Bush, "OP PHELIA,", NORTHCOM and MARTIAL LAW

. President Bush will fly to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to NORTHCOM -- North American Command -- headquarters after he returns from viewing hurricane preparations in the Houston area.

Understanding that NORTHCOM is the headquarters from which NATIONWIDE MARTIAL LAW will be implemented and from which America will be turned into five Military Patrol Zones, is the time for the implementation of this plan within hours or days of occurring?

Let us review the news story:

NEWS BRIEF: "Bush to see Rita preparations", The Australian News, September 24, 2005

" US President George W. Bush, criticised for a slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina, will visit Texas tomorrow to get a first-hand look at emergency preparations for Hurricane Rita ... He did not say where in Texas Mr Bush would be going, saying the schedule was still in flux ...

Mr Bush will also visit the US Northern Command, based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Northern Command, created in 2002 to head the military's land, sea and air defence of the US, is headed by Navy Admiral Timothy Keating.

"Mr Bush said last week the government and the US military need broader authority to help handle major domestic crises like hurricanes. 'This will give him a firsthand look at the Northern Command and how the military is assisting in federal government response efforts to Hurricane Rita', Mr McClellan said."
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The real story here is NOT that President Bush is going to Texas to view the preparations for Hurricane Rita, but that he is going to fly to NORTHCOM -- the Northern Command. Why is that so important?

Because of Operation Ophelia! No, not the hurricane of that name, but the military operation called "Operation Ophelia".

A Russian newsletter reported in early September that Hurricane Katrina had likely begun active preparations for the US military to implement Operation Ophelia. This operation, once begun, imposes nationwide Martial Law and divides the United States of America into five military patrol zones (Read NEWS1291 for full details). Foreign troops will patrol each of these zones, because they can be counted upon to be brutal to American citizens.

Operation Ophelia is written so that the President can implement this draconian plan after the United States had been hit by a second natural disaster within 6 months.

Obviously, Hurricane Rita is going to hit Texas early Saturday morning, only 26 days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Under this plan, the President now possesses the authority to impose nationwide Martial Law and divide America into military patrol zones. This plan would be administered by NORTHCOM>

Does President Bush's visit to NORTHCOM on Sunday have anything to do with implementing Operation Ophelia? Is the President just examining preparations to make sure they are on track, possibly awaiting the third disaster FEMA predicted, i.e., a major earthquake along the San Andreas Fault, or is the President going to force Martial Law upon this nation in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita?

We cannot be sure, but we need to be very alert, aware, and prepared.

Watch this hurricane tracking map at Hurricane Tracker. You will enjoy the easy-to-read moving graphics and you will be able to check the path of past storms.

II. Hurricane Rita is striking Texas as we write this newsletter and she is swamping New Orleans.

A. Let us address the New Orleans story first, because those patched-up levees just broke again, pouring water through, forcing the water to flood into low-lying areas waist deep, and rising three inches per minute!

NEWS BRIEF: "Water Pours Into New Orleans' Ninth Ward", Excite News, September 23, 11:24 AM (ET)

"NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Rita's steady rains sent water pouring through breaches in a patched levee Friday, cascading into one of the city's lowest-lying neighborhoods in a devastating repeat of New Orleans' flooding nightmare. 'Our worst fears came true', said Maj. Barry Guidry of the Georgia National Guard. 'We have three significant breaches in the levy and the water is rising rapidly', he said. 'At daybreak I found substantial breaks and they've grown larger'."

"Another concern is the storm surge accompanying Rita, which could send water rising as much as 4 feet above high tide ... As for those who refuse to leave, Gov. Kathleen Blanco advised: 'Perhaps they should write their Social Security numbers on their arms with indelible ink'."

The Army Corps of Engineers advised yesterday that the levees could not withstand 6 inches of rain from Rita; as of this writing, 3-5 inches had already fallen.

B. Hurricane Rita is bearing down upon Galveston - Texas City - Houston area as we write this newsletter.

NEWS BRIEF: "Models show 'massive devastation' in Houston: Damages could cost up to $50 billion", Houston Chronicle, September 23, 2005

"Houston's perfect storm would feed on late summer's warm waters as it barreled northward across the Gulf of Mexico, slamming into the coast near Freeport. A landfall here would allow its powerful upper-right quadrant, where the waves move in the same direction as the storm, to overflow Galveston Bay. Within an hour or two, a storm surge, topping out at 20 feet or more, would flood the homes of 600,000 people in Harris County. The surge also would block the natural drainage of flooded inland bayous and streams for a day or more."

"Coastal residents who ignored warnings to flee would have no hope of escape as waters swelled and winds roiled around their homes. Very likely, hundreds, perhaps even thousands, would die ... Meanwhile, as the storm moved over western Harris County, its most dangerous winds, well in excess of 120 mph even inland, would lash the Interstate 45 corridor, including Clear Lake, the Texas Medical Center and downtown. Many older buildings could not withstand such winds."

"Unfortunately, we're looking at massive devastation," said Roy Dodson, president of the engineering firm Dodson & Associates, which Harris County asked to model realistic "worst-case scenarios" for a major hurricane hitting the area.

Dodson's firm modeled more than 100 storms of varying power, speed and landfall. It concluded that a large Category 4 or Category 5 -- a storm only moderately larger than the four that struck Florida last summer -- would cause as much as $40 billion to $50 billion in damage. That's 10 times the cost of Tropical Storm Allison and approximately the city of Houston's entire budget for the next 15 years."

"With sustained winds between 131 mph and 155 mph, the power of a Category 4 storm exceeds that of most building codes. Houston's commercial building rules call for structures to withstand three-second bursts of at least 110 mph..." (NOTE: Rita was still packing winds of 135mph, down from 170mph, but still well above building codes).

For a country already reeling because of the loss of oil refining capacity hit by Hurricane Katrina, this hurricane could very well become the "worst-case" scenario.

This region threatened by Rita contains 25% of the oil refinery capacity in the whole country; if the hurricane knocks out most of this capacity, the price of gas could easily hit $5.00 per gallon. In fact, this figure was mentioned in a very interesting place.

A very dear friend of mine is an executive of a national trucking company. Late Thursday afternoon, this friend called me to tell me he had just come out of a meeting with the top executives of the company, a meeting held by a representative of the petroleum industry.

After telling them that the price of gas is going to hit $5.00 a gallon very quickly, and after telling them that Rita could potentially devastate 25% of America's refining capacity, this petroleum representative said, "What we have to ask ourselves is 'how can the trucking company survive $5 a gallon gasoline'?"

Let us now return to this featured article to see how Houston and that area could be absolutely devastated.

"More devastation would be caused by winds blowing over the Gulf of Mexico and pushing surface water inland -- creating up to a 20-foot storm surge. Such a wall of water would swamp most development near Galveston Bay, including Texas City, Kemah and Johnson Space Center.

Varying levels of water would flood much of the area between Sam Houston Parkway and the bay. On Galveston Island, the seawall could hold back much of the storm surge, but at some point the water would creep onto the island from the bay side. The island's highest point is just 22 feet above sea level.

Much like a river becomes deeper and more turbulent when it narrows, a storm surge also can increase in height and intensity when its source of water narrows.

Dodson said this has profound implications for the Port of Houston. Some models ended with a 30-foot wall of water in the Ship Channel near the port's turning basin, he said.

"It would be huge," he said. "It could overwhelm chemical storage facilities, water treatment plants and other sensitive areas."

But, the biggest concern are 100-foot waves that occur only once every 300 years!

"Another, perhaps even-now-unanticipated effect is large waves accompanying the storm surge. A waves expert at Texas A&M University at Galveston ... said he and colleagues were surprised when they observed wave data associated with Hurricane Ivan shortly before it slammed into Alabama last September.

A wave-measuring buoy ... before it snapped, registered an average wave height of about 50 feet ... That means the biggest waves were a staggering 100 feet tall. Such wave heights, according to his modeling, should only occur every 300 years or so." (Ibid.)

Since Hurricane Rita is said to be one of the strongest ever in the Gulf, it is conceivable she could be packing these 100-foot waves.

C. Residents of Southwest Louisiana pack up to flee Rita, expecting to find nothing left when they return.

NEWS BRIEF: "Southwest Louisiana packs up, seeks higher ground", The Shreveport Times, September 23, 2005

"HOLLY BEACH -- Without warning, the breeze off the Gulf of Mexico stiffened. The normally gentle surf rolled in on six to nine-foot waves as monster Hurricane Rita churned offshore ... 'We're banking on coming back to nothing', said Ricky Romero, standing on his deck, a golf shot from the water, 'or not coming back at all'."

Earlier this week, we posted an article stating that many Floridians on the Keys were now so sick and tired of having to continuously evacuate, they are beginning to pack up and leave for good. This change in attitude is surprising, since these were the "Party Animals" who would stay during a hurricane, throwing the biggest party possible.

More and more people in key areas being constantly pounded by hurricanes are reaching this conclusion. And, why should we be surprised, for these coastal areas are predominantly the Red United Nations Biosphere areas, destined to be "Re-wilded", or they are the Yellow areas, where human activity will be severely restricted.

"Even though Rita was probably 48 hours away from landfall, no one in this hamlet of ramshackle fishing camps and weather-worn beach houses wanted to chance anything. A mass exodus was well under way ... Projections had Rita landing in Galveston, Texas, more than 100 miles west.

But that moved east with every weather update. The storm's course change could send it away from Houston and Galveston and instead draw the hurricane toward Port Arthur, Texas, or Lake Charles at least 60 miles up the coast, by late today or early Saturday.

But it was still an extremely dangerous storm -- and one aimed at a section of coastline with the nation's biggest concentration of oil refineries.

III. USA Today reported in May that a very dangerous Bio-4 Defense Laboratory was located in Galveston, Texas! Hurricane Rita is bearing down on a lab containing some of the most virulent, most dangerous bacteriological and virological specimens on earth -- specimens designed to kill an enemy by the millions in some future war!

NEWS BRIEF: "A landscape of laboratories", USA Today, 5/20/2005

"In the aftermath of the terrorist and anthrax attacks in 2001, biodefense laboratories are springing up across the country. Critics worry that the lack of adequate safeguards could make these labs a danger to public safety, particularly in urban areas, if deadly materials escape. The most dangerous of these pathogens are in biosafety-4 labs.

"Classifications: 1) Biosafety-4: The most secure. Labs deal with life-threatening diseases that may travel by air and for which there is no treatment, like Ebola. 2) Biosafety-3: Handle airborne life-threatening diseases for which there is a treatment, like anthrax. 3) Biosafety-2: Found in a typical hospital. Labs handle diseases with a low risk of transmission. 4) Biosafety-1: Handle germs that do not cause disease. 5) Biodefense aerosol: Handle aerosolized pathogens."

Now that you know the various categories of Bio-Defense laboratories, let us continue with this story to see which level facility exists at Galveston -- a city prone to storm surge, according to the article, above.

"Operational BSL-4 facilities ... Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston and Southwest Fdtn for Biomed. Res., San Antonio"

Thus does Texas contain two of the most dangerous Bio-Shere locations - at Galveston and San Antonio. While Galveston may be directly hit by Hurricane Rita, San Antonio seems safe, at least at this time. However, it is extremely dangerous to have such a Bio-Defense laboratory sitting right where a massive hurricane can take it out.

Fears of Galveston flooding are not unfounded, as this video prepared just several weeks ago for Galveston planners indicates.

NEWS BRIEF: "Simulation Shows Potential Devastation In Galveston: Huge Areas Could Be Submerged", TurnTo10 News, September 22, 2005

"A computer simulation shows the devastation that could happen in Galveston, Texas, if Hurricane Rita hit there. Rita became a Category 4 storm on Wednesday morning. With Galveston located near sea level, there's growing concern that Rita's rain and storm surge could cause widespread flooding.

Using high-resolution topographic maps and data gathered from Hurricane Carla in 1961, a University of Texas researcher simulated the effects of a Category 4 storm on the Galveston area. The result is a smaller-scale version of what happened in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Huge areas completely submerged, destroying billions of dollars in property and taking countless lives.

"The simulation was put together for the city of Galveston earlier this month."

Please note the hotlink upon which you can click to view this actual computer simulation of what Galveston may look like if Rita hits as feared. Let us hope and pray that these extremely dangerous pathogens can be removed before Rita hits and any infected animals dealt with so their carcasses do not spill into the water, to decompose and release the active agent...

(You can read this entire report by going to CUTTING EDGE MINISTRIES by David Bay on the internet)