Bitter Winds of August

Strange summer indeed. More meteorite sightings and other examples of strange Fortean phenomenon. It wasn't a particularly cold autumn in western Canada, but as this blog is being written in October, the icy breath of winter is soon to be upon us. Good thing my human is fond of burning birch and poplar in her wood stove every night. ;-)

Here are some interesting stories that appeared on the Signs of the Times in August.

Miss Pickles

Earth shakes around the world

Twister clouds surprise residents

Russian Researchers Claim to Have Solved Mystery of Crop Circles

Flashback: 9/11 and the "War on Terrorism"

Flu could infect half world's people in year

From the "why the hell would anybody want to do that" Dept...
Beating Hurdles, Scientists Clone a Dog for a First

East Kingston woman reports second UFO sighting

Back From Iraq, Colorado Soldier Kills Himself, Wife

Strange fish parade seen in Englewood

'Thoughts read' via brain scans
Comment here.

Our X-Files

Dragons in the Tibet Sky

Meteor over Reunion Island

Air Force officer charged for anti-Bush graffiti

Gulf of Mexico mystery

Law Abiding Ohio Resident And Korean War Veteran Has Authorities Illegally Swarm On His Property Just Hours After He Called President Bush A Liar On A Local AM Radio Station

Cypriot plane crash 'a mystery'

TSA May Loosen Ban on Razorblades, Knives
Has Hell Frozen Over?

Tsunami clue to 'Atlantis' found
Comment: Most observers miss the point that the most likely hypothesis is that Atlantis was not "an island", but that it was a world-wide civilisation. The trouble with admitting that a once powerful civilisation that spanned the planet was destroyed so completely that there is little physical evidence of its existence is that it proposes a world-wide catastrophe of immense magnitude. The "Atlantis as island" theory leaves the destruction up to more managable forces, that is, forces that our own "great civilisation" would be able to handle with better tsunami warning systems and evacuations prior to great quakes. When you propose that the entire planet came under such violence that continents rose and sank, that entire peoples were wiped off the planet, then we're dealing with something a little more threatening, aren't we?

There is much evidence that such a catastrophic upheaval occurred on our planet 12,000 years ago, but you don't hear about it, do you? It isn't taught in schools, it isn't mentioned in the papers, and it isn't mentioned in articles such as these. In such a way these disasters become localised and managable.