Petra;

The problem is that we only see one side of the story.

I'd be willing to bet that airlines receive many calls about disasters but we only hear about the ones that crash.

PERHAPS. BUT THAT DOESN'T NEGATE THE ONES WHO WERE RIGHT ON.

Same with quakes. Look at all the predictions on Syzygy and how few aew correct.

WELL, THAT'S SYZYGY, A FEAR-BASED WEBSITE IF EVER THERE WAS ONE. THEY DUCK AND COVER IF SOME ASTEROID IS GOING TO SWEEP BY SOME GAZILLIONS OF MILES FROM EARTH.

Now if someone has an established record of success far beyond chance, that's another matter.

Know of any?

I don't.

MY TRACK RECORD WOULD BE CONSIDERED GREATER THAN THE ODDS. FOR EXAMPLE, MY SON KEVIN, WHEN IN HIGH SCHOOL, WAS DUE TO GO OUT WITH SOME FRIENDS. I HAD A BLACK FEELING ABOUT IT, AND TOLD HIM SO. SINCE HE IS EQAULLY GIFTED IN THINGS PARANORMAL, HE SAID, "YEAH. I FEEL THE SAME WAY. I'M STAYING HOME."

ONE OF HIS BUDDIES DIED. ANOTHER ENDED UP ON THE BURN WARD WITH MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES, NO FINGER, TOES, OR GENITALS. THE DRIVER WALKED AWAY WITHOUT A SCRATCH. ALL HAD BEEN DRINKING. THE DRIVER, A DELICATE BLOND BOY OF SLIGHT STAUTURE, IS NOW GETTING RAPED NIGHTLY AT SAN QUENTIN.

I'M NOT AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. MY OTHER BIRTH SON IS EQUALLY TUNED IN. I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THEM AS MUCH AS I WORRY ABOUT MY ADOPTED DAUGHTERS. WELL, TWO I DON'T WORRY ABOUT, BUT ONE I DO, AS SHE HAS EXHIBITED NO SUCH FACULTIES, BUT SHE IS STILL YOUNG.

EXPLAIN TO ME, PLEASE, WHY SOME PEOPLE ON THAT PAN AM FLIGHT SCHEDULED FOR SF OR SAN JOSE FROM SAN DIEGO, GOT A SICK FEELING WHEN THEY BOARDED THE PLANE, LEFT, AND HAD THEIR TIX CHANGED TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLIGHT. THAT PLANE DECIMATED AN L.A. GHETTO, AND WAS GIVEN LITTLE MEDIA ATTENTION AFTER THE BURNED BODIES WERE BAGGED. IMAGINE IF IT HAD CRASHED INTO BEL AIR? WE'D STILL BE HEARING ABOUT IT. STILL, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO KNEW IT WAS GOING TO CRASH AND LEFT THE PLANE.

I COULD GO ON, BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE, I HOPE.

Cathryn