Today NOAA posted Tropical Depression TWENTY-FOUR which if formed will become Hurricane Wilma. CNN news reported that this tropical depression may form into a hurricane and threaten the US by sometime next week. Below is a link to NOAA and the projected formation and path of this storm.


NOAA
Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Cone

Sixes still rule. Nine has been constant but began to strenghten in the past couple of days. We shall see if there is any relevance to Katrina and Rita, the last two hurricanes to hit the US. My overall impressions in the past two months is this will be the third. See my post Tropical Depression 18 {9}. Scroll down to the post of Sep 22nd, 2005 - 5:23 PM. a list of 2005 Hurricane Names.


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As of 10:49 am EST today {Tuesday 10-18} Wilma was upgraded to a hurricane MSNBC website. It is projected to enter the Gulf with a possible hit to the Florida coastline by this weekend. It could change course as it travels in the Gulf waters.

From MSNBC
Wilma is the 12th hurricane of the season, a number reached once before in 1969 since record keeping began in 1851. At 11 a.m. EDT, Wilma had top sustained winds of near 75 mph.

Wilma is also the 21st named storm of the six-month hurricane season, which ties another record set in 1933.

Turn towards Florida possible
“There’s no scenario now that takes it toward Louisiana or Mississippi, but that could change,” said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Conditions such as warm water and favorable atmospheric winds are in place for Wilma to strengthen, possibly into a major hurricane with winds above 110 mph.

“If it goes through the Yucatan Channel, there won’t be much to weaken it,” Mayfield said.

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Is there anything more dangerous than an angry female?

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My impressions starting yesterday are that 4s and 8s rule. If you go to Astro.com and type in your first name, select event chart, the birthdate as 10-22-05, the time as unknown, the location as Miami, Fl. and check the map box.....you get
80w08 25n47 time h4w DST
8s 18 4

What are the possibilities? There may be other possibilities to where it hits land but my impressions are 4s and 8s with the possible influence of 6s.

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Wilma has become a cat 5 hurricane, already. It jumped from a cat 2 to a cat 5 in mere hours. It is the strongest hurrican of the season, more powerful than Katrina. Of course it could lose strenght over time. But the fact that it grew so large so fast says something about how weather is becoming more volital and dangerous. Expect more of these storms, perhaps even worse.
Nothing is more dangerous than Mother Nature in her wrath. And her anger is man made.
We need to wake up before it is too late. It may already be too late!

Here is the projected path from NOAA. It is expected to take a big hook and head for the tip of Florida.

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Wilma just keeps getting stronger and stronger. It is the strongest hurricane on record in terms of barometric pressure {882} and became a cat 5 faster than any recorded storm {dropped 100 millibars in 24 hours}. Here is a dandy little page that tracks all the 2005 storms {animation} and several of the 2004 storms.
2004/2005 Hurricane Tracking

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Gerard,

I believe the Earth does communicate her distress. Her distress is due to our abuses to her and somewhat inclusive of our abuses to the entire eco-system, the totality of all in physical existence to include animals, and each other. Is this increased activity so much an expression of anger as it is an attempt of a mother to correct the behaviour of her offspring? Warning us to knock it off, clean up our mess AND teach an important lesson in sisterly/brotherly love to end our disrespect of her and to each other. She is as concerned about us as herself. Mothers love their children regardless and feel their pain even as mothers make their own way in their lives. The purpose of a mother’s corrective action is multifold: punishment as a negative reinforcement; to foster forethought to action; teach children to be self sufficient. Is this also a tough lesson on learning to love and respect each other?

Additionally, I have to believe climate is not the sole indicator. With a view the Earth in totality is an eco-system earthquake, volcano, tsunami et all are all indicators of the unbalance. The Earth has many ways to equalize unbalance. Of equal importance, and affect, are the recent series of serious earthquakes, the number of long dormant volcanoes returning to activity, etc. If all natural Earth activity is viewed collectively I believe the picture of Her communication grows proportionately.

It is through great disaster, great loss, the human collective comes together with those most affected with support & love and with fear and awe at the Mother’s power. However, as we’ve seen, the collective ‘joining’ dissolves as quickly as it coalesces. How short our memories are. It is a world immersed in a tunnel vision of personal materialism. As soon as the daily headline changes we forget and the cycle of transgression repeats.

In conclusion, does the Great Mother communicate and are we, the human species, able to hear Her? Yes. We are, after all is said and done, born of her just as the animals and the plants. Are there those that would listen? A few. She speaks to us, sustains us, cares for us, loves us. And smacks us on the back of the head when we need it.

And a note to those in the Northern lattitudes. The 'White Death' of winter approaches. Will the winter storms be dispropotionate in severity to the norm as the hurricane season has shown? Accept personal responsibility for your safety and prepare for possible winter weather emergencies. And please check on those neighbors that may not be able to help themselves due to mobility issues or aren't as resilient, especially the elderly, and offer a helping hand if you can.

Best regards,
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Kathy,
I am beginning to think that there is that communication between the universal psyche of Mother Natur and the individual psyche. Unfortunately there are too few people who are tuned in to the connection. Global warming is a fact and although we do not know for sure the consequences we can get a good idea when the Mother speaks to us when the powerful forces of nature wreck havoc upon us. And I agree, it is not just hurricanes and weather but other disturbances also. This past year there has been a constant string of destructive events. My own personal senses have also been active. I could be imagining such connections but with what I have learned from Jung and Campbell and other ersources dealing with the psyche, it is not simply an imagination at work. Gaia isn't something that I invented. It has been around throughout history in one form or another. Native Americans connection to the earth is a good example of the theory but in a different context.
Current thinking by Americans especially is so material oriented there is no longer a connection between Mother and child. It is left up to the few to announce the pain that she is suffering.

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Wilma indeed came ashore as a major hurricane, a cat 3. This puts her up there with Katrina and Rita. And there was a lot of damage to the Miami area {it was reported Wilma was still a cat 2 when it reached Miami}. All with all the destruction to the Mexican coast Wilma was a devastating hurricane. There are still 1000s of American tourists still caught in Cozemel and Cancun
trying to get back home.

Alpha has come and gone. Don't be surprised if there are even more named storms before the year is up. Has nothing to do with my intuitive impressions. Has everything to do with global warming. And for thge meteorologists at NOAA who believe this is just a cycle. When their location is under water {in Miami} perhaps they will change their minds. I see more political appointees with their heads buried in teh sand.

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