a long walk back to the village on the west side of the mountain where they were from. They caught up with their friend, who was feeling better and had stopped at a hamlet for a rest. The following morning, on July 15, the peak known as Ko Bandai (Little Bandai) blasted itself into oblivion. The debris of the mountain peak was spread north over a fifteen square kilometre area and covered one village and two hamlets. It also choked several rivers and dammed them. The eruption was a phreatic explosion, the most destructive kind of eruption and the same kind as Mt. Saint Helens. After seeing the mountain blow up, the guy's friends said that if it hadn't been for his strange feelings they all would have still been up there when the mountain blew.
Yes, the name Charlotte King sounds familiar and I remember she was from California. It was years ago I saw her on TV and I remember she said the sounds she heard were like deep low rumbles.
I have heard about the beaching of whales due to subsonics in the ocean.
Indonesia has the highest number of volcanoes and Japan has the second highest with 10% of the world's volcanoes. There are about 80 volcanoes here.
It is all very interesting, isn't it? I am glad you brought it up. Still, let's watch out in case you are right.
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WhyChromosome said on Sep 09, 2006....
Hi Hotaka, I've just come back on site after googling a few things. Among others, I checked out the web cam image of Mt St Helen's around 90 minutes ago. Static camera, image updated every five minutes. Looked very pretty up there. Nice weather, too. (They include a weather report and forecast as well.)
Checked again just now. The screen only shows a dirty grey, which is strange at around 10.30 in the morning. I hope it just means that some heavy cloud has blown in. Didn't find anything on the couple on online news services I checked anyway. Odd, though.
Thanks for the info about Ko Bandai. I didn't know that one. I think there must be quite a few similar stories around. Certainly, fleeing animals is a sure sign that something is up and such instances have been recorded for centuries.
We'll wait and see.
Whyc