Joseph saw 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of devastation, so he prepared during the good times for the bad ones to come. Wouldn’t it be "wise" for us to increase the supply of oil reserves to meet the demand thus lowering the cost to us? Is any other view really being "for" the middle and lower class of any nation? Aren’t consumer price increases directly tied to the price of fuel? Who do these increases hurt the most? Yes, let’s get free from dependence upon foreign oil, but should we make so many suffer in the process? How many middle and lower class citizens will ever see Anwar? Aren’t these hurricanes like Joseph’s sign, and we’d better prepare for the drought ahead?

Why can’t we do BOTH; drill for the fuel required by the vehicles owned by those who can’t afford anything else, and search for ALL means of alternative fuel types as though our lives depended upon it? Just as Joseph did in his day.
Haynes 08, Joseph was very political, and you would have known it had you been truly wise, and we do LEARN from past mistakes, even in politics. At least, that would be refreshing!!
Edit B, Your wisdom is shining, and yes, jobs effect the lower and middle class citizens, and plenty of jobs could be made right at home if our leaders would just learn from Joseph.

Mikkiros…, you are right and glad you love the bible, but don’t forget who is in control of "mother nature". She doesn’t control God, but rather, God controls her, so don’t fear.

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Lilasophobia… the fear of tornadoes and hurricanes. It started raining like 5 minutes ago. That’s all, just a little rain. I’m nervous. I have tried everything to get rid of this fear. I learned how they form, I know how to be safe in a tornado, I’ve seen videos of tornadoes, I’ve try ed asking for help from a higher power. Nothing is working. I can’t just conquer my fear. I don’t have the time or money to chase a tornado, nor to obtain professional help. I have always been like this, I have no idea where the fear came from. I can’t live like this anymore. Just a few drops of rain has me shaking in fear. I can’t move… nothing. What the hell can I do? Please I can’t live like this anymore!!!

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(I have asked a similar question before, but I am unsatisfied with all of the answers)

I think I have lilasophobia (the fear of tornadoes and hurricanes). When ever it even gets cloudy my heart starts pumping. When it’s thundering I keep an eye outside. When there is a massive storm brewing up outside, I get tunnel vision, my heart beats, I sweat a bit, and just feel horrible. The weird thing is, most people with phobias can’t even watch video of the thing they fear. Me? I LOVE watching storm chaser videos. My god, watching a truck get stuck in a tornado intercept gets my blood pumping. I love it! However, if I am confronted with a real storm, I get terrified. I’m not young either, so my age can’t be an excuse. I live in Minnesota, and we get a lot of severe weather warnings, and watches, but I’m not aware of a tornado that has touched down near my area.

I don’t think I have any past experiences with tornadoes, so it can’t be post traumatic stress. I just don’t know what to do. I know how tornadoes form, I’ve done the research. I know all the safety precautions, and I can’t afford consoling, or the time to get together with some storm chasers. Nor can I move out of tornado alley. I wish I could install a tornado shelter, but I also can’t for money resons. Any advise to help naturally remedy my fears? Thanks!

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I live in a old two story house probably built in the 40s.really high roofs, a lot of windows, large rooms. I am petrified of Tornadoes. We had a watch while I was in school before, and I had a panic attack to the point I couldn’t breath. The only safe place that seems it would be safe would be a tiny closet east(i think) side of my house. all the other rooms are big, or they have windows or glass. I live in Tarpon Florida, and have been told time and time again, that tornadoes aren’t that common, but every time a storm comes, I freak out. How can I be safe, and control my fear, if a tornado does come?Is there a way to calm myself down if there is just a storm?
I live in Florida.I don’t have basements. or cellars.
this house doesn’t have an interior rooms,either. all the rooms meet the outside walls.

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I live in a small town near the twin cities in Minnesota. 2 years ago, i was at the park and the tornado sirens went off. The next town over got hit by a E-F 3 tornado. ever since that day occurred I’ve been super scared. If any of you know how to not be scared, do you know anything that you could do while in shelter, or things you can say to yourself to make it sound like it’s alright. Right now theirs a tornado watch and i don’t know what to do, because I wish that people could think of games or things to do while taking shelter. Thanks and try to answer nicely so that i know how to face my fear and be confident. ~ CP

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were are going to get hit by ike but when it hits its going to be a category 1 or a tropical storm i live in a Mobile home and the wind is about to pic up thay said the strongest wind gust will be 55 mph will my Mobile home withstand that? i think it was made in the 60’s or 70’s or even the 80’s I’m really not sure, if we should leave we will be going to my grandmothers house, please answer i have a very strong fear or paranoia about storms and tornados and hurricanes i just need some info please im really freaked, btw i live in a city called longview texas

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i just had an analogy for the difference on liberals and conservatives on weather and security protection

republican are so prepared because we allow our selves to pay attention and learn from experiences and watch the news.

for instances in mid west and the heartland (tornado alley is mostly republicans and they are the strongest people in our country) and we are not afraid to pass on info for when the next disaster happen like the red cross (not saying they are but we know they are the best to prepare us right)…..
however some dems are smart enough to know….but

they just want to be political and blame the reps for spreading the fear, but they do the movies and tv show promoting the fear like war movies. and they get scared easy too

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i’m 15 and i have the BIGGEST fear of them! when i watch the weather and they say stuff like "a few storms may be severe" i won’t go anywhere that day and stuff like that. it’s kind of a life ruiner. i really need to learn how to get over this fear.

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I was 12 yrs old when I was in a walmart one night. There was a tornado that night, and it caused a tree to fall on my grandfather and it nearly killed him. As far as i knew he was dead. At the same time, my great grandmother was in the hospital in critical care, and she died that night. Then, the walmart’s glass windows in the ceiling all broke out because of the tornado and the glass was flying around and it really cut me up. I have several facial scars because of all of that. Then, when we got home, my house was trashed due to the storm. Now, everytime the weather gets bad, I freak out to a ridiculously huge degree and I get so scared.
I realize the things that happened to me are definetly connected to my fear, but I can’t find a way to rationalize the fear, and I don’t know what I’m doing is even called. I’m just looking for some help or info or both really.

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I am 22 years old and I am terrified of thunderstorms, I haven’t ever been in any tornadoes yet and I hope that I wont be but anyways whenever there is a thunderstorm or even just in the summer time when it rains outside I always run to the tv to check the weather if it says that there is a severe thunderstorm warning or watch I freak out, I get so nervous and scared for some reason I get really shakey and stuff. There has only been like one time when we had a tornadoe warning and I panicked so bad I didnt know what to do I felt like my world was going to come crashing down on me or something, luckly it was just a bad thunderstorm and not a tornadoe.But can someone please give me some advice on how I can get rid of this fear its terrible when I see or hear that there is a storm coming I dont even wanna go anywhere because I am so afraid that its going to turn into a toenadoe and that I will not be able to get to shelter in time, or what if I dont have a basement or anything to go to what am I supposed to do?? If there is someone that has this same fear or knows someone that does can you give me some advice on how to get over this fear once and for all

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Okay, last night i only got like 2 hours of sleep because i was afraid of tornadoes.
thats my biggest fear!!!!
i was watching the weather channel and it said that it should be gone in like 2 days.
but we still have black small clouds, and bigger white clouds, and i have been in tornadoes before, and im still scared. lol
im just wondering, but what does the rest of california look like??
and are you guys as scared as i am??
lol, cuz i feel like the only one.

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How is this analogy & is it more dead on r right (jenn s please see this because of the weather u live in ill)
i just had an analogy for the difference on liberals and conservatives on weather and security protection

republican are so prepared because we allow our selves to pay attention and learn from experiences and watch the news.

for instances in mid west and the heartland (tornado alley is mostly republicans and they are the strongest people in our country) and we are not afraid to pass on info for when the next disaster happen like the red cross (not saying they are but we know they are the best to prepare us right)…..
however some dems are smart enough to know….but

they just want to be political and blame the reps for spreading the fear, but they do the movies and tv show promoting the fear like war movies. and they get scared easy too

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I have a very big fear of thunderstorms (tornadoes) to be exact. I have never even been in one but have been in the path of a couple to the point where I have to take shelter. The last time, i literally hyperventalated and almost passed out. I constantly tell my husband that if the Tornado doesn’t kill me a Heart Attack will..! How can I rid myself of this Fear?? I have heard that if i’m scared of somthing my children will be born of the same fears.! i dont want this!!

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Seems like every few days they announce, Oil prices rise today on, (shakes magic 8 ball), "fear" of supply shortage, or fear of a strong hurricane season, or fear of tensions with Iran, or because of China, or India. It always seems like something. Yet the Arabs seem to be pumping an uninterrupted and ample supply of crude. And who profits most from this surge? The speculators, the commodities investors that bought it the day before for less a barrell. So who is telling a lie? What is the truth here? I need to know who to send a nasty e-mail to.

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Ok. Well first of all, i need some help. I need someone to tell me what these dreams might mean. Some recurring dreams i have are

going to school when the sky is DARK and/or evening, and not being able to go home.

being in a situation where theres a tornado and i cant seek shelter.

And i ALWAYS basically every month for a year i have a nightmare where i am in a car driving on an endless road, in the middle of a wide field and there is a huge funnel cloud over head. The last one i had of that dream was worse, where the funnel cloud was replaced with a face and hands reaching down.

I do have history where i was OBSESSED with weather (tornadoes specifically) i have never encountered one, and my obsession has stopped more than a year ago, but i keep having dreams with them involved and all i feel is absolute fear, even though my interest a while back was simply interest, and i wasnt "scared" at all. i still am obsessed being whenever its cloudy or stormy/windy i think theres going to be a tornado and i live in the mountains!!! but any way the main question is WHAT DO THESE NIGHTMARES MEAN? Both of the dreams i described are ALWAYS happening atleast 90% of my dreams include tornadoes.
EXAMPLE OF A DREAM I HAD THIS MORNING, literally lasted 9 minutes.
then it changed to a scene where the parking lot was my "drive way" and i lived in a mansion, the sky still dark brown and misty. i was in a car driving to town, mist everywhere, like fog. I called my dad in the dream, as my mom drove on this wide road, with no trees besides like 3 dead ones. in the dream i asked my dad what was wrong with the sky he said there might be a tornado. i simply replied, then me and mom will meet u at work and we can watch the tornado. in the dream the tornado then appeared. I knew it was just a dream. i asked my mom "is this a dream" she replied, no. i decided to ignore the tornado on the side of the roade any way. we continued to drive to my dads work, the mountains larger than usual (this took place in my town) we could see our house from my dads work which isnt true in reality. We saw a tornado passing by.
at one of the mansions there was a dog. my mom told me to go play with the dog with my dog (i dont have a dog in real life either, and in the dream the dog was fake, like a toy) and so i went over to the dog and started playing with it. in the dream i knew the story behind that dog, it was born from a human and dog and had an extra chromosome (someone in the dream, maybe it was my inner self who told me that. i woke up after that.. it was 7:09 am and all of that happened in the matter of 9 minutes.
and in the backround the whole time was depressing, slow, melodic music. it reminded me of

Rhubarb- Aphex Twin

http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#aphex%20twin%20rhubarb

4th one.

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Where i live (Oklahoma) there was a winter storm today thats got me here asking this question well i am so scared of tornadoes (i know it has nothing to do with winter lol) that when it just starts raining even sprinkling i start watching the news and looking the weather up constantly and worrying that theres going to be a tornado even when the weather man is saying that its just rain and if a warning does come up i start having a bad anxiety attack every time and and it just seems to get worst i have even got to the point that i am worrying about the tornado seasons months before i have tried learning about the weather to see if that would help but it does not at all and i just cant take it anymore it affects me so bad my husband has even said that i get so freaked out that he worries i am going to hurt my self trying get to safety because all i can focus on is getting somewhere safe for me and my kids and i don’t want them to see me and get scared and be like this so my question is should i go to a doctor and get some kind of anxiety med and if so what kind of doctor do i need to go to? i just want the anxiety to stop sorry my question is so long but i need advice thanks.
i have already tried to conquer the fear it just does not work and and is getting worse the older i get its actually starting to interfere with my ability to function in bad weather.
and even having plan of action does not help the people that live next door to me have a storm celler and there is a community storm celler 4 blocks away but i still can’t stop the anxiety because i fear i won’t get where i am going safely are something bad while happen like a tree falling over and blocking the door and being trap are something.

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I don’t remember much of the dream, all I remember is that my best friend and i were on one of the metro lines, i don’t know which line since it didn’t look to be in california. I was looking out the window and I saw 3-4 tornadoes coming straight at us. I turned to grab my friends hand out of fear. I remember as soon as I grabbed his hand though I felt okay, even though these huge tornadoes were still coming toward us at high sppeds, he made me feel like it was all going to be okay.

I’ve looked up tornadoes, and many sources say they symbolize a destructive relationship or anger and rage or friends that can have a violent outburst or mood swings. But what I want to know is, what does my feeling of ease with my best friend mean in all of this chaos?

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I need help to get rid of this fear does anyone know any tips if so please help me.

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For instance, the oil prices went up when the FEAR of a hurricane in the Gulf was announced. OH wait! No hurricane! Prices did not drop though! Then, the fear of Israel’s strike on Lebanon POSSIBLY causing Iran/Syria or other "oil nations" to cut supply. This didn’t happen. However, the Alaska pipeline debacle DID happen, and they’re raising prices AGAIN! How can they do that when prices never came back down for the hurricane that never happened, and the supply disruption from the Middle East never occuring?!?! Someone, please help me understand, or just at least spike the price of oil to some absurd number and LEAVE IT THERE so we can all budget our finances accordingly!!

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i live in southern california, and my worst fear is tornadoes.
there was one is Riverside, now its moving West.
its like 47-52 degrees right now.
not very cloudy, to our right it is, we have a very strong house, but im terrified.
is it too cold for a tornado?
oh trust me.
im not getting any sleep.
im watching the news all night long with my window open to make sure i dont hear a ‘freaigh train’
*freight***

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Over the summer I was jumped by two scrawny men while I was intoxicated. Men I could normally trade blows with simultanously and probly whip their a$$.

One guy sucker punched me in the face when I was walking away, and the other jumped in when I swept his buddy’s feet out from under him. The sucker punch put me on the floor and almost blacked me out. The other guy hit me in the back of the neck forcing me on one knee, when I tried to get up they both took turns kneeing my face..my lip ripped open and started to bleed..and one eye went swollen shut..
I got up on one knee again and the one guy shouted stay down and hit me with an object in my back. I fell flat on my chest, half blind and they proceeded to kick me in the eye sockets..I literally went blind for what seemed like an eternity.. I curled up protecting my head like they teach you in those tornado drills at school. I told them I had enough and they just laughed…They were swelling my skull…I yelled at them pleading for mercy to just let me go..they continued to laugh and kick me even harder…something inside me sparked. I jumped up almost 90% blinded and bleeding an punched the one man with my elbow to his face and shoved the other off me and fell out the door onto the sidewalk. I ran in fear of them trying to knife me or shoot me..
I ran to my buddies house..and they pulled up in a car..I saw something shiny in the one man’s hand and told him , look I have kids, I dont want to die…they both realized I was beaten, and started asking ass nine questions..like"are you ok?, do you still have any teeth, can you see? You better get to a hospital"….I finished my walk to my buddies house and asked him to use the phone to call my GF, she didnt answer so his wife gave me a ride home..At home my GF called the ambulance who called the sheriff, and he asked me some Q&A..about the event..I told him to come talk to me when I was sober..

The deputy filed the charges with the prosecuter..Its been since Sept 21st. I just got a call from the Deputy that the Prosecutor wont issue warrants because it was two satements against mine..even though I have evidence..(pictures)…What would you do? These men would HAVE KILLED me if I hadnt bursted out of there…what would you do?
Honestly…should I pull a Frank Castle? Should I get my revenge? Oh and to top it all off, my ex is now talking-F**king one of the guys..so lets hear it..either convince me to extract a payback or to let fate handle it…cuz right now..my angels are gone.

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Ever since I was a little kid weird things have been happening to me, as if all hell wants to capture me, no this is not a joke, this is a serious question that I’ve never told anyone but my parents. Ever since I was a kid I was able to sense, see, and sometimes hear spirits, phenomenons, whatever you may call it. Sometimes it would call out to me at night mimicking a friend’s or one of my family member’s voices. One time back when I was very little one called out to me "Come down stairs" it would say, and when I go, all I see is pitch black and run back up stairs terrified because I’ve just realized the person’s voice it was mimicking was gone for the night. Later in my life we moved from that house because my whole family was being haunted by this demon, now I live in Florida, and I still am having the same problem, but it’s not calling out anymore although it seems like a demon. I’ve seen many spirits before, but I can’t tell where they’re going, or why they’re here, all I know is a few want me alone. In the hallways at school when I’m alone they show, when I’m alone in my room they show, when I’m having a nightmare and I’m alone they would show the most. Just today I fell asleep in my room, when I was starting to wake up I started to hear a strange noise that sounded exactly like blazing winds (Like a tornado), my senses were increasing as it got closer, my image in my head was just terrifying, it was a perfect picture of my room as if I was still awake, I saw the spirit come through the door (literally), and come towards me (It was a large baby shaped figure with a WHITE AURA), it was so terrifying when it came towards me and the wind sound got louder, and the feeling of FEAR got higher (This has happened before on my last encounter with a spirit such as this with a WHITE AURA but it was a skull shaped figure trying to pick me up and take me away; I was parallelized, so I said a prayer in my head since I couldn’t open my mouth or call anyone, and it went away quickly.) the feeling was unbearable, and so it touched my hand, once it did I saw it’s face and I opened my eyes, but the feeling of the spirit was still there for a brief moment, then it gradually went away.
All this happening just a few hours ago I knew I had to ask someone for help.
Please can anyone tell me why this is happening to me?

FURTHER INFO :
I also have the ability to see into the future, although I’ve only done it twice through meditation, it’s happened literally over 70,000 times in my dreams, but if I don’t write it down right away when I wake up, I would forget in a matter of minutes.
As I got the name for my account and e-mail (AllSeeing)
xD I think it’s funny

Anyways, I don’t think people are right about "White Aura’s" being a pure spirit, in my case it looks evil! (I mean what I found on google.com people)
Although I’m not sure if I’m saying it correctly "White Aura" it’s not really their aura I’m seeing, but I don’t know what else to call it, their whole body is covered in white, like a ghost you see in movies (I don’t watch scary movies, and haven’t seen anything to trigger an illusion), but the funny thing is I’ve seen WHITE AURA’s on a person before, when they were trying to scare me in the dark, I saw their aura glowing, it was bright white, does that mean that person is evil too?
Or are these spirits of no-harm to me or anyone and white aura’s are pure?

Name : Steven
Age : 14
Sex : Male
Further more this is not in my head, I’ve got to everyone, doctors, psychologists, everyone, everyone say there’s nothing wrong with me, I’ve had an MRI on my brain as well, nothing is wrong with me, this is all true.
WARNING : DO NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION IF YOU’RE GOING TO SAY THINGS LIKE "It’s all in your head" or "You’re probably schizophrenic." or "You have a great imagination" this is not funny, you think it is? Then DON’T ANSWER, it really makes me angry when people do that, say "It’s all in your head"
Oh and I don’t wanna hear all that "Believe in God" crap, I do believe in God I said that I prayed when it happened, seriously, read……
It’s not like it’s a bad thing to say, it’s just that I don’t want an answer about "Opening up to the Lord", even if I do, that won’t change anything, as long as there is good in this world there is going to be evil, and no-matter what I will still have this gift given from the Lord, I guess… I can’t change that, all I want to know is what I’m seeing.

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Gusty Winds, Pouring rains
disaster struck four states
Severe weather for Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansas and Mississippi

A tornado leaving 48 dead
and hundreds of others injured
as the wind blew over the stores and shopping malls
only parts of the buildings lingered

Trees that came crashing down
many bodies and people were found
“We had a beautiful neighborhood, now its hell”
as one man from the sight yelled

A man tried to retrieve his brother to a near hospital
and the wife said that, “he never had a chance,”
“I looked him right in the eye and he died right in front of me”
and sadly people had to search for their dead family

People’s memories and buildings came tumbling down
their life’s work and vision for themselves
was now a dream diminished and never found
Passions for life and everything ahead lies desolate

Debris and rubbish all piled up
pictures and money worth a lot
had been drowned in this quake of fear
this deathly and scary tornado that came here

Its time to look for a new house
new jobs and better health
to get over what has happened in the past
but we will always have in memory
this deadly catastrophe
unfortunately this tornado won’t be the last
I had to write a poem for english class that dealt with the tornado that killed 48 people.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328745,00.html

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Each dream is a little different but basicly the same where even tho I can’t see the full tornado I know it’s there & coming right at me, I’m useally in an UN-SAFE place like a trailer or a closet that isn’t closed all the way (part of a wall is missing & opened to the outside) In the dream I’m trying to get everyone to seek shelter,Or listen at least listen to my warnings, sometimes only a few listen & take the threat a little serious, & everyone else just goes on about there business, but most times, no one takes me seriously or every-one seems un bothered/not worried at all. In the dreams I have a feeling of fear,real danger, & Along with knowing I have no control of the storm/tornado, that feeling is empower more by no one listening to me or taking me seriously that they need to get shelter.
My question is.. Why do I keep having these type of tornado dreams?What is my sub-consinous trying to tell me?
(I am disabled, don’t work,haven’t in 9 years, nor have more then 2 friends)

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One of the most common dreams that I get are dreams with tornadoes in them. I am usually in my city, but it’s always different. And tornadoes start forming everywhere all around me, but aren’t too close. But they are big, dark, and absolutely terrifying. There is never just one, but up to 10 in every dream.
I am always scared and thinking I am going to die in them, but I never do. The fear never goes away, and I am struggling to think about all of my belongings, and how I really don’t want to leave them behind because a natural disaster just had to hit. If I run away from a place I was in, and come back it’s already destroyed.
I’m sure having tornadoes in my dreams as often as I do isn’t good, so can anyone do their best to interpret this for me?

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