Floods dampen Christmas spirit in UK

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News.com.au - 12/24/12, AAP

HUNDREDS of UK homes and businesses have been swamped by floods, from the southern-most parts of Cornwall to the Highlands of Scotland.

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The River Wye floods surrounding lowlands near Ross-on-Wye. Picture: AFP PHOTO/Paul Ellis Source: AFP

Despite a brief respite from the downpours on Sunday, water levels have continued to rise as rain washed down hills to swell rivers.

Others will be swapping turkey and presents for mops, buckets and sandbags as they desperately try to clear up and protect their homes from further flood threats.

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Second storm dumps rain, snow across Northern California

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The Examiner - 12/23/12, By: S.F. Examiner wire services

Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat

Graton volunteer firefighter Eddie Miranda helps Evelyn Lozoida and Berenice Lozoida, 3, to safety after the van they were traveling in got stuck along Graton Road, which was flooded by Atascadero Creek, on Sunday. (Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
 

Northern Californians slogged through another day of wet and windy weather as the second storm of the weekend moved through the region, causing headaches for people driving on freeways and delays for air travelers.

After a bit of a break in the weather Saturday evening, a slow-moving but more powerful weather system delivered heavy rain and strong winds Sunday, said National Weather Service forecaster Diana Henderson.

Drought-Parched Rivers Reveal History's Relics

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Weather.com - 12/23/12, Jim Salter

AP Photo/United States Coast Guard, Colby Buchanan

A World War II minesweeper lies uncovered in the Mississippi River near St. Louis in this Nov. 28 photo.

The lack of rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades, offering a glimpse at things not normally seen.

ST. LOUIS — From sunken steamboats to a millennium-old map engraved in rock, the drought-drained rivers of the nation's midsection are offering a rare and fleeting glimpse into years gone by.

Lack of rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades, creating problems for river commerce and recreation and raising concerns about water supplies and hydropower if the drought persists into next year, as many fear.

Chile raises alert on Copahue Volcano to red, issues air-traffic alerts

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 12/23/12

December 24, 2012 – CHILE - Chilean authorities on Sunday issued a red alert — the most severe in their warning system — that the Copahue Volcano, high in the Andes Mountains on the border with Argentina, might be poised for a significant eruption. A familiar threat to New Zealand air traffic is emerging from a mountain 10,000 kilometers away. The Andes Copahue volcano on the Argentinian-Chilean border has started erupting, sending up ash and gas high into the atmosphere. When the Cordon Caulle volcano erupted in June this year, the ash reached New Zealand about three weeks later, forcing some airlines to curtail flights.

 

Visionkeeper: Merry Christmas Eve

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Merry Christmas Eve….

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I wish to send my love to all who visit here and comment here and have become family here over the past year. Each and everyone of you is so appreciated. I hope you all have a warm and wonderful holiday that is filled with love and everything that holds meaning in your life. This will be our first Christmas in the new world so make sure to make it what you truly want and find joy in giving rather than in receiving. Reach out to others and offer them hope and love. Be happy everyone and filled with love.                           

Blessings and Joy to all…. Visionkeeper

Angela Peregoff – The Week Ahead: 12.24.12

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Morning Blessing: 12.24.12
The Awakening World 
 

". . . the soul is immutable energy; it can never be destroyed; it can only be transformed." And through great cycles of evolution, we will inevitably realize that ". . . there is absolutely nothing to transcend, but only all of Creation to unite with." - Jeffery Wolf Green


Blessed holiday musings to you during the time of year when humanity resides within the one moment called Eternity. This past weekend millions and millions of hearts participated in a celebration of Awakening. It was a time when many quietly resided within their lives, within their own pleasures and within the great deep peace that flowed from their inner beingness. My holiday wish for you is that you gift yourself with the time and space to absorb all of the Divine Light structures that are making their way here this week because of that event.

 

Along with the hustle and bustle of holiday socializing, kids being home, family visiting, holiday meal preparation, and last minute Christmas shopping there needs to be some "alone" time for yourself or you will miss the true holiday gift that is being distributed this week.

 

When I told my son and his fiancé that I had to get this article done for the week they confidently chimed that they could accurately predict the energies of the week and save me the time of composing an article. David said all I had to send out was a brief announcement that "Bull#&$@ was about to commence along with a little drama." That is going to be true for sooo many households but not for my readers, right? You are above the usual shenanigans and mischief-making of mundane human dynamics. You are going to have the spiritual willpower to allow everyone to "be" wherever they need to be this holiday season.

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