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donderdag 14 januari 2016
Father Malachi Martin: The End of Christian Civilization
Alles wat mensen doen, is ofwel goed ofwel kwaad.
Mensen staan aan de kant van God of staan aan de kant van de Duivel. Er is niets tussenin.
Het einde van de Christelijke beschaving is hier...
Wie kunnen we nog vertrouwen?
Zijn we veilig op straat?
Zijn onze kinderen veilig op school?
Kan ik de priester of de bisschop nog vertrouwen?
Zal de bisschop mij de Waarheid vertellen en niet alleen maar mijn geld stelen en mij met een leugen wegsturen?
En wanneer zal de Paus de Ware Weg tonen?
3 opmerkingen:
Alles moet plat, zodat de kerk opnieuw kan opgebouwd worden.
Spijtig, dat ik in de tijd leef waar de kerk eerst moet afgebroken worden, voordat ze opnieuw kan opgebouwd worden..
Je vragen;
Kan ik de priester of de bisschop nog vertrouwen? NEE - Ofwel hebben ze in het geheim: de homoseksuele priesters een minnaar en voor de heteroseksuele priesters ergens een minnares, als ze niet één van die twee hebben, dan lopen ze naar de hoeren, of zijn ze pedofiel. Ik ken nog maar weinig zuivere priesters, want als je een glimp van God krijgt in hun ziel hebben de meeste een zeer donkere en duistere kant. Gebed is dan ook erg nodig.Daarom spreken ze ook niet meer over zonde, het zijn allemaal zelf zware zondaars.
Zal de bisschop mij de Waarheid vertellen en niet alleen maar mijn geld stelen en mij met een leugen wegsturen? Nee, de bisschop zal mij ook niet de waarheid verkondigen. Want, ook hier zitten zware zondaars tussen, die maar al te graag te zonde kussen, dan de zonde berispen.
En wanneer zal de Paus de Ware Weg tonen? Eén woord - nooit..
- 14 januari 2016 om 07:16
Padre Pio and the Three Days of Darkness...
From translation of a copy of a personal letter written by Padre Pio addressed to the Commission of Heroldsbach appointed by the Vatican that testifies to the truth and reality of these revelations on the Three Days of Darkness given by Our Lord to Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest who bore the stigmata.
Keep your windows well covered. Do not look out. Light a blessed candle, which will suffice for many days. Pray the rosary. Read spiritual books. Make acts of Spiritual Communion, also acts of love, which are so pleasing to Us. Pray with outstretched arms, or prostrate on the ground, in order that many souls may be saved. Do not go outside the house. Provide yourself with sufficient food. The powers of nature shall be moved and a rain of fire shall make people tremble with fear. Have courage! I am in the midst of you.
Take care of the animals during these days. I am the Creator and Preserver of all animals as well as man. I shall give you a Few signs beforehand, at which time you should place more food before them. I will preserve the property of the elect, including the animals, for they shall be in need of sustenance afterwards as well. Let no one go across the yard, even to feed the animals--he who steps outside will perish! Cover your windows carefully. My elect shall not see My wrath. Have confidence in Me, and I will be your protection. Your confidence obliges Me to come to your aid.
The hour of My coming is near! But I will show mercy. A most dreadful punishment will bear witness to the times. My angels, who are to be the executioners of this work, are ready with their pointed swords! They will take special care to annihilate all those who mocked Me and would not believe in My revelations.
Hurricanes of fire will pour forth from the clouds and spread over the entire earth! Storms, bad weather, thunderbolts and earthquakes will cover the earth for two days. An uninterrupted rain of fire will take place! It will begin during a very cold night. All this is to prove that God is the Master of Creation. Those who hope in Me, and believe in my words, have nothing to fear because I will not forsake them, nor those who spread My message. No harm will come to those who are in the state of grace and who seek My mother's protection.
That you may be prepared for these visitations, I will give you the following signs and instructions: The night will be very cold. The wind will roar. After a time, thunderbolts will be heard. Lock all the doors and windows. Talk to no one outside the house. Kneel down before a crucifix, be sorry for your sins, and beg My Mother's protection. Do not look during the earthquake, because the anger of God is holy! Jesus does not want us to behold the anger of God, because God's anger must be contemplated with fear and trembling.
Those who disregard this advice will be killed instantly. The wind will carry with it poisonous gases which will be diffused over the entire earth. Those who suffer and die innocently will be martyrs and they will be with Me in My Kingdom.
Satan will triumph! But after three nights, the earthquake and fire will cease. On the following day the sun will shine again. angels will descend from Heaven and will spread the spirit of peace over the earth. A feeling of immeasurable gratitude will take possession of those who survive this terrible ordeal-the impending punishment-with which God has visited the earth since creation.
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I have chosen souls in other countries too, such as Belgium, Switzerland. Spain, who have received these revelations so that other countries also may be prepared. Pray much during this Holy Year of 1950. Pray the Rosary, but pray it well, so that your prayers may reach Heaven. Soon a more terrible catastrophe shall come upon the entire world, such as never before has been witnessed, a terrible chastisement never before experienced! The war of 1950 shall be the introduction to these things.
How unconcerned men are regarding these things! which shall so soon come upon them, contrary to all expectations. How indifferent they are in preparing themselves for these unheard of events, through which they will have to pass so shortly!
The weight of the Divine balance has reached the earth! The wrath of My Father shall be poured out over the entire world! I am again warning the world through your instrumentality, as I have so often done heretofore.
The sins of men have multiplied beyond measure: Irreverence in Church, sinful pride committed in sham religious activities, lack of true brotherly love, indecency in dress, especially at summer seasons...The world is filled with iniquity.
This catastrophe shall come upon the earth like a flash of lightning at which moment the light of the morning sun shall be replaced by black darkness! No one shall leave the house or look out of a window from that moment on. I Myself shall come amidst thunder and lightning. The wicked shall behold My Divine Heart. There shall be great confusion because of this utter darkness in which the entire earth shall be enveloped, and many, many shall die from fear and despair.
Those who shall fight for My cause shall receive grace from My Divine Heart; and the cry: "WHO IS LIKE UNTO GOD!" shall serve as a means of protection to many. However, many shall burn in the open fields like withered grass! The godless shall be annihilated, so that afterwards the just shall be able to stand afresh.
On the day, as soon as complete darkness has set in, no one shall leave the house or look from out of the window. The darkness shall last a day and a night, followed by another day and a night, and another day--but on the night following, the stars will shine again, and on the next morning the sun shall rise again, and it will be SPRINGTIME!!
In the days of darkness, My elect shall not sleep, as did the disciples in the garden of olives. They, shall pray incessantly, and they shall not be disappointed in Me. I shall gather My elect. Hell will believe itself to be in possession of the entire earth, but I shall reclaim it!
Do you, perhaps, think that I would permit My Father to have such terrible chastisements come upon the world, if the world would turn from iniquity to justice? But because of My great love, these afflictions shall be permitted to come upon man. Although many shall curse Me, yet thousands of souls shall be saved through them. No human understanding can fathom the depth of My love!
Pray! Pray! I desire your prayers. My Dear Mother Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint Elizabeth, Saint Conrad, Saint Michael. Saint Peter, the Little Therese, Your Holy Angels, shall be your intercessors. Implore their aid! Be courageous soldiers of Christ! At the return of light, let everyone give thanks to the Holy Trinity for Their
protection! The devastation shall be very great! But I, Your God, will have purified the earth. I am with you. Have confidence!
(Here ends Padre Pio's Message)
Home Spared in the Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan . . .
There is connection between atomic explosion in Hiroshima, Japan and events in Fatima, because one group of Jesuits survived this explosion without any scratch and they lived right in the middle of Hiroshima where was center of explosion. Even theirs animals and grass on land was protected. Scientists were not able to find answer on this but theologians did: "They lived the Message of Fatima".
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San Luis Potosi Mexico
San Luis Potosi is the name of the city as well as the state. Our focus, however, is on the cit more commonly referred to as San Luis.
Located 261 miles (418 km) north of Mexico City at an altitude of over 6,000 feet, San Luis Potosi is one of the most beautiful of the highland mining cities. In fact, the city was named after San Louis IX of France and when rich gold deposits were found, the Potosi was added (after the rich mines of Potosi Bolivia).
The city was originally founded as a Franciscan mission in 1583. Soon after, rich mineral deposits were discovered, San Luis became a city (1592) and the area developed quickly.
During the war with the French, Benito Juarez made San Luis Potosi the capital of the republican government twice (1863 and 1867).
In 1910 the election was stolen by the dictator Porfirio Diaz when he threw his opponent (Francisco Madero) in Jail. Madero fled and issued the Plan of San Luis Potosi, the plan was not uncommon in Mexican history . . . revolution.
If you have ever seen pictures of all of Mexico's "Presidents" and taken note of how many wore military uniforms, you would understand why I don't spend too much time on the revolts, invasions and revolutions. Just another day in the turbulent history of Mexico.
The population of San Luis Potosi is now over 685,000 people. It may no longer be a small colonial town, but the historic center makes you feel like it is.
Today, the Spanish colonial architecture of this picturesque mile high city is the main attraction.

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If you or your child has been involved in a dog bite accident, you may be entitled to substantial monetary compensation. Depending on the facts of your case, you may recover for any of the following:
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Duana Names: American Boy
Hi Duana!
I love love love all of your name nerd columns! And while I am not currently preggers, I have to ask you to back off the name Wolfgang. I totally want to use it for a little dude (if there ever is one) and don't want a ton of Wolfgang's running around at the same time :)
Onto the "real" problem - my friend is due in October, and she is having issues with her sister. Her man is from a French-speaking country, but they live in the United States. They are having a boy, and want to give him a name that works in both French and English. Her sister thinks they should give the baby an "American" name and won't let up about it. Their last name begins and ends with the letter "S", and for European reasons, a first name beginning with "S" is a no go. Oliver and Olivier are out as a nephew has claimed that name! Middle name will be a family name that is one syllable that begins with the letter "B". Very preppy. Any suggestions???
OMG. Seriously? Sister needs to step off a bit. I mean, at the risk of trotting out an old chestnut, what is she pushing for? Daniel? Scott? …. (straining against the obvious joke but unable to contain myself) Cayden?
Sorry. I am. That was below us. But there are so many great names that are French but still totally wearable here that I don't get what her problem is. Especially if the middle name is, in your words, "very preppy".
Okay so Simon is out, but what about August? Blaise? Geoffrey, if sister wants something authentically 1985? There are so many. Marcel? Phillip(pe)? Victor?
Honestly. Almost any name that you can think of works in English and French. Gabriel. Thomas. Jonathan. Just because they can't call the baby, like, Hank, doesn't mean the name isn't American.
Ahem. Apparently I wanted to get that off my chest.


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1 ANNUAL RATES OF LIGHTNING FATALITIES BY COUNTRY Ronald L. Holle Holle eteorology & Photography Oro Valley, Arizona INTRODUCTION This study builds on an earlier study on the worldwide casualty toll from lightning (Holle and López 2003). The annual number of lightning deaths has been compiled in the US since 1900, and in several other developed countries for extensive but varying periods. However, there has been little systematic collection of information on lightning deaths in many regions of the world. Holle and López (2003) made an assessment of the worldwide impact of lightning, and concluded that 24,000 deaths and 240,000 injuries occur per year. The underlying basis for this study is that a rate of less than deaths per million people applies to more developed countries with substantial housing and a decreasing amount of labor-intensive agricultural labor. Other regions were assumed to have an annual lightning fatality rate of 6 deaths per million per year, and this rate was considered applicable to a large portion of the world s population. These assumptions were made in the presence of a small amount of fatality rate data. The present paper will synthesize data that are available in publications when possible. The best data source is for entire countries for long periods. There are also more variable-quality data from regions within countries for short periods that have been extrapolated to a national rate for some countries, since fatality data are often not available for a country for long periods. Only fatalities are considered in this paper. All prior relevant publications have included fatality data, but most have not included injuries. Annual fatality rates were matched with populations for the same years. Casualties in this study are defined as the sum of fatalities and injuries. Fatality and injury data are underreported in the best datasets, but death totals are more accurate than injuries (López et al. 1993). Although exact death totals continue to be somewhat inconsistent where data are well documented (Richey et al. 2007), the extent of underreporting in other countries is unknown and may be very large. The ratio of injuries to deaths appears to be 10 to 1 based on an intensive search of Colorado medical records (Cherington et al. 1999). The US ratio has increased from two reported injuries per reported death in 1960 to eight injuries per death in recent years as data collection continues to improve in NOAA s Storm Data for the US (Curran et al. 2000). The ratio of injuries to deaths can be considered to be a useful indictor of the quality of a lightning casualty dataset. 2. LIGHTNING FATALITY RATES BY COUNTRY OVER ULTIPLE DECADES 2.1. US 20 th century trend The premise for the study is shown by the time series of population-weighted fatality rates from the US since Figure 1 shows the annual death rate per million people to be highest at 6.3 in 1901 (López and Holle 1998, Table 1). Later in the 20th century, the reached 0.6 deaths per million people starting in The rate continued to decrease after 1970 to deaths per million per year (Cooper et al. 2007; Lengyel 2004). The effect is a reduction by more than an order of magnitude in the US population-weighted fatality rate during the 20 th century. A major shift from rural to urban areas also occurred during the 20 th century in the US, as shown in Figure 1 (López and Holle 1998). This shift is nearly coincident with the reduction in the fatality rate. In addition to the rural-urban migration, it has been hypothesized that other factors occurred coincidentally (López and Holle 1996). any of the following factors are also apparent in a comparison of 1890s lightning deaths with those in the 1990s (Holle et al. 2005): Large buildings frequently occupied by people became more substantial, eteorological forecasts and warnings greatly improved, Awareness of the lightning threat increased through education, planning, and detection, Ad just ed deat hs per m illion % rural populat ion Deat hs per million 1 30 B FIGURE 1. Annual time series for the US from 1900 to Solid line shows lightning deaths per million people, and dashed line shows percent rural population (López and Holle 1998) % rural t o t o t al popou lat ion
2 Improved medical care and emergency communications prevented some lightning casualties from resulting in deaths, Other socioeconomic and climatic changes may have also contributed to the change. To this previously-published list can be added frequent access to protection provided by fully enclosed metal-topped vehicles (Holle 2008). Large substantial buildings, where people live and work in the latter part of the 20th century in more developed countries, provide significant protection to people inside them. Such buildings surround occupants with the effect of a Faraday cage such that a direct strike to the building is conducted around people inside the structure. People inside such buildings that are grounded according to building codes are usually very safe from lightning during a thunderstorm as long as they are not in direct contact with the conducting paths of electrical, telephone and cable wiring, as well as plumbing. None of these factors has been quantified further since Holle and López (2003), and all are difficult to isolate. The present study will examine national lightning fatality data over the past two centuries for indications of the effects of these factors. b. Decadal trends by country Published studies of national lightning fatality rates are shown in the following series of tables. Decadal trends will be presented by country in alphabetical order after the US data corresponding to Figure 1 are shown. If data are not available for all 10 years in a decade, the partial years results are applied to the whole decade. United States: Lightning fatality statistics were not compiled in the US until the 20 th century. Collection was started in part due to the efforts of Kretzer toward the end of the 19 th century (Kretzer 1895). This lack of data during the 19 th century was noted earlier by Anderson (1879) as follows: the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics writes that no record of deaths or fires caused by lightning is kept - a somewhat curious admission on the part of such a practical and methodical country. The decadal list of the lightning fatality rates for the US is shown in Table 1. Data from 1900 through 1991 from the primary source (López and Holle 1998) were supplemented with later data from NOAA s Storm Data lists of fatalities. The maximum rate for a 10-year period was 4.8 deaths per million people per year during the first decade of the 20 th century, and the maximum single-year death rate exceeded 6.3 per million. The annual fatality rate is now per million, or less, in some recent years. Annual fatalities ranged from over 450 in the earlier part of the century to under 50 in some recent years. TABLE 1. Decadal averages and maximum number of lightning deaths per million people per year in US from 1900 through Data through 1991 from López and Holle (1998); recent years from Storm Data aximum Additional US state studies have been published that identify the primary activity or location factors involving local lightning casualties. For this paper, only national US studies are considered. Australia: Table 2 shows a long Australian record from two sources. One source (Coates et al. 1993) provides the longest known national database. That publication also states that Prior to 1910 the death totals are underestimated Annual fatalities ranged from zero in some years to 17 in The s beginning in the 19 th century are generally below 3 deaths per million people, although some individual years reach as high as 21 fatalities per million. Starting in the 20 th century, rates are lower than in the US for the same decades. There is a broad decline over the long period of record for Australia. TABLE 2. Same as Table 1 for Australia. Data before the dash are from Coates et al. (1993); after dash from Golde and Lee (1976). indicates missing data for publication during a decade (end 1968) - - aximum
3 Canada: Table 3 shows decadal data from Canada from two sources that show a similar reduction during the 20 th century. The annual fatality rates for corresponding years are less than in the US, which can be expected due to the shorter thunderstorm season at the higher latitude of Canada compared to the US. Annual fatalities ranged from a maximum of 35 in 1929 to a minimum of 1 in several recent years. Rates steadily decline during the 20 th century. TABLE 3. Same as Table 1 for Canada. Data before the dash are from Hornstein (1962); after dash from ills et al. (2006). indicates missing data for publication during a decade ( ) ( )- aximum (38-39) (80-86)- England and Wales: Table 4 shows the decadal data from England and Wales. There are four publications that record the decadal fatality rates since 1852, with some overlap (Baker 1984; Elsom 2001; Golde and Lee 1976; Lawson 1889). The rates for both decades and individual years beginning in the 19 th century are quite low. The annual lightning death rates per million people are low throughout the period of record, and have decreased in general through the 130-year record. Note that Elsom (1993) includes the same totals from 1852 to 1990 as Elsom (2001) that added some recent years of data. any of the publications for England and Wales report death rate or decadal totals, but not the fatalities. Annual fatalities from 1857 to 1880 (Lawson 1889) showed a range from 46 in 1872 to 3 in During the 20 th century from 1975 to 1999, deaths ranged from 11 in 1982 to none in 1985 (Elsom 1993, 2001). It is difficult to reconcile the statement by Cohen (1990) that while in England, it was estimated that the number of persons killed each year by lightning was over one hundred. The original tables in Anderson (1879) list a total of 194 deaths from 1869 to 1877, for a total of more than 100 for the entire period. Lightning deaths for years during this same period ranged from 3 to 46 (Lawson 1889). As a result, the 100 value per year (Cohen 1990) is not in Table 4. TABLE 4. Same as Table 1 for England and Wales. Data before the first dash are from Baker (1984), followed by those from Elsom (2001), Golde and Lee (1976), and Lawson (1889). indicates missing data for publication during a decade [ ] [ ] [ ] aximum France: Table 5 shows lightning fatality data from France from two sources. One is from the period of 1835 to 1900 (Flammarion 1904), and the other is from 1968 to 1995 (Gourbière 1998). The fatality rates show a slow decrease over the period of record. Some of the years in the late 19 th century had s as high as 4.9 fatalities per million people, which is nearly as high as some individual years as shown in Tables 1 and 2 for Australia and the US. The population of France during those years was two-thirds rural. Rates in the middle 1800s are lower than they were in the US, but in the recent years, they are about the same as for the countries that have been described so far in previous tables. The maximum death total in the 19 th century was 187 in 1892, and the lowest was 48 in 1843 (Flammarion 1904). Lightning fatalities during specific years during the latter part of the 20 th century ranged from a maximum number of 34 deaths in 1969 to a minimum of 5 in 1979 (Gourbière 1998). Note that the same data from 1835 to 1990 in Flammarion (1904) were grouped in Gourbière (1998) into a single death rate from 1835 to The data from 1979 to 1994 in Gourbière (1998) were also combined in Gourbière et al. (1997). In addition, the 1900 total from the publication by Flammarion (1904) was quoted again in Gourbière (1999). 3
4 TABLE 5. Same as Table 1 for France. Data from Flammarion (1904) and Gourbière (1998). indicates missing data for publication during a decade [1900] [ ] aximum Greece: Table 6 shows decadal fatality rates for Greece (Agoris et al. 2002)). The rates in recent years are somewhat higher than in the other countries mentioned above. Fatalities ranged from 10 in 1999 to one in The rates show a decrease over the short period of record TABLE 6. Same as Table 1 for Greece. Data from Agoris et al aximum 0.9 Japan: Table 7 shows the decadal lightning death rate data for Japan. The annual fatality values were kindly provided by Dr. N. Kitagawa on behalf of N. Kitagawa,. Ohashi, and T. Ishikawa. The rates are generally lower than elsewhere, and have decreased to a very low rate. Fatalities during the individual years have ranged from 58 in 1963 to 3 in TABLE 7. Same as Table 1 for Japan. Data from Kitagawa, Ohashi, and Ishikawa (personal communication) >0 aximum 0.6 Singapore: Table 8 shows decadal data from Singapore (Pakiam et al. 1981). The rates beginning in the early 20 th century are almost as high as in the United States during the same years. The rates have decreased, but not as much as those in countries in the previous tables during the more recent years of record. An of 1.7 deaths per million from 1961 to 1979 was also mentioned in this publication and is consistent with Table 8 (Pakiam et al. 1981). Individual years fatalities are not included in this publication. However the total was 80 deaths for the 24 years from 1956 to 1979, which averages to 3.3 per year TABLE 8. Same as Table 1 for Singapore. Data from Pakiam et al. (1981) aximum Spain: Table 9 for Spain since 1941 indicates a rate in recent years that is quite similar to the US. The fatality rate was higher in earlier decades of the 20 th century, apparently due to a delayed migration from rural to urban settings compared to the US (López and Holle 1998). Since the urban shift, the rate appears to have reduced to about the same lower level as in the US. The annual number of lightning deaths ranged from 43 in 1954 to 9 in The 1991 data were obtained from a Spanish government publication summarizing natural disasters in that year, and published in Cooper et al. (2007) TABLE 9. Same as Table 1 for Spain. Data from Cooper et al. (2007) aximum Sweden: Table 10 for Sweden has earlier information than any other dataset. Deaths for individual years from 1816 to 1877 were reported in Anderson (1879). The annual number of lightning deaths ranged from 36 in 1834 to 2 in 1840 and The annual fatality rates per million are relatively high through these early years, and range from 2.6 to 5.2 by decade. Individual years had s as high as 12.5 per million. There is not much of a trend through the period; population was mainly rural during the 19 th century. 4
5 TABLE 10. Same as Table 1 for Sweden. Data from Anderson (1879) aximum LIGHTNING FATALITY RATES BY COUNTRY DURING SINGLE TIE PERIODS Table 11 shows single-period national fatality rates. ost of them provide detail for no more than one decade; longer periods were reviewed in section 2. Various datasets are included, both as published in journals and conference papers, as well as those from web sites. a. Zimbabwe Of particular note for estimating the tropical African fatality rate is the Zimbabwe value of 14.2 or `21.4 deaths per million (Table 11). Chitauro (1990) quotes 150 deaths in one year, while in the same publication, Van Olst (1990) quotes 100 deaths in a year. The differing estimates indicate the difficulty in acquiring accurate data on lightning deaths in many countries. In 1976, the rural population of Zimbabwe was 80%, which is higher than in the US in the early 20 th century (Figure 1), when the death rate was as high as 6.3 deaths per million. While the Zimbabwe fatality rate is high, it is not entirely inconsistent with the early rural US rate. b. China The lightning death rate in China can affect the worldwide rate since the country is so populous. However, there are no complete records in China, so partial national datasets are considered in Table 11: ing et al. (2007) reported an average of 420 deaths and 412 injuries in China from 1997 to Note that the ratio of injuries per death of 1.0 is likely to indicate an underreporting of injuries, based on recent intensive US studies of medical records that show around 10 injuries per death (Cherington et al. 1995; Curran et al. 2000). The lower number of injuries than expected may also indicate an underreporting of fatalities in the same data collection. Using these data, the national is fatalities per year. A 2006 news report stated that 82 deaths had occurred in June that year (Table 11). Assuming that June represents 20% of the annual total, the annual amount is 410 deaths for the country, a value that is quite consistent with ing et al. (2007), since the same database may have been referenced. The result is the same of deaths per million. A 2005 news report stated that About 3000 to 4000 Chinese are killed or injured by lightning each year Assuming that one injury occurred for each death, as found by ing et al. (2007), a total of 1750 deaths per year is obtained, which corresponds to a higher national of 1.3 fatalities per million in China. Additional reports from 2007 stated that 499 to 659 people were killed in August through early September of that year. All fatalities were described as villagers, and 79% were identified as working in fields. A 2007 news report stated that 141 people died from lightning in July Assuming that July represents 25% of the annual total, the annual total of 564 deaths for the country leads to an of deaths per million. c. Europe Four 19 th century national reports are included in Table 11 from one publication (Anderson 1879). All of the following death rates are high, and were collected when these countries were mainly rural: Bavaria reported 1355 deaths from 1843 to 1873, an average of 44 deaths per year. This total corresponds to an of 8.7 deaths per million people. European Russia reported 2161 deaths from 1870 to 1874, an average of 432 deaths per year. This total corresponds to an of 6.2 lightning deaths per million people. Prussia reported 1004 deaths from 1869 to 1877, an average of 112 deaths per year. This total corresponds to an of 4.3 deaths per million people. Switzerland reported 33 deaths in 1876 and 1877, corresponding to an of 6.0 deaths per million people. In Europe during the 20 th and 21 st centuries, several countries have had single values provided in various sources, as follows: Austria: Deaths were noted in Golde and Lee (1976) from a 10-year summary previously published in German for Austria in The is 0.6 per million for , while Pakiam et al. (1981) includes an annual fatality rate of 1.3 per million for a shorter period from 1964 to1968. Hungary: Deaths were noted in Golde and Lee (1976) from a 10-year summary previously published in German for Hungary in The annual death rate is per million from 1950 to The German Federal Republic is quoted to have an annual fatality rate of 0.8 per million from 1952 to 1960 (Pakiam et al. 1981). 5
6 Ireland had a rate of deaths per million people per year from 1954 to 1973 (Baker 1984). Lithuania has an annual death rate of based on recent data (Galvonaite, 2004). This report stated that one to three casualties occur per year. Assuming an average of two casualties per year, and that one-fourth of reported casualties are deaths, an annual average of deaths was concluded, which corresponds to an annual fatality rate of per million. d. Additional countries Other single-period national data that provide lightning fatality rates in Table 11 are as follows: Bangladesh (0.9) and Sri Lanka (2.4) annual fatality rates are higher than in the more developed countries (Gomes et al. 2006). However, they appear to be lower than expected in terms of the number of deaths reported in anecdotal news reports (Holle and López 2003). India had 473 lightning deaths from 1982 through 1989 (Nizamuddin 1992). The number of fatalities ranged from 117 in 1983 to 28 in The resulting annual fatality rate of deaths per million people seems very low in view of several factors. First, at least two thirds of the population of India lived in rural areas during this period. Second, the author of the study commented that the majority of the lightning deaths occurred in the countryside. Finally, a report for a portion of one year in the state of Orissa (Table 12) found an of 2.5 deaths per million. Since India is so populous, a better determination of its rate has a major effect on the lightning death rate worldwide. alaysia has an estimated 100 to 150 lightning deaths per year, according to a lightning researcher in the country (personal communication). Using 125 per year, an annual rate of 3.4 deaths per million people is obtained. Nepal: Lightning killed 40 villagers in the southeastern Nepal according to Agence France-Presse on 17 December A conservative extrapolation to a total of 100 for the entire country for the whole year results in an of 2.7 deaths per million people. South Africa is reported in an online article dated 26 ay 2006 by Creamer edia Engineering News as having an during four recent years of 8.8 deaths per million people in rural regions, and in urban areas. No actual numbers for fatalities were provided in the online article, only the rates. The value of has also been quoted from 1963 to 1969 (Pakiam et al. 1981). Note in Table 12 that the Highveld region of South Africa was identified as having an of 6.3 lightning fatalities per million people. Vietnam casualties were in a 2003 report by Associated Press that In Vietnam, dozens of people are killed or injured by lightning each year during the rainy season, which starts in ay. While somewhat informative, the definition of dozens is unclear. Using a total of 100 deaths results in an annual death rate of per million people. This value is much lower than found for Bac Lieu province (Table 12). 4. REGIONAL LIGHTNING FATALITY RATES In addition to rates for entire countries, some samples have been published that pertain to large regions within a country (Table 12). a. China The estimates for provinces in China are as follows (Table 12): ing et al. (2007) list the fatality rates for 31 regions in China from 1997 to As mentioned in section 3b, ing et al. (2007) found one casualty per death for the entire country. Two assumptions were used to interpret the regional results in ing et al. (2007). The factor of two was used, then an additional correction factor of 10 appears to be appropriate to apply to regional casualty rates per million in Table 1. With these two assumptions, the lowest s are deaths per million in nine of the 31 regions. Rates exceed 1.0 in three regions, and are as high as 1.9 in the Hainan region. Guangdong province is reported to have had 74 deaths per year from 2000 to 2004 (Zhihui et al. (39). The resulting annual death rate is 0.9 per million people. This same rate was obtained from a Reuters news report of 14 July 2006, where 82 people were identified as killed by lightning in June Assuming that June provides 20% of the deaths for the year, the result is an annual fatality rate of 0.9 per million in the province. ing et al. (2007) show a similar value of 0.8 for Guangdong, using the above assumptions. Guizhou province was reported on a Chinese website to have had 22 deaths in 2004 by 9 July. The total of 44 deaths extrapolated to the entire year results in an of deaths per million. ing et al. (2007) show 0.9 for Guizhou, using the above assumptions. Hainan province was reported on a Chinese website to have had 36 deaths through June 2001; a total of 80 was estimated for the year. The resulting death rate of 10.6 per million is very high, and may be partly explained by the statistic that the province is currently 80% rural. ing et al. (2007) show and of 1.9 per million for Hainan, the highest rate for any region, using the above assumptions. 6
7 TABLE 11. Annual lightning deaths per million people for single periods by country, and references. Deaths in parentheses are estimated from partial datasets. Country Year(s) Fatalities Death rate References Austria Bangladesh Bavaria China European Russia German Federal Republic Hungary India Ireland Lithuania alaysia Nepal Prussia South Africa Sri Lanka Switzerland Vietnam Zimbabwe Recent Recent Recent Recent 48 Not stated (875) (410) (564) 2161 Not stated (100) 1004 Not stated Not stated Dozens rural urban Golde and Lee (1976) Pakiam et al. (1981) Gomes et al. (2006) Anderson (1879) ing et al. (2007) Xinhua News Agency website (2005) Reuters (2006) BBC News (2007) Anderson (1879) Pakiam et al. (1981) Golde and Lee (1976) Nizamuddin (1992) Baker (1984) Galvonaite (2004) Personal communication Agence France-Presse (2004) Anderson (1879) Pakiam et al. (1981) Creamer edia Engineering News (2006) Bandara (2004), Gomes et al. (2006) Anderson (1879) AP news (2003) Chitauro (1990) Van Olst (1990) Yunnan province was reported on a Chinese website to have had 25 deaths through June Extrapolating to the entire year, an of 1.4 deaths per million is found. ing et al. (2007) show 1.0 for Yunnan, using the above assumptions. In contrast, the Hong Kong Observatory reported 6 deaths in 15 recent years, for an annual fatality rate of less than per million people. Since Hong Kong is highly urban, such a low rate is consistent with the assumption that lightning death rates are less in such regions. b. Other Countries Sample rates have been published for large regions within some countries (Table 12): Brazil: The Sao Paul metropolitan area was identified as having 20 strikes to people during January and February 2001 (Amorim et al. (2005). Assuming that 5 of these 20 are deaths, and the annual total is 15 deaths, the resulting annual death rate is 0.8 per million. India: The northeast province of Orissa was quoted in the Times of India on 5 June 2006 as having 45 lightning deaths in the prior three months. A value of 90 was assumed for the year in this rural region, which results in an annual death rate of 2.5 per million. This rate is higher than the value of deaths per million per year that was shown in Table 11 for the entire country of India. South Africa: The predominantly urban Highveld region has a rather high of 6.3 lightning deaths per million (Blumenthal 2003, 2005). This value is consistent with the online quote described in Table 11 as being 8.8 in rural areas and in urban regions. Spain: The province of Navarra from 1950 to 1999 had an annual fatality rate of 0.9 per million (Aguado et al. 2000). This 50-year rate is consistent with the national rate for Spain that decreased from 2.6 deaths per million people in the 1950s to in 1991 (Table 9). Vietnam: The southern coastal province of Bac Lieu was quoted as having 7 deaths per year, for an average annual death rate of 8.8 per million. The report from Associated Press quoted the director of the provincial flood and storm control bureau on a web site dated 24 ay This rate may reflect both laborintensive agriculture and structures unprotected from lightning. Note a lower national rate of 0.9 reported for Viet Nam (Table 11). Yemen: The Saada governorate of Yemen was reported on 30 August 2005 in the Yemen Observer to have had 13 lightning deaths in the previous week. An extrapolated value of 50 deaths in one year results in an extraordinarily high rate of 71.4 deaths per million people. It is unknown if the 13 deaths are anomalous or if the extrapolation is incorrect. 7
8 TABLE 12. Annual lightning deaths and deaths per million people for regions of countries, and references. Deaths in parentheses are estimated from partial datasets. Country Year(s) Fatalities Death rate References Brazil Sao Paulo China 31 regions Guangdong Guizhou Hainan Hong Kong Yunnan India Orissa South Africa Highveld Spain Navarra Viet Nam Bac Lieu Yemen Saada Recent 2005 (15) 10 to (44) (80) 50 (60) (90) (50) Amorim et al. (2005) ing et al. (2007) Zhihui et al. (2006) Xinhuanet.com website (2004) Xinhua News Agency website (2001) Hong Kong Observatory website (2005) China Economic Net website (2007) Times of India website (2006) Blumenthal (2003, 2005) Aguado et al. (2000) Director, provincial floods and storms control bureau Yemen Observer website (2005) 5. COBINED RESULTS BY CENTURY a. 19 th century Table 13 and Figure 2 combine the 19 th century fatality rates. Data were available during the 19 th century for eight countries in Europe and Australia, as described in sections 2 and 3. While there is a wide range, the median decadal value in these countries in the 19 th century was in the range of 3 deaths per million people per year. Rates over 4 deaths per million per year for a decade in a country were not unusual. Note that most countries in Table 13 were in Europe, which has less lightning than many tropical regions of the world. Rates were higher in some regions during quite a few decades. Rates were usually lower in England and Wales. In general, the 19 th -century populations in these countries lived in rural areas and had agricultural occupations. In addition, homes and workplaces had little to no protection provided by wiring and plumbing that serve to provide safe places for people inside them when lightning struck buildings. 8
9 TABLE 13. Lightning deaths per million people per year for eight countries by decade during 19 th century Australia Bavaria England and Wales European Russia 6.2 France Prussia Sweden Switzerland Lightning fatalities (per million) Australia Bavaria England+Wales European Russia France Prussia Sw eden Sw itzerland FIGURE 2. Lightning deaths per million people per year for eight countries in Europe by decade during 19 th century, taken from Table 13. b. 20th century Fatality rates are combined for the 20 th century in Tables 14 and 15, and Figures 3 and 4. Data were available in this century for eight countries in Europe and eight more in the rest of the world, based on data in sections 2 and 3. Table 14 and Figure 3 summarize decadal rates during the 20 th century for eight countries in Europe. ost rates are quite low, especially in the latter half of the century. While there is a wide range, the median in Europe is in the range of deaths per million. This value represents a ten-fold reduction since the typical range of 3 fatalities per million per year during the 19 th century in Europe (Table 13). The rates for Spain in Table 14 and Figure 3 include the regional of 0.6 fatalities per million for Navarra, Spain ( ) from Table 12 averaged with national data for Spain in Table 9. Table 15 and Figure 4 summarize decadal rates from eight countries outside Europe during the 20 th century. During the first half of the 20 th century in the more developed countries of Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, and the US, the typical was around 2 deaths per million. During the last half of the 20 th century, the developed countries have had a median annual value of around deaths per million. This value is similar to the rate of late in the 20 th century in European countries. However, recent rates in South Africa and Zimbabwe are quite high, and may be representative of lesser developed regions of the world. The regional of 6.3 deaths per million people in Table 12 for the Highveld of South Africa ( ) was included in Table 15. 9
10 TABLE 14. Lightning deaths per million people per year for eight countries in Europe, and regions of European countries by decade during 20 th century. Austria England and Wales France German Federal Republic Ireland Greece Hungary Spain Lightning fatalities (per million) Austria England+Wales France German Fed. Rep. Ireland Greece Hungary 0 Spain FIGURE 3. Lightning deaths per million people per year for eight countries in Europe by decade during 20 th century, taken from Table 14. TABLE 15. Lightning deaths per million people per year for eight countries outside Europe by decade during 20 th century. Australia Canada India Japan Singapore South Africa > United States Zimbabwe
11 Lightning deaths (per million) Australia Canada India Japan Singapore S. Africa US Zimbabw e FIGURE 4. Lightning deaths per million people per year for eight countries outside Europe by decade during 20 th century, taken from Table 15. Note that 1990s Zimbabwe value is c. 21st century Table 16 combines results for 15 countries in several previous tables into one 21 st -century list beginning in National data are provided first, when available, followed by regional results from Table 12. The same rates are repeated in both columns of Table 16 when only one year of data, or one number for several years was provided by several sources. There is wide variation among the most recent data. Some countries and regions have annual rates as low as to fatalities per million people, or lower. any of these lower rates are in Europe and North America and other more developed countries, and their rates have been decreasing for over a century. However some low rates are also included for more rural agricultural areas such as Bangladesh and China, which appear to represent incomplete data collection. At present, high rates of lightning deaths are found from very limited data in Africa and some portions of Asia. Lightning frequencies are also high in these regions, and the population is often rural, oriented toward agriculture, and living or working in structures that often are not safe from lightning. The lack of current reliable data for these populous regions is a significant gap for this study. TABLE 16. Annual lightning deaths per million people during the first decade of the 21 st century. National rates are followed by regional rates when available. Country rate Bangladesh Brazil (Sao Paulo) Canada China Guangdong Guizhou Hainan Hong Kong aximum Greece India (Orissa) Lithuania alaysia Nepal South Africa 8.8 rural urban Sri Lanka Vietnam Bac Lieu rural urban 8.8 United States Yemen (Saada) Zimbabwe
12 6. DISCUSSION At this point, it is appropriate to include the table in Holle and López (2003) that listed the assumptions relating to the estimate of 24,000 worldwide annual lightning deaths. The Holle and López (2003) table is repeated here as Table 17 (numbers have been added to the factors). As mentioned in the introduction, the of 6 deaths per million was assumed to apply to four billion people, which gives an annual worldwide result of 24,000 fatalities. The present study attempted to address factor number 2 in Table 17, that of the 6 per million rate per year. Unfortunately, the results from sections 1 to 5 of the present study do not provide a definitive answer that can accept or reject this rate. Quite a few more developed regions support a lower rate, while others show 6.0 to be a candidate to consider. The lightning fatality rate information continues to be missing for the most heavily-populated areas of the world with high lightning frequencies in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Substantial numbers of deaths are often reported in anecdotes from lesser-developed countries such as in Holle and López (2003) and other sources. Nearly all recent multiple-casualty events in those areas occur during labor-intensive agriculture, or when people seek safety inside homes, schools, and other buildings and small structures that provided inadequate or no protection from lightning. These incidents are consistent with factors 3, 4, 8, and 9 in Table 17. TABLE 17. Factors that can change the estimate of 24,000 worldwide lightning fatalities per year, except to add numbers to the factors (Holle and López 2003, Table 3). Factor Change Impact on number of deaths 1. Area of high lightning frequency Too small Increase Too large Decrease 2. Fatality rate of 6 deaths per million people Too low Increase Too high Decrease 3. Rural-agricultural setting of people in high lightning areas ore rural Increase compared to US and western Europe in 1900 Less rural Decrease 4. Buildings occupied by people in high lightning areas compared to Less substantial Increase US and western Europe in 1900 ore substantial Decrease 5. Fatalities in areas outside Table 1 regions Add areas Increase 6. Organized recreational sports compared to US and western Europe in 1900 ore Increase 7. eteorological forecasts and warnings Improved Decrease 8. Awareness of the lightning threat through education, planning and detection Enhanced Decrease 9. edical care and emergency communications Enhanced Decrease 10. Other socioeconomic changes Unknown Unknown 7. CONCLUSIONS The lightning fatality rate in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the US has dropped by an order of magnitude, or more, from the 1800s to the present. Death rates were typically 3 per year per million people in the 1800s in these more developed countries, while it is now on the order of deaths per million per year. This order-of-magnitude reduction coincides with a major population shift from rural to urban areas and away from labor-intensive agriculture, as well as the occupancy of substantial buildings, better forecasts and awareness of weather and lightning, improved medical care and emergency communications, the widespread availability of fully enclosed metal-topped vehicles, and other unknown factors. Since most of these middle-latitude regions do not have especially high lightning frequencies, a higher rate could be considered to apply to other areas. The suggestion was made in Holle and López (2003) that an of 6 deaths per million was appropriate for rural agriculturally-dominated areas with little protection inside unsubstantial buildings that may be common in those regions. The recent data for lesser developed countries are incomplete in time 12
13 and space. Some high rates have been reported in Africa, Asia, and India where such rates might be expected due to frequent lightning occurrence. However, there are also some very low rates that show indications of being due to data collection inadequacies. One of the more reliable indicators of data quality is the ratio of injuries to deaths, which is on the order of 10 to 1 when lightning casualties are very well documented. An original question of the present paper was to examine whether it was possible to attribute an of 6 lightning-caused deaths per million people to a large population of the world. While a lower lightning death rate of can be applied to more developed regions, the higher rate is less clear. While no single rate for lesser developed countries is evident in the available data, an of 6 deaths per million people in Africa and Asia continues to be a number to consider as a starting point. The other issue is to how many people this rate should be applied. As shown for China and South Africa (Table 16), there are high rates in mainly rural regions, while the rate is very low in urban areas. For the lack of better information, the estimate of 6 deaths per million per year continues to be a candidate for the appropriate rate that can be modified in the future with better information. If this rate applies to 4 billion people (Holle and López 2003), the resulting worldwide estimate continues to be 24,000 deaths and 240,000 injuries worldwide from lightning every year. The collection of lightning fatality totals over long periods is encouraged on a national basis in order to investigate the validity of these estimates. Acknowledgments The author appreciates the national fatality data contributed from personal notes by researchers around the world. The author is responsible for any misrepresentations or omissions that may have occurred in published or unpublished data. Some results are from collaborative studies with Dr. R.E. López of the National Severe Storms Laboratory; this study may not have taken place without his initiative. REFERENCES Agoris, D., E. Pyrgioto, D. Vasileiou, and S. Dragoumis, 2002: Analysis of lightning death statistics in Greece. 26 th Intl. Conf. on Lightning Protection, Cracow, Poland, Aguado,., B. Hermoso, A. Yarnoz, and L Sarries, 2000: An evaluation of lightning s effects and economic costs in Navarra (Spain) from 1950 to th Intl. Conf. on Lightning Protection, Rhodes, Greece, Amorim, W.C., and C.A. orales, 2005: Stormtracking and thunderstorm nowcasting for Sao Paulo State, Brazil. 32 nd Conf. on Radar eteorology, Albuquerque, N, 5 pp. Anderson, R., 1879: Lightning conductors: Their history, nature, and mode of application. E. and F.N. Spon, London, 256 pp. Baker, T., 1984: Lightning deaths in Great Britain and Ireland. Weather, 40, Bandara, D.R.A., 2004: Lightning hazards: Impacts and responses of the public. Intl. Lightning Detection Conf., Helsinki, Finland, Vaisala, 8 pp. Blumenthal, R., 2003: Lightning fatalities on the South African Highveld: A retrospective descriptive study for the period Intl. Conf. on Lightning and Static Electricity, Blackpool, England, Royal Aeronautical Soc., paper KS, 8 pp., 2005: Lightning fatalities on the South African Highveld: A retrospective descriptive study for the period American J. Forensic edicine and Pathology, 26, Cherington,., J. Walker,. Boyson, R. Glancy, H. Hedegaard, and S. Clark, 1999: Closing the gap on the actual numbers of lightning casualties and deaths. 11 th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Dallas, TX, Amer. eteorological Soc., Chitauro, J.J., 1990: Welcoming speech, discussion section. The First All-Africa Intl. Symp. on Lightning, Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 pp. Coates, L., R. Blong, and F. Siciliano, 1993: Lightning fatalities in Australia, Natural Hazards, 8, Cohen, I.B., 1990: Benjamin Franklin s Science. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, A and London, 288 pp. Cooper,.A., C.J. Andrews, and R.L. Holle, 2007: Lightning injuries. Chapter 3, Wilderness edicine, 5 th Edition, osby Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, P. Auerbach, Ed., Curran, E.B., R.L. Holle, and R.E. López, 2000: Lightning casualties and damages in the United States from 1959 to J. Climate, 13, Elsom, D.., 1993: Deaths caused by lightning in England and Wales, Weather, 48, , 2001: Deaths and injuries caused by lightning in the United Kingdom: analyses of two databases. Atmospheric Research, 56, Flammarion, C., 1904: Les caprices de la foudre. E. Flammarion, Ed., Paris, 277 pp. Galvonaite, A., 2004: Thunderstorm and lightning formation and continuance in Lithuania. Intl. Lightning Detection Conf., Helsinki, Finland, Vaisala, 6 pp. Golde, R.H., and W.R. Lee, 1976: Death by lightning. Proceedings Inst. Electrical Engineers, 123,
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Free agent S O.J. Atogwe is attempting a comeback.
Eagles released S O.J. Atogwe.
Eagles agreed to terms with S O.J. Atogwe.
Free agent S O.J. Atogwe visited the Chiefs on Tuesday.
The Lions' visit with free agent S O.J. Atogwe took place on Wednesday.
The Jets have expressed interest in free agent FS O.J. Atogwe.
Free agent S O.J. Atogwe will reportedly visit the Lions.
The Vikings are reportedly "revisiting [the] potential fit" of free agent FS O.J. Atogwe.
Redskins released FS O.J. Atogwe.
The Washington Post suggests FS O.J. Atogwe as an offseason cap casualty after he was benched late in 2011.
Redskins FS O.J. Atogwe (knee/toe) was active only in case of emergency in Sunday's loss to the Dolphins.
Redskins declared FS O.J. Atogwe (knee) inactive for Sunday's game against the 49ers.
Redskins FS O.J. Atogwe (knee) is inactive for Sunday's game against the Panthers.
O.J. Atogwe revealed this week that the Vikings were one of a few teams that had "serious interest" in signing him before he chose the Redskins.


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The reason for all of the madness? Eggs.
Yummy fresh eggs for my family and friends. The entertainment value is good, but the eggs – that is where it is at. We have been getting eggs for several weeks now. First little starter eggs and then normal looking eggs. The only problem I am having is that the nesting box does not appear to be inviting enough to many of my hens.
Willy nilly is how the eggs are laid. At least they stick to laying them in the coop as opposed to under it, or beside it. But mostly I am just happy they are laying. And today I am super excited! Today one of my Easter Eggers actually earned her name.
Not that I caught the chicken in question in flagrante delicto. If this hadn't have been such a beautiful minty green color one might have thought it was laid by one of my cochins. Why you might ask? Because she was sitting on it. Would you believe that one of the cochins is already trying to go broody? At some point every day I open up the nesting box and there she is, sitting all fluffed up in the center nest. She turns her little beady eye on me and gives me the deep down warning growl cluuuuuuuuk and fluffs up at me. I say nice things to her, pat her a bit, and then eject her gently from her diligence.
Maybe one day I will get some fertile eggs for her.
Also in the news, I have been letting the flock out for a little free-range time in the back yard. Supervised of course. Last time I managed to remember the camera so there is a picture heavy post in the near future. I know you can't wait. 😉 Here is a bit of a teaser:
He is such a help.


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Five years ago when I was gathering myself together to approach writing "Waiting for Giovanni" I only knew one thing for sure: Lorraine Hansberry would be in the play. I hadn't much biographical information yet but since it was to be a 'dream play' I figured it was okay to create a friendship between them even if I found there was none. (There was.) The piece is meant to evoke an emotional crossroads not portray anyone's biography so it seemed natural to have two of the most significant writers of the 20th century be in the same play
Last week was Lorraine Hansberry's birthday (May 19th, the same as Malcolm X!) and it reminded me of why I wanted to include her in this piece. Hansberry and Baldwin were both admonished to 'mind their own business;' that is to stick to writing about topics that directly and literally related to Blackness.
Most oppressed communities go through this. The 'uplift literature' of the 19th and early 20th centuries was de rigueur for the 'Negro' writers who were meant to show a good face for the 'hood and gain sympathy for the Black plight. Lesbian literature of the 1970s was often also focused on how 'normal' lesbians are. Not necessarily a bad thing, certainly. But all writers and their communities grow beyond victimhood if they grow healthy. They begin to see their victimization more than simply aimed at their small corner of humanity and can approach liberation as part of a global movement.
Hansberry was the first African American woman to be produced on Broadway ("Raisin in the Sun" 1959) which would automatically hand her the Race Torch. Then she wrote "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," which told its story through an interracial set of characters. The cry of protest went up: "What did that story have to do with the African American Story?"
The truth is African Americans are unique (as are all people) and African Americans are also universal (as are all people). The stories Black writers tell are theirs no matter the topic or the characters they create to tell it.
In "W4G" my character Lorraine says:
"We are all our own topics. Everything I see, hear, taste, smell and feel
comes through me and out of me. I can lift up this skirt and piss out
the world."
Critics are notoriously myopic, focusing on whatever detail that strikes a chord within them and often ignoring a larger context or topic. This was what happened and continues to happen with Hansberry's classic play, "Raisin in the Sun."
The piece still crackles with life and ideas more than 50 years later yet most discussions only focus on one element of the story. Walter Lee needs to claim his manhood by using his late father's insurance money to open a liquor store while his widowed mother insists the family escape the ghetto and use the funds to buy a little house in an all white neighborhood. That is a formidable struggle but not the only one.
Hansberry also presented us with other struggles: Walter Lee's wife, Ruth, is pregnant with a second child while they live in the crowded poverty of his mother's tenement. When she broaches the idea of an abortion she's met with stony religious rebuke from her mother-in-law but now answers to the question of who has control over her body. Walter
Lee's sister, Beneatha, wants to use part of the money to go to medical school. Beneatha has to suffer the condescension of not just her brother but also of her enthusiastic African beau who thinks women were invented to be wives.
So many academics and critics follow the same path laid down by the dominant culture the emotional core of writers' work can be totally buried under archaic interests like how women must stay in a specific role or that there are no gay people in a community. Hansberry and Baldwin resisted that worn path as much as they could. When Hansberry wrote to the lesbian journal The Ladder in 1957 she was clearly searching for places to feel free to speak her mind…her full mind not just the Black playwright who gets to be a 'first' mind. She wrote:
…"moral conclusions-based on acceptance of a social moral superstructure
which has never admitted to the equality of women [and] is therefore immoral
A rebellious spirit and great vision pushed Baldwin and Hansberry to write what was in their hearts. Hansberry didn't live along enough to further express her love for women (as far as we know…but more information is sure to come). Baldwin himself was ever the rebel that made it possible for him to state that he didn't want to have to belong to a club to be himself. However, he lived his life, ultimately, in line with the belief that:
"Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we
cannot live within."
In reaching out to the first national lesbian magazine Sweet Lorraine, as James called her, allied herself with a community which was barely on the radar screen for the Civil Rights Movement of that period. At least not out loud. At least not yet.