A volcanic eruption occurred on an island in
the Red Sea on Sunday
evening around 7 p.m., Sept. 30th. (This was 6 p.m. in Israel.) The next day, as
the volcano was still spewing, two survivors were rescued, (that is on Oct.
1, 2007).
Note that everything from the timing to the name
of the volcano, "Bird Mountain", to the number of those rescued,
to the name of the Sea where the eruption took place, to the ultimate
destination of the ships, to the shape of the island from a birds-view, to
the name of the ship that rescued the first victim, "The
Toronto", which is named after my own city, and hence a personally
reminder to me to man my post and be faithful as a watcher --- as we all
should be who are called to watch. It would be hard to put together a more
perfect sign that symbolized all that the
code is seeking to warn us.
Red Sea Volcano Rescue
The
Volcano "Jebel at Tair" ("Bird's Mountain") erupted on
Sept. 30, 2007, in the Red Sea about 7 p.m. local time, (6 p.m. in Israel).
Part of the island disappeared/collapsed and the rest was ablaze with
flowing lava that lighted the skies brilliantly at evening twilight and then through
the night.
A NATO Fleet of six ships on the way to the Mediterranean
sea observed the eruption and was requested by the Yemen Government to
assist in search and rescue operations for military personal stationed on
the island. Eight military personal were announced missing.
During the search, two people were snatched from the sea,
one by the Canadian ship "The Toronto", and the other by a US ship.
Six personal were found floating dead and badly burned.
The
ships found the two survivors in the shark invested superheated waters just
as they were about to give up hope, about 20 hours after the eruption the
next day on Oct. 1, 2007.
Here is a typical article that covered the story:
Navy
Aids Red Sea Volcano Rescue
Navy
Times
"The destroyer Bainbridge and five other ships from a
NATO maritime group are aiding rescue efforts off the coast of the tiny
island of Jabal al-Tair, where a volcano erupted over the weekend.
The
island sits in the Red Sea about 70 miles off the coast of Yemen. It has a
small military base but is otherwise uninhabited. The Yemeni coast guard and
navy evacuated 21 of the 29 personnel on the island, but eight were found to
be missing.
Rear Adm. Michael Mahon, who commands NATO Maritime Task
Group 1, told Navy Times Monday that the Yemeni government requested the
help of the six-ship fleet which was steaming toward the Suez Canal when the
volcano occurred.
Initially, sailors onboard the Bainbridge, the task
group’s flagship, spotted two bodies in the water, while the Canadian
frigate Toronto picked up another body, Mahon said
Two soldiers were rescued, while four others were found
dead. The search for the two other missing soldiers is ongoing, Mahon noted.
A Canadian Navy spokesman who was onboard the Toronto
called the volcanic eruption “catastrophic,” the Associated Press
reported.
Jabal al-Tair, or “Bird Mountain,” is one of a number
of volcanic islands in the Red Sea between Yemen and Sudan.
Mahon praised the efforts of the NATO-tasked sailors in
the rescue effort and said the task group will continue the search as long
as it is deemed necessary."
Why did the volcano erupt on the south end rather than
the north end of the Red Sea?
English
Picture Bible Code
The following interesting
event occurred on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, the two days 
