 ERODE, DEC 31: The prophesies and
predictions of Nostradamus on tsunami in coastal areas have come
true. ``As per his predictions, the world will witness many more
tragedies next year,'' Perry Jove, a researcher on Nostradamus
writings, says.
A former officer of State Industries Department, Jove, who is
also an astrologist and author of a book titled `Events and
Imminent 1999-2021' in English, on the basis of Nostradamus's
book Centuries, says that many of the French scholar's sayings
like attack on Pearl Harbour during World War 11, disintegration
of the USSR, WTC attack, earthquake in Columbia, death of some
great leaders, etc. have come true.
Asserting that Nostradamus' views could be understood only by
those who have good knowledge of history, astrology and English,
Jove said in his 82nd verse (part 2), he indicated that the
coastal towns would suffer in the 21st century and internal war
of a country would come to an end. Accordingly, the war in Sri
Lanka has stopped in the wake of killer tsunami.
Nostradamus, lived between 1503 and 1566, had predicted
happenings which would occur in the world for the next 7000
years. His views indicated that some coastal towns would suffer
from fire and other tragedies in the next year. Probably, there
would be a change of leadership in the ruling coalition at the
Centre before 2005 end, with assumption of power by a new leader
coming from a family, which already had ruled earlier.
He also predicted that the economy of the US and UK would become
weak before 2010 and China, where a military coup would happen,
would become a dominant force in the world. While India will
lead the world spiritually the Muslim countries become powerful
due to their oil reserves.
The problems in ozone depletion will affect Arctic zone, leading
to submersion of some islands, acid rains and dangerous diseases
in the world, Perry Jove said. |
 NEW DELHI,
DEC 31:
Call it providence but the timely
help rendered by a team of amateur radio operators, who happened
to be in Port Blair on an expedition, was godsend for the local
administration after the tidal waves hit the islands early
Sunday morning.With no
telecommunication links or electricity in the immediate
aftermath of the disaster, it was this team of radio amateurs
led by Ms Bharathi Prasad that bridged the communication gap and
helped relay messages to the mainland and back. A chief
coordinator of the National Institute of Amateur Radio based in
New Delhi, Ms Bharathi Prasad had led a team of five — her
husband D.N. Prasad, son Varun Sastry, Ram Mohan and Sarath Babu,
all licensed HAM operators — to the Andamans on a month-long
expedition.
Called DXpedition (DX stands
for distant contacts, in amateur radio parlance), the team set
up three stations in Port Blair. Their mission: To make contact
from the island with as many HAMs across the world as would be
possible in 30 days’ time. Mr Prasad, a senior government
official, and his 15-year-old son Varun, a student of DPS, R.K.
Puram, reached Port Blair on December 1. While Mr Prasad and his
son returned to New Delhi, Bharathi, Sarath Babu and Ram Mohan
stayed on. As fate would have it, the tsunamis struck Sunday
morning.
“Immediately after the tidal
waves struck the islands, the team suspended DXpedition and
shifted quickly to emergency mode,” Mr Prasad and Varun told The
Tribune this afternoon. Immediately, the team contacted the
Deputy Commissioner’s office at Port Blair. “By early afternoon,
they set up the terminal outside the hotel where they were
staying and began relaying messages of people wanting to tell
their relatives back home about their safety,” Mr Prasad said.
That was how Dr Karan Singh
Chauhan, who teaches in a college in Delhi, and Mr Deepak Singh
Shekhawat got in touch with their homes in New Delhi and
Rajasthan, respectively. Bharathi was also able to relay a
message to a foreigner’s wife in Thailand that he was all right.
In Dr Chauhan’s case, Bharathi
(VU4RBI is her call sign) established contact with Sandeep
Baruah (VU2NCT), an amateur radio enthusiast who works in a
government organisation in New Delhi, who called up Dr Chauhan’s
home and conveyed the news about his well-being.
They are not alone. With the
help of Mr Baruah in Delhi, Bharathi’s team managed to
communicate to Rafi’s family in Kerala and T. Sreekumar’s
relatives in Kerala and Saudi Arabia about their whereabouts in
Port Blair and elsewhere.
“It was sheer coincidence that
Ms Bharathi and her team were there when the tsunami struck. She
had been seeking permission from the government for a long time
but it was granted only recently,” recalled Master Varun,
sitting at the Prasads’ residence in R.K. Puram.
“Providentially, the hotel
where they were all putting up had generator sets to power the
radio equipment. That proved crucial for emergency communication
activities,” Mr Prasad added. “They were to return tomorrow but
they might stay on for some more time.”
Both Mr Prasad and Mr Baruah
agree that it was fortuitous that the VU4RBI DXpedition was
under way when the disaster struck. “If one takes a positive
look at the turn of events, it could be said that the government
has realised the utility of amateur radio in difficult times,”
they said. (Courtesy: Tribune News Service)
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