The firey ball moves across the Spokane sky.
While the east coast of the United States bears the
brunt of Hurricane Irene, the people in Spokane,
Washington have been driven into a panic by the
sudden appearance of a big, glowing ball in the sky.
According to witnesses, the glowing ball started to
move across the sky in the early morning. "I had gotten
up right at 6:00 am" said resident Christopher Prottle.
"I put on my robe and walked out onto the front porch
to get the newspaper. And that's when I saw it, a huge,
ominous looking yellow firey ball on the horizon."
Since early morning the firey ball has been tracking its
way across the sky in an east to west direction.
Spokane Mayor Mary Verner said that she had been trying
to caution Spokane residents to not panic. "It will be
difficult. The people here haven't seen anything of this
magnitude for a long, long time. It has been like since
yesterday that they were forced to go through anything
like this."
A good number of automobile accidents occurred in the
early morning hours as Spokanites tried as best they
could to get through the ordeal, rushing to grocery stores
to lay in food, to malls to do some emergency shopping,
and to golf courses to get in one last round.
Some Spokane residents have opted for caution and will
be evacuating the city. "This horrible firey ball seems to be
moving west" said telephone worker Gary Smith. "So we are
packing up the SUV and are going over to Montana and camp out
at Glacier Park. Which works out pretty good considering that's
what we had planned to do this weekend anyway."
Not everyone was surprised at the appearance of the firey
ball. Father Ronald McNeil, Jesuit priest and Professor of
Classics at local Gonzaga University, said he was very familiar
with the phenomenon inasmuch as it was known to the ancient
Greeks. "The poets Homer and Pindar both described this, writing
of Helios and his firey steeds. I think it similar to what we
are seeing now."
Tomei Dickens of the National Hurricane Center said that
she thought that Spokane residents should remain calm.
"I think this is a temporary phenomenon" she said. "In
fact, I think that the scary yellow ball will go away
by this evening — say around 7:40 pm."
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We are witnessing the same events here, switching from rain umbrellas to beach umbrellas. I'm beside myself knowing what to do next! 😎
Originally posted by musickna:
:lol:Excellent suggestion! I'll have some toast and coffee and listen to some music and then rush right over to get that sunscreen.
Have fun!
I believe there are items available in the 'emergency items' section of some stores called 'sun' screen and 'sun' glasses. Usually overlooked, I suggest you rush out and get some immediately!
Originally posted by sanshan:
Well I guess you could put on that bikini and a light jacket and go down to the beach and pick up some seashells and driftwood. And then stop for a mocha. 😀
you had me going there for a minute since i saw a really good clip of some fiery ball on the news yesterday. i was making dinner and only saw it out of the corner of my eye, but i was tivo-ing the news and thought i'd watch it later. then i forgot 😆 and deleted it. it was the best daytime comet i've ever seen. maybe if i google it…
You know, we have the same phenomenon repeating almost every day for last few months or so. And even worse, it started to warm up the air so it went up to 42C – 107,6 F few days ago :faint:What shall I do? How to save myself? 😮
A comet, huh. Well, that's about all that hasn't hit us in the past year, a comet. Or a huge meteor. I'm sure you can find it.
Originally posted by gdare:
OMG, I hope we don't have to go through that horror. I'm rooting for you, Darko. I know you can beat this Helios thing. :right:
WARNING: Not suitable for the faint hearted :right:http://youtu.be/rBIs8cuIwTo
😆 The people who lived in darkness have seen a great light!! :pYour story is very entertaining :DIt reminded me of the Miracle of the Sun in Fatima.
I'm sorry Mags, I watched the vid but I still don't get what the whole Miracle of the Sun was supposed to be. I'm familiar with Fatima, but don't understand the sun thing. BTW, didn't the last survivor of the 3 children die just a few years ago?The music sounded like Samuel Barber — but I don't think it was. Or at least it wasn't the famous adagio.Incidentally, my original idea for yesterday's post was "Hurricane Draws Record Number of Badly-Shot Videos on YouTube.":p
Yes, Sr. Lucia. Nobody believed the children were having visions of the Blessed Mother and thought they were making it up to gain attention. They were even sent to jail.Sr. Lucia promised the people that the "Lady" would perform a miracle on October 13 so that all would believe. A million people gathered and witnessed the Miracle of the Sun. I guess the Sun changed colors, spun, and then plunged to the earth scaring them half to death. There were many physical and sprititual healings that day.
There is a little village named Medjugorje that is a popular prilgrimage site these days. Six people claim to have on-going apparitions of the Blessed Mother.Pilgrims claim they see the Sun spin, dance, and do all kinds of crazy things. There are reports of healings associated with this place as well.
Originally posted by intothedeep:
Like me in the 80s! :lol:Come to think about it, I still spin.
:sing: Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,I'm a woman's man, no time to talk…Ah, ha, ha, ha,Stayin' alive.Stayin' alive.:lol:I really hated that era!!
…I don't think this is a temporary phenomenon! :eyes: It's back again today! What to do what to do?
Bike ride out to Lighthouse Park and a swim in the 20 degree water! (omg I'm becoming one of them! :alien: )
@ San.It's back here too. :p And once again it started early this morning. I'm starting to freak out.Not about the firey ball, I'm just starting to freak out.
Ah well you see that was the 70s. I mean no wonder.:lol:The 80s were awesome.
@ Mags."skinny legs, high heels, big hair and disco balls the most."This is what I most associate with the 80s. And I've never really been the same since. It's all pre-Human League and post-Human League. And post-Joanna Catherall.
😆 Know it all :pI associate the 70's with rock and roll, hip-huggers, long straight hair, and walking around bare-footed. That song must have come out late.There was some great music in the 80's, but I seem to remember skinny legs, high heels, big hair and disco balls the most.
Originally posted by sanshan:
You mean, a polar bear?That's okay San, we'll still accept you if you turn into a polar bear.:yes:
No, one of those crazy healthy athletic people who live in Vancouver and bike everywhere and then go get a non fat latte.
Polar bear? :left:
Omigosh!Don't make the wings of wax, Edward!:no::lol::heart:
Originally posted by Stardancer:
:lol:Nah. I'm afraid of heights. :p:heart:
Phew…the big yellow ball is gone. :no:Please please come back big yellow firey ball! 😥
LMAO.
Texas has seen an extra-large version of this scarey firey ball along with the heat it generates, being too close for comfort, for two months now. When will it go away?????
@ Linda.Helios just LOVES Texas so much he doesn't want to leave. :p
I definitely believe that. You'd think we would get some rain from these tropical storms and hurricanes coming through, but NO. Louisiana and Arkansas, Georgia and the other coastal states and inland, too, are getting all kinds of rain. It stops at the Louisiana/Texas border! Rats~!
We got just a spittin' of rain from Lee, but that strong cold front that came through yesterday and last night was pure heaven!Temps have been in the 70's and low 80's today, with good breezes all day, too. Really great break from the heat.:heart:
Originally posted by Stardancer:
Hurray! I'm glad for you Star. :up:
It has gotten much cooler here the last couple days, also. Our local newsman says the 100 or over temps are done for the year. I hope he's right; however, this means that soon the temps will be colder than I want to deal with.
:lol:.
@ Linda. Hope it isn't colder than you want. But cold weather is easier on the lungs — and right now both of us only have one. :p@ Qlue.It's just about Spring where you are at, yeah?
Yep, pretty much. :up:.Of course, our Winter is about equal to your Summer, so Spring here would be like a heatwave there. :insane::lol:.
Originally posted by qlue:
You mean it would be like Texas this summer?
I'm thinking of most people in the Northern hemisphere who are a little further north. :p.I'm on the 30 degree latitude. Most of the people here on My Opera are above the 45 degree latitude so what I said does not necessarily apply to Texas, but it does apply to almost everyone else. :p.
I'm worried now. That fiery ball has come back and it's September and we have to go back to work. It's settled in for over a week now. What if if never leaves? :eyes:
@ San. San, I think that the big firey ball has just about had its day — or days. Soon there will be a mighty battle, and Neptune will defeat Helios, and the firey ball be supplanted by grey skies and snow. Or at least that's what I'm hoping. And then in Spokane and B.C. our lives can get back to normal.