I Saw Hurricane Matthew from the West Coast

Seeing the Atlantic Seaboard  Superstorm While Dodging the Bering Sea Hurricane-Force Winds By Cal Orey

Hurricane-Force storm on the West Coast was foreshadow for the Gulf State/Atlantic SeaboardIn the 2016 January Oracle 20/20 issue, I forecasted what ended up reality early October. I wrote, “The Gulf States, including Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Atlantic seaboard are potential targets (not to forget the West Coast near Southern California to the Baja)) may be facing fierce hurricanes with fierce water challenges…certain events will seem familiar because of repeat historical happenings.” And then the prediction came true in the fall.
As we watched the horrific Hurricane Matthew, the first category 5 since 2007 Hurricane Felix, the superstorm created water challenges (heavy rainfall, flooding, storm surges), land erosion, infrastructure damage, and deaths. On early October 8, Matthew hit the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, bringing heavy rain and extremely strong winds. The Hurricane left 478,000 across Georgia and South Carolina without power. The hurricane wreaked havoc on Florida, Georgia and up the Eastern Seaboard, and knowledge of past hurricanes haunted me. My sister was in Camille which hit Biloxi, Mississippi. I wrote about Andrew and Ike, and I was in Hawaii a few months after Iniki where I could see the post-destruction to homes, people and their pets. Matthew made history, too, much like in the late 1800s when a hurricane hit the Atlantic Seaboard. While I live in Northern California—I do get and have experienced the anticipation of evacuation, rain, flooding, flash floods, storm surge and devastation of infrastructure, homes, and lives. And I saw it months before it happened.
Before Hurricane Matthew the “Monster Storm” HitAfter the "hurricane-force" Bering Sea 100 M.P.H. winds and storm helped me decide to cancel a booked Anchorage, Alaska trip for a Barnes and Noble book signing and nature tour (the winding road was flooded), I thought a nice, warm place with Southern hospitality would be a treat. I almost booked an early fall trip to Savannah Georgia. But I tuned into my sixth sense and just kept the funds with the airline for a future adventure. And I'm glad I did follow my instincts but am on edge because of the people who are in prepare and wait mode. I can feel their fear of the unknown after evacuating Angora Fire and surviving the Loma Prieta 7.1 deadly quake near the San Andrea Fault.
Past Atlantic Storms in the 20th CenturyI am no stranger to viewing hurricanes in the Gulf States or Atlantic Seaboard.  I will never forget Neil Tenzer, DVM, of Miami, Florida, the Sunshine State, telling me about Hurricane Andrew’s fury before it arrived on August 25, 1992, with winds of up to 150 mph. Amid the chaos of his family putting shutters on the windows and gathering canned food and candles. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this category 4 hurricane caused 58 deaths and approximately $27 billion in damage.             A former North Carolina resident agrees. She was in the path of Hugo as the hurricane headed toward Charlotte in 1989. Hurricane Hugo passed directly over Charleston, South Carolina, on September 21, as a category 5 storm with wind speeds in excess of 135 mph and a storm surge of nearly 20 feet. Hugo caused 57 deaths on the U.S. mainland (mostly in North and South Carolina) and 29 deaths in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to NOAA records. Total damage: $9 billion.
Now in the 21st CenturyAlthough not a Louisiana Katrina, familiar images of Hurricane Sandy which affected New York City, severe flooding became a reality this autumn in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. On early October 8, Matthew hit the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, bringing heavy rain and extremely strong winds. The Hurricane left 478,000 across Georgia and South Carolina without power. All four states had declared a state of emergency: Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina—where the hurricane made landfall. These states were hard hit with flooding but the Carolinas got the worst of water destruction left behind by Hurricane Matthew. There were more than two dozen deaths due to Hurricane Matthew. And Hurricane season is not over until November 30.            The West Coast Is Not Immune to StormsIronically, the West Coast in mid-October is currently being hit by a strong Pacific Northwest storm. Hurricane-force winds, power outages, down tree branches, ponding on roads in the Sierra, and brush fires are to be expected—like the September Alaskan storm that spooked me. It will be less severe than Hurricane Matthew-- that I as an intuitive and remote viewer--and people in the Atlantic region will not forget.
In the 2016 Oracle 20/20 Earth Changes January article I also added these words: “As the Earth rocks and rolls, the drought in Western United States will get relief from heavy rainfall up and down the coast…Some surreal-type events may surprise people in the…Gulf States, including historically warmer temperatures throughout the year, not to exclude flooding from different events…weather forecasters and seismologists will forecast surreal “biblical” events but often times they will fizzle.“Certain events will seem familiar because of repeat historical happenings, from floods to quakes. Despite the upheaval, as always, collective awareness will help humanity to bond on Earth while the strong survive as life goes on.”