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ETERNAL OBLIVION vs HEAVEN

   On Sundays I sometimes post on spiritual matters.   But I'll begin with ocean storms.   First, that Tropical Depression Grace that wafted over Haiti, causing much grief, and became a Category 1 Hurricane that rolled over the Yucatan.  Re-entering the Gulf,  Grace then attained Category 3 strength  and made landfall over the Mexican resort town of Tecolutla, leaving eight dead, then weakened.  However, Grace is now in the Pacific Ocean, and is expected to strengthen a bit, then dissipate. Almost 30 years ago in 1992, there is some speculation that a tropical wave departed Africa on August 18, tracked across the Atlantic Ocean, and somewhere near Panama, weakened in the Pacific Ocean on September 6, my birthday.   Ominously, on September 7, while still a tropical depression, it became better organized, and became Tropical Storm Iniki .   Over the next two days it attained hurricane strength. 10:  100 MPH with gusts to 130 MPH. 11:  140 MPH with gusts to 175 MPH in the morning. 11: