Here’s what “the world’s most accurate weather model” predicts for Irma. In recent years, the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts has the best forecast model in the world, often generating the best forecasts for hurricane tracks. In some cases, during Hurricane Harvey, it even exceeded the skill of human forecasters at the National Hurricane Center.  https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/heres-what-the-worlds-most-accurate-weather-model-predicts-for-irma/     Continue reading →

St. Maarten after Hurricane Irma. 

I’m hopeful for Florida after glancing at the photos of the Caribbean islands the day AFTER being directly hit by Irma as a CAT 5.  The photos are encouraging because even though the news says it is “complete devastation,” it is NOT as there are a LOT of buildings still standing or partially standing. They were hit head-on as a CAT5 and they have far less stringent building codes than we do. So even if the worst-case scenario happens, which it looks like it will certainly NOT be, get yourself inside a boarded-up home and hang tight. Stay hopeful. Know that miracles happen every day somewhere, might as well be here.   Continue reading →

If you’re travelling and wondering if gas is available, here’s a great tracker http://tracker.gasbuddy.com/MobileSearch.aspx

Please share to calm unnecessary fears. Hurricane Matthew last year reminds us that a huge Category 5  with 165 winds can come ashore with only 109 winds affecting us. That can happen here, too. Hurricane Matthew was a Cat 5 and began disspating and slowing down just before it got to us. When they say a hurricane is 500 miles wide and 185 mph, that doesn’t mean the entire storm is moving 185 mph.  Example: Hurricane Irma, the eye is 25 miles in diameter. A FEW MILES OUTSIDE of that is where the 185 mph winds are. NOT all 500 miles of the entire storm.     Continue reading →

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Discussing natural alternatives to treat anxiety, a musician friend suggested I try GABA, it’s natural and many musicians use it for performance anxiety.  GABA is an inhibitory molecule that slows down the firing of neurons, creating a sense of calm. Benzodiazepines (Such as Valium & Xanax) are sedatives that work as anti-anxiety medication by increasing GABA. A study from the “Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine” found a 27% increase in GABA levels among yoga practitioners after a 60-min. yoga session when compared to participants who read a book for 60 min. The study suggests yoga may naturally increase GABA levels. GABA is is widely distributed throughout the central nervous system (CNS) and supports a relaxed state of mind. It’s the most important and widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that carry information between nerve cells or from nerve cells to other target cells.  GABA helps to prevent over-firing of nerve cells and decreases overall neuron activities in the CNS. Over-firing can cause restlessness, spasmodic movements, irritability and anxiety. GABA is also utilized by the brain to create tranquility and calmness through the brain’s metabolic processes.    Continue reading →

Good reminder to me: whether it’s someone else’s anxiety I’m picking up on or my own, the fact remains that while it’s with me, it’s up to me to keep myself calm enough to stay attuned to inner guidance and ease through it. Yesterday I had anxiety for the first time in years. Hurricane Irma is forming and I’m prepared here for a hurricane, cat food, bottles of water, headlamps, weather radio, batteries. I feel safe in my home, my uncle built it with 2×6 construction, not 2×4 and it weathered category 3 Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 which had 115mph winds. A category 5 has winds of 155 but I still feel safe here.   Continue reading →

I wonder if my urge to paint mermaids the last two weeks was my spidey sense tapping in to upcoming storms. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, yesterday I  woke from a nap with the urge to fill up the car and cans with gas. Then I read a Facebook post that said, “Fill your gas tanks. The south may encounter shortages related to hurricane damage: shutting down gas lines.” I saw Hurricane Irma in the news, forming offshore. The first thing I always do when there’s a new storm forming is check the phase of the moon. I see that Harvey hit Houston 3 days after the storm’s path turned north at the time of the new moon.  According to what we know about New Moon and Full Moon effect on storms and hurricanes, the storms to watch will be two weeks afterward at full moon. That’s this Wednesday Sept 6th. Irma might be a powerful one. Maybe my spidey sense knows some folks might benefit from having a mermaid tail.    Continue reading →

Moon phase makes things predictable and predictable things can ease our minds. A full moon can amplify a storm. A new moon will make a storm turn north, as it just did with Hurricane Harvey. A hurricane moving in a particular direction will turn north when the new moon crosses the equator.  The weather guys never factor that in for us to ease our minds.  It doesn’t matter unless the system stalls and delays a few days.  Then anything is possible. The day the moon crosses the equator heading north, it has maximum thrust carrying systems northwards, which means the storms will stop heading west and head north. The storms to watch will be two weeks afterward at full moon.  That’s this Wednesday. Remember, it’s a cycle.  A cycle is a good thang.  Don’t be afraid, be alert, be mindful and be prepared. This too shall pass.

Full moon …. New moon 2017
Sept 6 ……….. Sept 20
Oct 5  ………… Oct 19
Nov 4 ………… Nov 18
Dec 3 …………. Dec 18 Continue reading →