The Pope

I have noticed bits and pieces mostly found on foreign news services, suggesting the Pope John Paul is near death, or at minimum, ready to give up his region as the highest held position of the Catholic faith. On Sunday, he is widely expected to name a new batch of cardinals who will help to choose his successor.

The Pope on Saturday met the Philippines president and presided over a memorial mass, partially allaying recent fears for his health after he skipped his general audience last week. Concern for the health of the pope, who suffers from Parkinson's disease and can no longer walk without help, has increased in recent weeks. Earlier this month on a trip to Slovakia he was particularly weak and needed help reading his sermons. Last Wednesday, he skipped his general audience because of what the Vatican (news - web sites) said was an intestinal problem.

Pope John, who has delegated the active role in some masses to aides so that he can conserve his strength, was wheeled up the main aisle of Christendom's largest church while sitting on a chair. As the Vatican had previously announced, the pope sat on a throne near to the altar of St. Peter's Basilica as a cardinal celebrated Saturday's mass for him.

Vatican and Italy Blackout

Then we have this unforeseen blackout blinding 58 million people in the Vatican and Italy. Almost all of the country's 58 million people were affected. This was on a similar scale to last month's collapse in the U.S. Northeast and Canada. But coming on a weekend night its initial impact was less dramatic and caused less economic damage.

"It's chaos, and until the electricity comes back on it will continue to be chaos," said policeman Fabio Bragazzi, 21, at Rome's main Termini train station where passengers, among more than 30,000 stranded across the country, slept on the ground. It was the fourth major Western blackout in two months, after cuts in North America, parts of London and Scandinavia.

Blackout in the Philippines

Then we have this latest report of a blackout in the Philippines where the Pope had just presided over a memorial mass.

"It is now 9:00pm, September 28, 2003 in the Philippines, and power has just been restored after being out the entire day. Although power outages are not unusual on Sundays in the Philippines, it is very unusual that they would last more than 2 or 3 hours. I will quickly post this message while we have power (this is the 3rd time power has been restored, but each time it has never lasted more than 15 to 30 minutes). I understand that the entire nation of Italy also blacked out today. Thanks for your patience while waiting for our September prophetic report, which will be posted on our web site ASAP ~ Timothy Snodgrass"

Meteor Strike

Now we have a meteor shower in which one meteorite injury five people as it crashes to Earth near Bhubaneswar, India. An (AFP) report states - Five people were injured and two houses gutted when a meteorite crashed to earth in eastern India after panicking hundreds of villagers as it shot across the sky, reports and residents said.

The meteorite crashed Saturday in a remote village near the Bay of Bengal in the state of Orissa, local media said, adding five people were sent to hospital with injuries. The meteorite lit up the sky and caused windows to rattle as passed overhead, sending hundreds of people rushing outside unsure what was happening, a resident of Kendrapara town said by telephone.

Kendrapara said: "It was all there for just a few seconds but it was like daylight everywhere,". Jaydev Kar a scientist at the Pathani Samant Planetorium in Orissa's capital Bhubaneswar made this statement. "Such celestial occurrences are common in space but not visible to the naked eye. This is a rare phenomenon in this region,"

Solar Flares

Today's sunspot count continued increase over the past week. Today's count is at 137. Geomagnetic storms are expected. Watch for M-Class and possible X-Class flares to occur. Sunspot region 464 has grown so large, you could fit (15) fifteen planet Earths lined up in a row.

Earthquakes

A large 8.2 mag. earthquake hits Hokkaido, Japan on Saturday September 27th. Soon after we see a Magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit Southwestern Siberia, Russia. Shortly after the Siberia quake, a 7.4 earthquake hit Northeastern China then a 6.9 mag. quake hit Tuva-Buryatia, Mongolia, followed by a 7.1 earthquake hit Eastern Kazakhstan.

And just to sweeten this whole linkage of conjecture and speculation, at 03:14:55 UTC a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hits "Central Italy". I don't know about you, but perhaps it is time to take another look at our Mayan Elders message.

Mayan Elders Message: http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/2003/july_2003/19details.htm

Manager of NOAA Space Weather Program to Appear on ECTV

You will not want to miss this interview. I will have Ernest Hildner, Director of Space Environment Center, and Manager of NOAA Space Weather Program as my guest Thursday October 2nd. It is Mr. Hildner who oversees the daily gathering of sunspot counts, solar weather, and coordinates directly with the SOHO satellite.

One might say Ernest Hildner is the first "Super-Duper Doppler Weatherman". It will be this model which I have predicted will occur in the near future as to utilize space weather in our daily weather forecast. ECTV's Mitch Battros equation will more than likely be used in this new field of weather and climate forecast protocol. (see equation)

Equation:
Sunspots => Solar Flares => Magnetic Field Shift => Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents => Extreme Weather and Human Disruption (mitch battros)

Earth Changes TV "Radio Hour"

Tuesday September 30th - Colin Andrew - Colin states in our recent conversation "Some IMPORTANT new material has surfaced and I am anxious to talk about it on your show - Best to you Mitch"
Website: http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/CPRI/cpri96.html
Website: http://www.memorologyllc.com/CropCircleInfo/CropCircleInfo.htm

Thursday October 2nd - Ernest Hildner - Director, Space Environment Center; Manager, NOAA Space Weather Program. Ernest Hildner is the director of the space agency in which all researchers gather their information. It is Hildner's organization that has produced sunspot and solar activity data from which most predictions are made. We will discuss the importance of space weather and how it future impact on weather forecasting is eminent.

Tuesday October 7th - Ian Lungold - creator of the "Mayan Calendar and Conversion Codex" - We are headed toward a very disorienting experience. Your entire environment is made up of nothing but symbols. Your whole mental landscape is made up of only symbols. The whole Hologram of this reality is made of agreed upon symbols and those agreements are straining at each and every limit set upon them. (Even if you disagree with something, first you are agreeing that it exists.) This is going to look very crazy for a time and many persons will cling all the tighter to fixed meanings of favorite symbols in the chaos.
Website: http://www.mayanmajix.com/