Rochester, Indiana nearly wiped away

[Jim Eshelman]

I grew up in Rochester, Indiana, in the heart of a county that was a natural indentation so that - though terrible tornadoes came through the area almost every year - the always just popped over the top of us without striking. I went to the neighbor's storm cellar uncountable times over the years, but we never had anything result that was all that serious.

Then, my first year away (I was at college), a tornado came through that did not pop over the top of town. It did enormous damage. A friend said they were at a drive-in and their car was lifted and hovered in the air. The main cemetery lost most of its beautiful old tree coverage and a marble statue at my great-grandmother's grave was later found (I was told) one county over (later returned). It was never part of my experience other than hearing people talk about it. I'm not sure I got back that year - maybe not until after I'd moved to California and perhaps when I returned for my grandmother's funeral a few years later.

Anyway, that was April 4, 1974, sometime during the day time - 47 years ago today. It came up because people were talking about it online for the anniversary. I've never looked at the mundane charts. It seems it should be a significant astrological event since the small area normally protected against such things suddenly lost its protection and paid for it. I'd expect a lot of Saturn and Mars for the damage. Is that what we see? (Using noon, since I don't have a time.)

The Cansolar daily timing is terrible, but not needed since the Capsolar already was showing the event. The rest is good.

Year: Capsolar {+2}
Sun on Dsc 2°18'
Moon on N 1°52'
Mercury more widely foreground
-- Sun-Mercury conj. 2°06' mundo
-- Sun-Neptune sq. 2°37' PVP
-- Mercury sq. non-foreground Uranus 0°17'
Moon-Pluto conj. 0°56' mundo

Bridge {-1}
(The benefic surplus is unacceptable. Jupiter is often part of a tornado profile but in combination, especially with Neptune, which we don't see here. Pluto by itself, of course, is fitting.)
t Pluto op Capsolar MC 3/15-9/5
CanQ Moon op. s/p Venus op. 2/14-5/14
t Jupiter on Cansolar angles 3/15-4/20
Event window: Mar 15 to Apr 20

Month: Caplunar {+2}
Saturn on Dsc 1°03'
Sun on N 1°16'
Eris on IC 2°09'
Pluto widely foreground
-- Sun-Saturn sq. 0°47'
Moon-Uranus sq. 2°32'

Week: Canlunar (Silent.) Moon-Uranus.

Week: Arilunar {+2}
Pluto on Dsc 2°07' [op. non-foreground Sun 1°00']
Moon on EP-a 0°18'
Uranus & Eris more widely foreground
-- Moon-Uranus op. 2°16'
-- Mo/Er on Asc 0°38'
-- Ur/Pl on Dsc 0°47'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p MC conj. t Mars 2°11' (slightly wide for noon)
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t Pluto op s MC 1°36'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {-3}
p Moon-Venus op. 0°12'
p MC conj. the Moon-Venus within 1° at noon
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t Jupiter sq. s MC 1°15'