Monday, July 14, 2025

CLOUD NINE ๐ŸŒง️๐Ÿ˜ž or CLOUD NONE ๐ŸŒž?!

So what about “cloud 9”?!  Isn’t it supposed to bring warm and fuzzy feelings: 

The expression "cloud nine" refers to the cumulonimbus cloud, which is the ninth cloud type in the International Cloud Atlas. This cloud is known for its towering, puffy appearance, and it is associated with a feeling of great happiness or euphoria. The phrase "on cloud nine" is an idiom that means to be extremely happy or blissful, according to Dictionary.com. 

NOPE!!  Check this out:  

Cumulonimbus clouds are known to be extremely dangerous to airtraffic, and it is recommended to avoid them as much as possible. Cumulonimbus can be extremely insidious, and an inattentive pilot can end up in a very dangerous situation while flying in apparently very calm air. 

It’s interesting to note that the # 9 (to the inner twin world) is associated with “sadness”, given their strategic design influence— it shares the same key on my keyboard as the left bracket that’s used to make the down turned mouth of the unhappy emoticon: 

:-(        Okay, so here is the upright version:   แด–̈

Note the following from the  Cumulonimbus and aviation : wikipedia page: 

Due to the phase change of water droplets (to ice), the cumulonimbus top is almost always turbulent.[28] The glider can become covered with ice, and the controls can freeze and remain stuck. Many accidents of this kind have occurred. If the pilot bails out and opens their parachute, they may be sucked upward (or at least held aloft) as happened to William Rankin after ejecting from an F-8 fighter jet and falling into a cumulonimbus (within which his parachute opened).

 Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin (October 16, 1920 – July 6, 2009) Rankin wrote a book about his experience, The Man Who Rode the Thunder.

 So, perhaps the inner twin world are telling us that where we need to be, given the many safety concerns of being on earth, is THROUGH THE CLOUD LAYER.  For THAT, we need them… we need to work with them.  





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