From: whheydt@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
Subject: Re: types of earthquake predictions
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
Distribution: ca
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:59:57 GMT


Back in August, there appeared here an earthquake prediction based on
Nostradamus.  Since there were a number of other predictions contained
there that can now be checked against subsequent events, and I think it 
critically important to *remember* predictions for future checking,
here it is again, with a few comments from me....

If anyone else wants to jump in (I rather doubt there is much more to
say at this time), remember, I'm just pointing out that the current
track record on this specific set is damn poor.  This posting is just
to remind those that believe in this prediction that the record looks
pretty bleak so far--and that should be kept in mind when assessing
any future predictions from this same source.

joanne@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Joanne Petersen) wrote:
>Here is something I received in e-mail today.  I've deleted the writer's
>name since I didn't receive the mail from him directly and I have no way 
>of contacting him to ask permission to post.
>
>------------   ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT   --------
>
>Subject: Nostradamus predicts Calif quake(8+) 8/May/1993.
>
>A major earthquake in California is predicted for 8th May 1993 starting at
>7:05pm.  Map co-ordinates are 117-121 longitude and 31-38 latitude.  The
>area affected is huge.  The magnitude is expected to be 8+.  The duration
>of the event looks like 9 minutes (a long time for an earthquake).  After
>shocks last for 13 days.

I happen to think this extremely unlikely--for all the usual reasons.

>Critical notes:
>---------------
>LA is badly affected.
>No part of the Hollywood area is left undamaged - much is destroyed.
>San Diego disappears beneath the sea.
>San Francisco is on the fringe but the Golden Gate bridge suffers badly.
>Giant tidal waves hit Mexico.
>Mass evacuation takes place before the event - many lives saved.
>California geography is altered.
>Japanese economy damaged due to heavy investments in California.
>
>Prediction source and proof:
>----------------------------
>Nostradamus was a 16th Century French physician who became famous for giving
>predictions of the future that have come true.  He wrote his predictions in
>the form of strange riddles or quatrains (4 line rhymes).  Some of these
>quatrains appear to be fairly clear predictions but most seem to be nonsense.
>
>For the past four hundred years many people have tried to interpret these
>riddles with very limited success.  Recently the quatrains have been
>diagnosed as being anagrams that also contain a very clever data and time
>signal code.  Most quatrains can be decoded into a number of clear text
>predictions with complete dates and times.
>
>It would seem that Nostradamus knew that his contemporaries would not
>believe or understand predictions concerning such things as: nuclear
>power, space travel, genetic engineering, television, etc.  If he had
>revealed the truth in his own time he would have been in danger of
>execution.  His encoding system was such that no one until recent times
>would be able to decode the predictions - now is the time when we are
>sufficiently enlightended that we will be able to believe the predictions
>and use them wisely.
>
>The de-coding system has been applied to earlier quatrains that now refer
>to events in our past.  This provides significant proof of the system.
>
>The full system is explained in a book that is available in the USA, the UK,
>and other countries. The title is:
>
>       NOSTRADAMUS - THE END OF THE MILLENIUM - PROPHECIES: 1992 - 2001.
>
>The authors are V.J. Hewitt and Peter Lorie.
>
>The publishers are:
>
>       BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING LIMITED
>       2, SOHO SQUARE,
>       LONDON,
>       W1V 5DE.
>
>UK price is #14.99.  First published in 1991.
>
>I have no financial connection with this publication.

Here's the stuff we can check....

>It contains many more predictions such as:
>
>       1991 Saddam Hussein expected to survive Gulf War.

True before the book was published.

>       1992 George Bush Re-elected.

False.

>       1992 AIDS in the Catholic Priesthood - Catholicism discredited later.

Not news--even before the book came out.  There have been reported
cases of AIDS and HIV infection in the Catholic Priesthood for several
years now.

>       1993 Sound waves kill cancer.
>       1993 Major US harvest failure - America burns.
>       1991 - 1998 Reversal of ageing process.
>
>       And many many more.
>
>I would like to say more but I may have already violated copyright laws.  If
>you are likely to be in California on 8th May 1993 then please read the book
>and judge for yourself its validity.  I was in San Jose during the 1989
>quake and experienced the fear of such an event.  If this prediction is
>true then I don't see that I have any right to withhold this information.
>
>Further proof of Earthquake Prediction:
>---------------------------------------
>The earthquake prediction is tied to other events to help confirm the dates.
>It mentions a period beginning with the Olympic Games,  prince Charles
>becomming King, and ending with the earthquake.
>
>Another prediction is centered around princess Diana and references her
>'pensive' King.  Remember the book was published in 1991 before the problems
>over the Diana/Charles marriage were known.  The author did not know at the
>time why the prediction centered on Diana and not Charles.  It seems now
>that the British monarchy will fall or continue depending on whether Diana
>stays with Charles or not.  It looks like Diana will choose to stay.

Appears unlikely now.

>It would appear that Prince Charles will become Prince Regent or King between
>23rd July 1992 and the end of September 1992.  This prediction at the
>current time seems unbelievable considering the current major problems with
>the British royal family.  On this point I wrote to V.J. Hewitt and have
>received a reply re-confirming the 'Charles as King' prediction and
>providing new updates to the book.

As we all know--this did not happen.

>I suggest that if there is an announcement concerning prince Charles between
>now and the end of September 1992 then you should also take the earthquake
>prediction seriously.

No announcements of any note took place in that time frame.

>Final.
>------
>I run the chance here of being ridiculed, a chance I am prepared to take.
>If the prediction is true and I said nothing and people suffered as a
>result then I could not forgive myself.  Interesting that in another
>prediction Nostradamus says that all affected will be given the chance
>to leave or stay, indicating that most will hear of these predictions.
>
>Positive comments welcome.

I'm pretty confident that the rest of the predictions will fail just
as surely as the ones so far have.

>PS. I have been tracking ageing research for many years.  In 1991 a protein
>was isolated that can control the genes for human cell decay.  Experiments
>were able to immortalise certain human cells.  I beleive the world is about
>to see the most dramatic developments in the history of humankind.  Note this
>is my fantasy and not a Nostradamus prediction.

	--Hal
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