SUNAMI

AND NOW, TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE ABOUT THE TERRIBLE DISASTER THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE ON OUR PLANET......THE SUNAMI.

FOR THE SUNAMI ITSELF, IT IS NOTHING TERRIBLE, BUT A NORMAL COURSE OF EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN NATURE.  THE EARTH IS NOT A SOLID BALL OF HARDNESS, BUT IS MADE UP OF PLATES.  THESE PLATES MOVE BACK AND FORTH, AND OCCASIONALLY, THE PLATES GET STUCK.....WHEN THE PLATES JOLT AND MOVE TO TRY TO GET UNSTUCK, A SUNAMI OCCURS.....IT IS NOT THE OCEANS FAULT...IT IS NOT THE WAVES FAULT....THEY WERE JUST RESPONDING TO A NATURAL COURSE OF NATURE....WE AS HUMAN BEINGS ARE SMALL CREATURES, LIKE TINY ANTS, UPON OUR PLANET....WE ARE MINISCULE WITHIN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM....OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WITHIN OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS....WHERE DOES IT ALL BEGIN AND END.....NO ONE KNOWS....AND OUR BRAINS CAN BARELY COMPREHEND IT......BUT, AS JIMMY TOLD ME TODAY, "FRAN, WE ARE IMPORTANT AS HUMAN BEINGS, AS WE ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD."

I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA, SO EARTHQUAKES WERE A DAILY FACT OF LIFE...EVEN IN LAS VEGAS, I WAS IN AT LEAST 2 LARGE EARTHQUAKES....IN ONE, MY HOUSE SWAYED, AS I RAN DOWN THE STAIRCASE, TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE.....ALL MY WINDCHIMES SWAYED, AND CHIMED IN UNISON.....EARTHQUAKES MAKE ME FEEL NAUSEATED AND DIZZY...AND CLAUSTRAPHOBIC....I JUST GOT TO GET OUTSIDE TO THE  FRESH AIR.  IN ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE, I WAS IN A CASINO....ALL THE SLOT MACHINES WENT BLANK....PEOPLE RAN OUT OF THEIR HOTELS INTO THE STREETS....IN CALIFORNIA, YOU GET USED TO HOW AN EARTHQUAKE "FEELS."...SO WHEN LIVING IN LAS VEGAS, WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK, LIKE IN THE CASINO, I WOULD CALMLY SAY OUTLOUD, "WE ARE HAVING AN EARTHQUAKE."....PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT ME, AND SAY 'WE ARE?'....AFTER AWHILE, YOU GET TO KNOW THE FEELING.........SOMETIMES THE DIZZINESS, AND HEART PALPITATIONS LAST FOR A FEW WEEKS LATER..............I WORKED WITHA NURSE WHO HAD HUGH HEADACHES WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK.

IN 1982, I WAS IN INDIA....SOUTHEAST ASIA, ON VACATION....IT WAS IN THIS TIME OF YEAR....THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO GO THERE...I SPENT 5 WEEKS IN INDIA...........FROM DELHI, TO BOMBAY, TO POONA, TO GOA, A PORTUGEUSE COLONY..............GOA IS REALLY NOT TOO FAR FROM SRI LANKA......IT IS IN SOUTH INDIA, AND IS A BEAUTIFUL RESORT AREA....PALM TREES, BLUE OCEAN, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER....JUST A PARADISE, TO PUT IT PLAINLY........PLACES LIKE THAT ARE DREAM COME TRUES, AS YOU LAY OUT ON THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, OR AROUND THE POOL.........RELAXATION....FUN....PLEASURE.....NOT A TENSION IN THE WORLD.................I JUST COULD NOT IMAGINE HAVING THIS SUNAMI TAKE PLACE, OUT OF NO WHERE.....INTO A BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL, WARM, TRNQUIL DAY....IT IS UNBELIEVABLE....UNTHINKABLE........................

WE STAYED IN GOA, IN A BEAUTIFUL RESORT HOTEL.....WE HAD OUR OWN THATCHED ROOF BUNGALOW......IT WAS ON A HIGHER ELEVATION, OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN.....I STILL HAVE THE PICTURES....I REMEMBER IT PERFECTLY.......TOURISTS WERE EUROPEAN, SCANDINAVIAN...BRITISH........GOOD FOOD, DRINKS, AND MERRIMENT.................AND NOW, TO SEE THIS HAPPENING IN THE YEAR 2004.....

WILL NATURE BE THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR PLANET?....OR WILL MAN DESTROY HIMSELF?.....WE DON'T KNOW..........BUT I DO KNOW, EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON NATURE......GRAVITY......THE PERFECT BALANCE AND HARMONY OF THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.....THE ATOMS IN OUR BODIES............EVERYTHING IN PERFECTION.........CREATED THAT WAY  BY GOD...........FOR NO PLANET TO GO OFF BALANCE, NOT EVEN A HAIRLINE..............AND NOW, SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED...........SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE SUNAMI HAS CAUSED A CHANGE IN THE EARTH ON IT'S AXIS............YES, THIS WILL AFFECT EVERY LIVING AND NON-LIVING CREATURE ON OUR PLANET, AND I BELIEVE ON OTHER PLANETS...........IT MAY THROW THE BODY OUT OF KILTER......PEOPLE MAY FEEL DEPRESSED, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY........BECAUSE EVERYTHING AFFECTS EVERYTHING ELSE..........I AM SURE WE WILL SEE CHANGES IN OUR WEATHER PATTERNS TOO.........WE JUST DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS IN STORE FOR US..........BUT WE MUST TRY TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH ORDER AND BALANCE AS POSSIBLE.......THE MOON AFFECTS OUR TIDES AND OUR EMOTIONS.....I WONDER HOW IT IS AFFECTING US ALL NOW............

WELL, GOING BACK TO INDIA, AND GOA.......I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. I WAS NOT ONLY A TOURIST, BUT MINGLED WITH THE LOCALS TOO  WE VISITED PEOPLES HOMES.  THEY DRESSED ME IN SARI'S AND BANGLES, AND BRAIDED MY THEN LONG HAIR....WE VISITED MARKET PLACES.....I ATE INDIAN FOOD...AND LEARNED ALL THEIR CUSTOMS.....ON THE TV, IT ALL LOOKS SO FAMILIAR.......THE PEOPLE, THE CHILDREN, THE FAMILIES....IT IS ALL SO SAD...........

FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, AS THE SUNAMI STRUCK SOUTHEAST ASIA, I HAVE BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR 4 DAYS, FEELING NAUSEATED AND WITH GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS..........I JUST HAVE NOT BEEN MYSELF.......I EVEN REFUSED TO TALK TO JIMMY ON THE PHONE THESE DAYS, AND I KNOW I UPSET HIM..........TODAY I FINALLY TALKED TO HIM, AND EVERYTHING IS NOW OK.  IT WAS LIKE A VERY BIG GLOOM CAME OVER ME.....IT SEEMED ALL SO BLEAK.....IT STARTED SATURDAY NITE, WHEN I RETURNED HOME FROM KINTOCK.......I TRIED ON THE PHONE TO EXPLAIN THIS GLOOM TO JIMMY.......HE TOLD ME TO GO TO SLEEP, GET THROUGH THE NITE, AND BY TOMORROW IT WOULD PASS .  I DID THAT, BUT THE FEELING DID NOT PASS UNTIL TODAY, WEDNESDAY......I AM KNOWN BY OTHERS AS A HIGHLY SENNSITIVE PERSON....I SENNSE WHEN THINGS ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN....IT HAPPEN DYAS BEFORE THE OKLAHOMA BOMBINGS, AND THEN AGAIN FOR 911.........IT IS AN INDESCRIBABLE IMPENDING DOOM THAT OVERTAKES ME........I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AT THE TIME, BUT WHEN THE EVENT OCCURS, THEN I KNOW, JUST WHY I FELT LIKE I DID....................FOR EXAMPLE, 2 WEEKS BEFORE 911, JIMMY TOOK ME TO NEW YORK....THE CITY I LOVE NAD LIVED THERE FOR 16 YEARS.  AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED, I WANTED TO LEAVE.  I FELT AN INTENSE DOOM AND GLOOM....I FELT INTENSELY DEPRESSED...AND EVERYTHING AROUND ME LOOKED GREY AND BLACK.....I STARTED TELLING HIM, I WANTED TO LEAVE NEW YORK, AND GET AWAY.........I WAS SO SHOCKED AT MYSELF TO SEE THIS........I SAW AND FELLT DEVISTATION IN NEW YORK.........I WAS CRYING, AND ONLY FELT RELIEF WHEN WE LEFT......

PEOPLE TELL ME I AM PSYCHIC.........I TRY NOT TO BE, BUT OTHERS TELL ME SO......HOWEVER, THIS KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS TO ME BEFORE LARGE WORLD NAD NATIONAL DISASTERS TAKE PLACE IS GETTING KIND OF SCARY...................I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY I AM BEING GIVEN THIS GIFT OF PREMONITION.......AND BELIEVE ME, IT IS NOT A NICE THING TO FEEL....IT IS LIKE I FEEL THE PAIN OF THE SUFFERING PEOPLE INTENSIFIED WITHIN ME................IT STARTED AS A CHILD, WHEN I WOULD HAVE DREAMS THAT PREDICTED FIRES , THAT WOULD BE IN THE NEWS MEDIA THE NEXT DAY......................

I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH THIS QUOTE FROM A PERSON IN SRI LANKA.......................

.........."I FEEL VERY ALONE.  I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY FUTURE."

LET US PRAY FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL, ALONG WITH THE 70,000 DEAD, AND COUNTING, THE OTHERS WHO ARE LEFT WITHOUT MOTHERS, FATHERS, HUSBANDS, WIVES.....FAMILIES WIPED OUT......TOTAL DEVISTATION........ONLY GOD HIMSELF HAS THE ANSWER FOR ALL OF THIS................WE ARE TOO MINISCULE TO REALLY COMPREHEND ANND UNDERSTAND JUST WHY THESE THINGS HAPPEN ON OUR PLANET.

AND LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL OUR LOVED ONES......'I LOVE YOU."

THOSE WORDS AND MOMENTS ARE REALLY WHAT COUNTS..................SENDING MY LOVE TO ALL OF YOU....FRAN AND JIMMY