Is this a manifestation of evil in the sky? Although I noticed many demonic face watching this storm roll in on my porch. This has to be one of the most wicked looking storms I ever seen. The storm rolled out from the Gulf Of Mexico and the clouds were moving very fast. In a matter of minutes a darkness consumed the blue and grayish skies. These photos above were taken at 5pm in the afternoon. It became so dark here all the street lights went on as if it were night time. There was a few clouds that were only a few hundred feet above my house. Some of them looked very tornado like as some churned very low to the ground. There was no rain or even lightening till after the mass of darkness passed. I was so close to taking on a tornado I went outside and stood below the mass taking various photos roughly 50 to 100 filming the entire storm. One of these times I will get a chance to chase a tornado I almost thought this storm was the one but none the less can we say Bizarre!

Above you will see a blue dragon fly. I measured its body at almost 4 inches. I put it in a large jar so that my kids could enjoy watching it for a few hours. But the dragon fly somehow seemed angry as it was going crazy in the jar. After a few hours it calmed down hardly even moved. I went outside to let it out. I unscrewed the cap and took a photo of it. I then started to walk away and it was pitch dark. I got about 5 feet and the dragon fly flew up to my face and started attacking me. It hit me in the back of the neck, the side of my face, it was on top of my head completely on a war path. I got it away from me and ran in the house and a second time by the time I stepped in the door it attacked again. Can we say weird or are these creatures more intelligent then we ever thought?

There is many species of lizards here in Florida could that be a giant lizard to the right or is it a trick of the eye? I been working with the Brown & Green Lizards for awhile here capturing them with the kids keeping them is pets. If anybody knows about the lizards here in Florida they are extremely intelligent, fast and they will out smart you to avoid being captured. But can we actually train these reptiles? Well in the above 2 photos I have shown yes they can be tamed. Odd or is it just plain true that these creatures are after all miniature dinosaurs with extreme intelligence.

Above you will see what is known as a Huntsman Crab spider rather then go into the science of it all I will say this. The spider is very rare and usually only seen on the west coast of Florida. This spider is rare and as you can see in the photo extremely large in size. This spider is not poisonous for you Florida residents but you will know when it bites. It does not spin a web, it can fold up so it can remain hidden in small tight places, and it jumps on its prey hunting it down. The female can carry up to 200 eggs which are attached underneath her. They are one of the fastest moving spiders and there eyes extend outward like a crab. There exoskeleton is very hard. This spider you see was out in broad daylight on my garbage can and it was playing games with me no matter how hard I tried to get rid of it. It reminded me of a second spider I seen weeks before but that one probably was a female I believe this one here is the enormous male. How would you like to wake up and find one of these crawling on your chest in the morning? Can we say strange!!

Above in the following photo what you see are normal tiny tree frogs with red eyes. Pretty normal eh? But honestly I am surprised these cute little frogs survived this long. My kids and I caught 4 tadpoles when I drained the pool in my back yard. We put the tadpoles in water and a few days later they changed completely into transparent frogs. We moved them to this little habitat with our lizards which they love to hop on there backs its funny to watch. But here is the strange thing about the baby frogs. They did not eat for 4 weeks almost and they are still alive all 4 of them. Frogs generally to survive need to eat everyday due to there high metabolism but these little guys want to survive and even when I open the lid they refuse to leave. Recently they have eat some grub worms I put in there but can we say fasting? Almost any creature that does not eat for 4 weeks perishes can we say strange? Mother nature has a way that is the miracle of life.

The Frogs are now an inch and half a piece. One of my baby lizards hatched in June 21s and it was a little over an inch long. Well June 22nd one of the frogs ate the newborn lizard. So now I have meat eating frogs. Can we say strange!

In the bushes next to my house my son found this tree growth on the ground. I took it upstairs to take some photos of it and none the less I have never seen anything like this come out of a tree before. Many will say its a pine cone however there are no pine trees next to my house just a couple real thinned out trees such as cypresses. The object is about 12 inches by 8 inches thick. It has prickles on the outside and its very sticky like it is secreting some kind of sap. Now lets say this is a giant pine cone where did it come from and what pine trees in Florida would produce something of this size now on the West Coast the giant evergreens and redwoods could but around here its impossible so is it bizarre yes. But what is more bizarre is where did it come from and if this thing did fall out of a tree nearby and lets say you were hit by it there is a good chance that it could kill you since it is very heavy, large, and has spikes on the outside of it. My sons and I call it a Gremlin Egg we joke about how my son was feeding the gremlins after midnight haha. But for something this size to come off a tree out of nowhere really to me is BIZARRE or a freak of nature. We have opened the tree pod and found various nuts in the center of it. The object had a white sap inside as I cut it in half and it seems like the pod probably serves as a way to spread the trees seedlings. Strange enough there is no other pods in the tree where it came from so it may not have even come from this tree or area. For all we have known something could have dropped it near my house. So perhaps the answer to this bizarre tree pod remains unknown!!

Update: July 24th 2004 a second pod fell and hit the roof of the house. It rolled off so far it ended up settling in the middle of the street. I ran outside thought a car accident happened. The lady across the street gave me information on the pod. She said that the pods germinate every 2 years. She also told me they can get even larger then the ones I have in the photos above. The tree was planted by her from a relative that brought it back from Africa. The nickname for is called an African Monkey Puzzle Bush. But in reality this is no bush its taller then my house looks like an evergreen tree till you get close to it. The reason it is called this is that monkeys or other animals would climb the tree but once they did they cannot get back down. The reason for this is that the leaves and branches are like razors which point upward. So once they monkey would climb up he would not get back down without getting all cut up on his paws. I know how sharp the limbs are I stepped on a few in the past and was stabbed but never thought anything till now. So does the tree belong here? No it is rare and from another country so of course it is not meant to be in such a city limits area since if one of these pods hit you it could literally kill you so mowing the lawn for the next weeks will give me some paranoia. There are still a few more pods remaining above my house she did point them out. The pod is similar to a pine cone but its not one. The pod carries the seeds which perhaps could be planted after the outside eventually rots away. Quite interesting indeed. 

As Of August 5th 2 more pods fell roughly the same size if not a little bit larger.

Above you will see a rare lizard my son caught on a building downtown DeLand. We been living in Florida for now about 6 months and based on various studying there is only 2 types of common lizards here the Brown's & Greens generally speaking in simple terms. However this lizard was for one caught at night. Secondly there is tiger stripes on it and the head is like a snake. Then last of all the body is almost albino and has a series of spikes running down the torso, legs and other areas. This may be a type of Gecko based on how this lizard likes to curl up like in the photo however even though it looks like one we still cannot find a match for the type it is. So is this a crossbreed? Mutation? A Exotic Lizard Lost In Florida Paradise? You decide!

Update: A member of our group told me this is a white spotted gecko which is very rare mine is dead hers she said has been alive for 6 months.

Hurricane Charley

Hurricane Charley was one of the only hurricanes in last 44 years to hit the city of DeLand. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why everything is so well preserved because areas like Orlando, Daytona Beach, DeLand are seldom hit by such disasters. But on Friday the 13th disaster did strike here very bizarre since as a child I use to be scared of hearing about hurricanes and then I move here and one hits which is quite a rarity. Perhaps it shocked the Florida natives since they been here there whole life and never experienced anything like this. But deep down I knew it was coming this way even before the storm hit land. There was just a feeling in the air that was not right. The day before we had a low funnel cloud right above my street developing. 

It was intense because before the hurricane two bands came through some with high wind speeds. Them bands alone were causing damage, spawning tornadoes, heavy rains and you could see them approaching as I sat on the porch. Each band would pass then there would be a calm as we waited for the hurricane to arrive. There was some suspense but at the same time I was excited because I wanted to challenge mother nature.

Hurricane Charley struck near my house about 10:30pm we knew it was coming because the whole street went dark, then the city went pitch black and all electricity was down. Moments later the winds became heavier and at a constant flow. I went outside on my porch and you could hear what sounded like freight trains you just knew tornadoes were touching down all over the place you could hear the roar of the winds and mother nature. Our street was abandoned as many were in shelters. My sons seen multiple ghost in my house they were scared and in the same room as my sons. 

The hurricane that destroyed Punta Gorda and claimed lives was now over us. I kept my children safe and went outside to keep and eye on twisters but keep in mind it was dark out so they could drop down anywhere. The sky was pink and the lightening was flashing green. Like a green slime just luminating the clouds. I see a palm tree bend really far out my window as I ran back upstairs to keep watch. A giant tree was bending right onto the house on the corner and it looked like the winds were about 80mph. Most of the hurricane I spend outdoors enjoying such a rarity as it reminded me off them November storms we would get in NY where the wind would get up to 90mph. 

But hurricane Charley did not hit DeLand at full force if it did they said that all these historical homes, 70 percent of the trees, buildings and such would have been destroyed. But none the less the earth is experiences changes and I do not think this will be the last we see of these kind of disasters. 

The next morning after the hurricane had passed I took a walk around to see how strong the storm was. The streets were covered in moss and tree limbs, a palm tree literally was snapped in half laying off in the distance, two of my wood fences were leveled, my pool was filled with a few feet of water from the heavy rains, and it was like a ghost town no cars were even out. I did not realize the damages till August 16th three days later I took a bus ride to work. I seen downed trees, a rod iron fence twisted and mangled, gutters ripped off houses and other types of wind damage.

After talking with some friends some of them were blocked in there streets, others could not leave the home due to power lines that were live in the middle of the street, and some houses were badly damaged. After talking with a few people it was apparent that quite a few twisters touched down in various parts of Volusia county some of them ripping trees out of the ground, breaking glass windows, ripping roofs off houses, tearing down power lines. 

I been talking with many other people listening to stories that you will not even see on the news stories about a car lifting off the ground. Another story about a Mc Donald's totally leveled as one employee hid in the meat locker which was the only thing left standing, or another story about how someone on the bus said there were twisters he seen all over the place. One of the employers on work for they own other buildings and in the county over one of there buildings was destroyed. These are just a few of the horrors that stuck the area it does not get any more bizarre then this.  

Some say hurricane Charley was the most bizarre one they ever had since it changed its path very quickly, cut right through Central Florida, took power from over 200,00 people, and did over 11 billion in damages. This also was one of the fastest moving storms as in less then a day it hit land in southern Florida and by night fall it left  north central Florida eventually dissipating as it hit the Carolinas. 

Above you will find a few aftermath/beforehand  photos they are basically ones showing the tree moss in the roads, my downed fence, me outside as the eye of the hurricane was directly over my house. Things of that sort that were taken on my property or near it.. I would love to get more damage photos however at this point right now things are like hell there is electric crews all over, clean up groups, traffic is crazy and everything is just in a panic as people are crowding stores etc .If I had a car I would travel farther out to get some photos but anyways here is a few bizarre or not this hurricane has left an imprint in the small city of DeLand.  So here are just a few photos of what this hurricane did by the time it reached the DeLand area.

I captured this image of a rainbow right out of my back yard. Bizarre probably not but considering this photo was taken a few days just after Charley's wraith it was a real refreshing to see such beauty. Unfortunately there was no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or I would develop them hundred rolls of film I have from previous investigations:)

Hurricane Frances

Hurricane Frances was one of the slowest moving and largest hurricane to hit the state of Florida in over 100 years. Most hurricanes are two sizes smaller usually and travel very fast however Frances was much different perhaps extraordinary in every way. For one it was the second hurricane to hit central Florida in 3 weeks which is a first time. For two it was the second category 4 hurricane where in history there was only one other time two category 4 storms have occurred such as this. For three this hurricane did more damage to Cape Canaveral space shuttle center then any other hurricane causing 58,000 sq ft. of damage to the windows and metal. Hurricane Frances caused in some areas 15" to 20" of rain as it passed through the state of Florida. In one county alone a member told me they had 17 tornados that spun off its bands. It caused 5 million in the state of Florida to lose power, thousands of trees to fall, over 3 million were evacuated largest Evac. in the state of FL. So a lot of Bizarre occurrences happened from the storm. As the day the storm approached most storms were low in supplies and even gas stations all up the east coast were out and tensions in the air began to rise. But between Charley and Frances the duo has caused billions of dollars in damage and some lives were lost. When Frances left the state of Florida it hit all the way up to Buffalo NY my hometown and they even received its winds and flooding. So many lives were affected as this storm the size of Texas loomed over millions. We were very lucky that we did not take a direct hit however none the less one county away is still a very close call.

What I am about to do here with you is below share some exclusive hurricane footage I should have made a movie of it but forgot that my camera has a movie setting however some of these photos are some you will never see from the news. They are photos taken by me of downed trees, power lines, damage to buildings etc as I risked myself to bring everybody a story on this record storm. The hurricanes last few bands were clearing the area when I headed out of my house to bring you the photos. I took more then what is here but you generally get the idea how bad this storm was.  A week later now and more then half of the damage has already been cleaned up, repaired, or removed so really this is a wonderful chance for others to understand a little bit more about how evil these storms can be. Some crews came from out of state and will be here 8 weeks just to help with storm damage. But anyhow let me share with you my story as I have once again overcame another hurricane in my 1800's house. A house that is being still slowly restored and is one of the oldest in the area so alot of tribulations I was up against.

Anyhow lets talk about Thursday September 2nd the hurricane was only a couple hundred miles off the coast but it was moving at times of 2-6 mph which is not very fast. However Thursday the winds started to come and the skies were filled with some swirling low clouds. You could feel something wicked was coming. As a psychic I have many different abilities one of them is to shield objects such as houses but this one I could feel days before it even arrived all I had to do was meditate and I knew that it was coming to me just as Charley's eye passed right over my house. 

Friday was a sadder day it was a day I had to send my children off to a safe place I do not doubt my ability to protect others however 90 percent of Volusia county homes are concrete and block while mine was made out of wood over 120 years old. So for safety as many evacuated my area so did my little guys. Friday was different the winds were stronger the skies at times were a dark gray. I visited various areas and it was like a ghost town everything boarded up hardly any cars out and peoples stress level was high as a fight was going on an a local gas stations cars waited in line.

Saturday morning came along the hurricane was now approaching land and slowly bands started passing through. Some of the bands were very strong with high winds and a steady rain but since they moved faster then the hurricane they would pass in 10 minutes off and on. But I stayed behind to protect what I owned and I knew if the ship was going to go down then I would be its captain. Before the bands hit the spirits and I bonded together to shield the entire house the energy here was so great It felt like almost the entire town could be wiped out and this house would be left standing here.

Saturday evening things began to get worst the winds were coming in at intervals the rain was blizzard like and a few giant limbs came down one on the roof eventually blowing off. I went outside a few times an was soaked in a matter of seconds one time blown back by a gust and high rains. But I wanted to drain my pool even during the storm because that was made of concrete and a safe place. Nightfall came and it had begun the entire hurricanes north side embraced my city and finally no sky or stars would be appearing. Saturday late night the winds battered my house two very large trees next to my house and two more on the side were bending as gust came through. Pods were falling left and right not even fully bloomed yet photos of the pods are above, limbs were coming down and the sky lit up green as transforms were blowing up all around my area.

I slept off and on but could not sleep much because if the one tree was to fall I would have to make a quick escape so I put myself in a trance between the dream world and this one where I could sleep and still have my soul watch the house it seemed to work very well. Sunday I made a few cups of coffee noticed luckily I still had power on. I sat on the porch a few times even. But the sky was dark throughout the day and the gust just began to reach there peaks as downburst came by, tornado clouds passed over head and of course a constant wind gust from 40mph to 85mph. I looked all around my house and at this point there was debris all over limbs, trees, pods, etc. A piece of my tin roof tore off flew right past my window, it started raining in my bathroom, downstairs the back windows some panes fell out, and other parts of my roof peeled up like a sardine can. I lost 4 sections of my old wooden fence as the wood snapped in half from high winds. About half way through the day my house swayed like a ship as the house I live in is 3 stories high and sits on pillars. But the rains and winds kept coming swaying me a few times every hour. By the time my power was gone so nightfall it was just myself and my lantern in the howling winds. 

Monday morning finally was here and the north eastern edge of the hurricane still loomed over us but was very weak leaving only a few tornado warnings in the area but it was early in the morning so I got onto my bike to bring others a story. I went downtown and it was horrifying every awning was ripped to shreds, metal awnings twisted and broken off, as well as broken glass on many different shops. Fast food restaurants had glass shattered on there main signs, debris was all over and near downtown a power line just hanging 5 feet off the ground blocking a main road. But I hoped maybe if I was out if someone was in need I could at least be of help to them.

I road my bike a few miles around town and it cost me alot of risk and energy. As I noticed almost every street I went down power lines were ripped down laying in flooded areas, across roads, tangled in fallen trees. I cannot recount the amount of trees fallen but from my observation I road through the historical district section of where I live and noticed over 15 roads blocked by giant willow and oaks just covering one sidewalk to another. Stop signs were bent, a metal fence at Stetson University  torn off and its grounds covered in 100s of tree limbs and century old trees. One house had a tree that hit it while other houses had a lake of water surrounding there property. I visited Oak Dale cemetery one of the most prominent and largest cemeteries in Volusia County. At least half of the monolithic trees covering the cemetery snapped in half like twigs crushing fences, grave stones, and blocking the paths through this woodsy cemetery it was a nightmare. Nearby a field that was grass with trees down laid under water like a small lake. I seen telephone poles down including one area that was over a foot deep of water on a street. Many locals stood in sadness on their steps still in pajamas watching me take photos and ride my bike through the empty roads. Just a few things I encountered and later when I arrived home a smidge of sunshine was spotted through the clouds. 

I spent a majority of a few hours cleaning up. I had to take an ax to chop up a limb weighing at least a few hundred lbs up since it was lodged in my fence as it shot through it like a bullet. I picked up over 20 pods from my African Monkey Puzzle Tree, over twenty giant limbs, roofing and after about a few hours my property was the first on the street to have been cleaned up. Then I sat all day long for two people I thought were friends forgot about me and did not pick me up. Sadly they lied and selfishly only cared about there gas and own self and well like most of mankind others at times only care about themselves rather then work together to create a better future. Later that night again I had to venture off into a disaster zone so I could unite with my children. 

I road my bike over 8 miles to the country and noticed how bad it was out there one house was flooded, another house crushed by a tree and much like my area this area also had lines down. It was getting dark which is really eerie when your out in the country and power lines are down. Two hobos stopped me to ask the time then I realized I was lost and drifted a couple miles off track. Curfew was setting in and I was still out. A man speeding almost hit me on my bike as he drove straight up the shoulder of the road. Finally I found a country road took it for two miles as it twist and turn found the right street and almost ran face first into a power line that was hanging on the ground. As the street had no light it is very hard to see anything at the given time of sunset here. 

I had arrived safely however unfortunately I spent Tuesday and Wednesday in a house that was 90 degrees, babysitting when they went off to work, did not eat any food it was just a bad experience there. The tensions were a lot higher in there household then mine where there was spirits protecting the house, neighbors to talk to etc here nobody would even acknowledge me. I guess that because they spent so much money on gasoline for there generator and lost days of work that was my fault to. So a lot of stress and Tuesday came around and I had power they refused to take me home so I spent another night on the Florida eventually getting home Wednesday evening. Sad to say because of this storm I did lose two friends in a way I thought I could trust. But what is a storm of this magnitude? Is it really a test of friendship and unity or does it come down to the selfishness of man? I do know that I spent a lot of money to feed there kids during the storm and help them out so in a way not only do you have to face such a bizarre storm but then you spend days fighting the aftermath of it. Anyhow below please enjoy the photos make no mistake about it mother nature is our greatest threat and the earth is going through a transition some call it signs of the apocalypse others call it the curse you decide! Only I know the real truth.

Couple Photos Before The Storm You see a boarded up NAPA and two big trees in my backyard taken on a Friday afternoon.

These were taken as the storm was pounding us you see alot of horizontal rain, trees blowing, swirling clouds even though it looks night these are daytime photos in the darker ones.

Below you will see some of the damage in downtown DeLand its quite shocking really this is just one city block downtown.

 Fallen Trees below as you can see in my county alone 100s have fell here are a few monster trees and limbs caused by the high winds. You will also see a few with power lines just hanging there.

Stetson University near my house suffered some minor damages as well as many fallen trees at this historical college.

Flooding and blown down stop signs also were not every uncommon. Below you can two trees submerged in water. A flooded house and street.

The beautiful Oakdale Cemetery lost many of its trees as this cemetery took one of the worst hits in the DeLand area. There were at least 100 trees down here some older then the cemetery itself.

My house did suffer some damage as you can see a hole in the fence, parts of roof peeled up, the fallen pods not even fully grown yet, broken windows, couple broken fences just to name a few things. But the house did manage to stay in one piece although now it is leaning to the left a little more.

Last of all below you can clearly see a ghost looking out my window. I took many photos of the roof coming up and this is the only image that showed this apparition which appears to be looking at me. So as I said the ghost and I worked together to protect the house and there you have it one bizarre hurricane!

Hurricane Ivan The Terrible

 .....hit the panhandle of Florida in September in some cases killing over 70 people in the islands and some say over 100 in the states. Again breaking another record Ivan was a category 4 when it made landfall. When it hit Granada it leveled 9 out of every 10 homes. When it hit Pensacola half of everything was damaged or obliterated. You hear some stories about tornadoes from the storm ripping houses apart killing others inside or dangerous flood waters washing away its victims. But I am not here to discuss perhaps the hurricane itself but to discuss the Bizarre occurrence that had happened when Ivan cut up the Gulf into the Carolinas and out to the ocean. Strangely enough like most hurricanes or storm systems created by them the tropical storm heads to the north eventually dissipating however instead Ivan started heading south and cut right through the Daytona/Deland area as a tropical Depression which is like a severe thunderstorm with some mild breeze. That storm system traveled from east to west and as soon as it hit the warm gulf once again it gained power turning into a Tropical Storm. This time it hit Texas just skimming New Orleans and the Florida Panhandle. The odds of something like this happening are not only rare but astronomical to have a hurricane hit a place then go 100s of miles away only to turn around and hit a second time can we say Bizarre. Although I did not get the hurricane affections Ivan did go directly over me on its second run to try and cause more havoc now I wonder why hmmm.

The Black Helicopters

9-23-04 In the evening I was sitting here online when my house began to shake it almost felt like a loud stereo was playing. I ran outside seen 3 black helicopters fly very low over my house. I went back to get my camera and they were out of sight so I couldn't get a photo. But when you start to see these black helicopters in your area it means most of the time something big is going down. 

Also late last night about 2am I dozed off watching the a few of my shows like the king of queens and was awakened again by two very low planes or helicopters. One was so low it probably almost hit my house and I am not joking about this. If it woke me like that real sudden it had to be loud but the whole damn house shook I thought something was going to crash right into my upstairs bedroom.

Mean Jeanne

September 25th Jeanne made its way on over to the Florida coast. It came as no surprise to me that this would hit fairly close to where I live since it took a similar path to Francis a few weeks before The most amazing thing about this hurricane is that with it came many records for example it directly hit the small town of Stuart which was hit a few weeks ago before by Frances. It has never been recorded in history for a hurricane to hit the same place twice in one season. As a tropical storm Jeanne sat out in the ocean 3 weeks and days over Haiti which killed over 1,500 people. Most deaths were caused by drowning and mudslides. The water in some places were 9 feet and many Haitians were drifting on debris and seeking shelter on the roofs of there homes. Corpses floated like dead fish in a river as the smell of death filled the air.

Interesting enough here are some more states with Jeanne's hit to the Florida coast and states above it the largest aid movement of FEMA in hits history was launched. The last time 4 hurricanes were to hit the state was 118 years ago. There are still 63 days left in the hurricane season. The request for 12.2 billion dollars from the president was issued, At this point 1,700 plus deaths are said to have occurred in total. Also since the aftermath of Jeanne and previous hurricanes it has costs millions to be without power. With this hurricane included over 16million relief meals have been given out. Daytona and New Smyrna Beach lost 8 to 9 feet of sand on the beach carving out small cliffs along condos and hotels. It washed away steps leading to the beach and sea walls. So right now this is the worst erosion damage Florida has ever experienced in this area. 

Although out of all the hurricanes so far I been involved in this one seemed to be fairly mild. For one I did not lose power either did most of my members in the central Florida area. For two the damage around here was minimal despite the fact we had hurricane force winds only a few limbs came down, some lower areas remained flooded, and a few canvas awnings were shredded apart. But for the most part I really did not see many downed power lines or trees from the hurricane despite the fact it came through here.

Hurricane Jeanne or the start to hit actually hit here Saturday morning. I woke up to go to work and you could see bands of clouds rolling in but no rain. We then started to receive what I would call minor sprinkles those rains brought the smell of sea salt in the air. Then about 6pm we received our first feeder band it was pretty weak a few winds and rain for twenty minutes then that was it. The rest of the evening remained fairly calm that is when I conducted an investigation into the Howry Dormitory. I then came home and was on the internet doing some research when about 2am we lost power for about a half hour guess someone backed into a utility pole panicking. Then miraculously it came on and about 3am the storm hit pretty hard here alot of winds and rains. It was band after band. Sunday afternoon the storm was at its strongest points with a lot of gusts and it is kind of funny but I had a birthday party for my son he turned 3 years old it felt more like we were just in a bad thunderstorm. None the less my house which sits on pillars was rocking.

Jeanne was one of the only hurricanes that did not drop any tornadoes from what I read. Yes there were warnings issued but unlike Ivan this storm was good to us in the fact that the tornadoes do more damage then anything which if there were none then in my opinion we were all very lucky. As the stormed cleared out of the area Sunday Evening things began to get back to normal by Monday. Shops were open so were restaurants downtown and people were generally out and about. Even before the storm I found alot of people to be out walking around, driving etc You could sense a storm was coming but generally it was nothing like Frances or Charley's arrival. So once again another Bizarre storm or rather occurrence in the area. I was lucky enough to investigate during the earlier stages of the storm and I did occasionally go outside during the hurricane. If you never have done it I think everybody should try it its an experience you'll never forget with the winds and misty rain soaking you in seconds it truly is an experience.

Below you will see a few aftermath photos and of course one taken during the storm where you can see how dark it is outside yet its like 10 in the morning. You will see a few signs bent, a large limb down, my roof peeling up in the front, the wood broke on my fence, a group of trees all uprooted, ripped awnings, and pieces that came off the wall of a building. 

Strange Black Birds

Over the last two weeks there has been swarms by the 1000s of these black birds. The birds were acting very strange before Christmas of 2004 and I said to my members that something perhaps was brewing in the air. Maybe an earthquake or volcano getting ready to erupt. The birds were acting very noisy, flying around poles, power lines, the willow tree had 1000s in them then they would all leave at once as some would fly in confusion. A few days later the Tsunami and Quake that killed over 100,000 in Asia occurred. Then December 30th this happened again these birds do not migrate but by the 1000s they flew over my house in a frenzy. This time I photographed them. Is this coincidence or are more disasters about to occur? Click the photos you will be amazed.

Strange Dead Possum

Although its not odd for animals to die its odd for an animal to die in such a bizarre place. The other day the kids and I were getting ready to have our daily soccer match when my son says dad this huge animal is dead in the backyard. I ran towards the back and standing in a upright position was a giant oversized dead possum. We were not even sure if it was still alive as this animal just sat there in the middle of my backyard not moving with its paws in front of itself. To make matters worst it was December 31st 2004 New Year's Eve not that the day matters but its the point that one more bizarre incident had to sneak its way in before 2005 lol.

When most animals die they often crawl in a corner, under a house, in a bush or somewhere they will not be found. But here we had this dead possum in the middle of the yard that looked like a stuffed animal. The possum from head to tail was probably about three feet and on its left front paw was a piece of skin and fur missing. What could have done this? This possum was fun to watch sitting on the porch late at night seeing him cross the road then mysteriously he was found like this. The death is quite a mystery to this old possum but in my opinion if I were a cat or a coon I would be scared of a possum this size so the answer remains in our bizarre category!