From: Stephen Williamson

Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:27 AM

Subject: What a Day

 

From one extreme to the other

MISSION BEACH in Queensland

 

History (extract from Wikipedia) In the early 20th century Chinese banana farmers employed Aborigines as labourers in the Tully River region. Opium addiction and conflict with European settlers was resolved by the Queensland government creating an Aboriginal settlement at the present Mission Beach. Superintendent John Martin Kenny started the necessary work on 1 September 1914. There was no mission in the religious sense.

AAP Worldwide News 3rd February 2011

Police who endured Yasi's fury in the town that took a direct hit say trees had been reduced to sticks, streets were littered with debris, and some buildings had been damaged.

"Around 10pm (AEST) there was this massive roar and we could hear vegetation being shredded to pieces," officer in charge Sergeant Dan Gallagher told AAP about 6am (AEST). But he said the police station had protected all the officers and a handful of locals who also sought refuge there, including a couple and their 18-month-old baby girl. "We've been in lockdown since 7pm (on Wednesday). It's still roaring out there but nothing what it was like last night," he said. "The station is pretty solid and its held up really well. I have never been through anything as severe as this but we were all positive and supportive and got each other through this. We're happy. We all have a smile on our faces and can say 'we got through this'."

When the eye of the cyclone passed over Mission Beach, bringing almost an hour's reprieve from its winds, put at up to 290km/h, the officers did a quick scout of the station grounds. "Vegetation has been reduced to sticks. A lot of trees are down and one police house was damaged," Sgt Gallagher said. "But we haven't been able to go further. It's too dangerous. Powerlines are down but I'm expecting extensive damage."

In total the station provided a safe haven for the seven officers, a paramedic, seven adults, 10 children, 10 dogs, a bird and two fish. The children seemed to relish in what they saw as an unusual slumber party, playing games of cricket and eating loads of food.

Interesting. See Malachi 4:5-6

 

And speaking about seven seniors and ten juniors, but in a more judgmental sense:

 

Revelation 12

 

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

- - - -

 

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

 

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

 

 

And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

 

 

http://www.htmlbible.com/kjv30/B66C012.htm#v16

 

 

And so, from Queens(land's) Mission Beach to kings in the Middle East.

 

 

TRYING not to be hit by falling dominos, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders yesterday hurried to respond pre-emptively to democratic stirrings among their people before the fallout from the Tunis and Egyptian uprisings triggers similar explosions.

The Palestinian Authority announced that local council elections will be held on a date to be determined next week. The PA has not held elections since 2006, and yesterday's announcement came as a surprise. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said he would like to hold simultaneous elections in the West Bank and Gaza, but Hamas vetoed common elections until there is a reconciliation deal between the two groups. The PA and Hamas this week sent security forces to disperse small rallies supporting the demonstrations in Egypt, presumably for fear the rallies could turn into demonstrations against them.

In Jordan, King Abdullah dismissed his government following street protests over rising prices for fuel and food and anger at stalled political reform. The outgoing prime minister, Samir Rifai, and his cabinet had been accused of corruption and of cutting subsidies.

The king in Jordan is regarded as being above the political fray. Popular anger, when it expresses itself, is directed at the government appointed by the king, rather than at the monarch himself.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defence Forces has been left without a leader. The designated next chief of staff, Major General Yoav Galant, was ruled out by prosecutors yesterday 13 days before he was due to take over command, following allegations he illegally took 2.6ha of public land when he was having a home built in a village in central Israel.

 

 

What a day ☺

 

Blessings,  Steve

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