Category: Storms and Natural Disasters

You may have noticed a lot of press lately about solar storms and auroras seen in the deep south. Auroras are normally seen only in upper latitudes. In North America that includes northern Canada and Alaska. However, this week they…

We need food. There is a maxim in certain nutritional circles that you are what you eat, or at least the health of your body is determined by what you eat. One of the big problems with disasters, especially ones…

It is not an exaggeration to say water is the stuff of life. Outside of air, it is the one thing we need to continually consume. We can deal with irregularly consuming food, but not water. We deteriorate rapidly without…

The answer to that question depends on your location. Are you in a city, the suburbs of a city, a small town, a rural location, or what some might consider the boonies? Each location would have different requirements. What are…

 Back on September 11, two friends of my sister (in Deland Florida) were praying before lunch and asking God what they should pray about, since it was the anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, when…

The adventure continued today as the yard was finally cleared. But let’s back up a bit and tell the story that followed my last post. As you know, while experiencing the fringes of hurricane Wilma on Monday morning, the massive…

Last year I spent the last weekend in September with my dad in South Daytona, Florida experiencing the edge of Jeanne, my first hurricane. I wrote about that in Bill’s Excellent Adventure. Today, even though we were supposedly far enough…

Remembering Jesus’ praise of the widow’s mite (Mark 12:41-43) I offer for your consideration this news item on Iraqi soldiers contributing to hurricane Katrina relief. Hat tip to Christopher Johnson at Midwest Conservative Journal.

The events are devastating, dwarfing not only those who survived the initial storm but overwhelming everyone who had the responsibility of dealing with the aftermath and responding to problems. The situation is unprecedented. However, because of that, ready platitudes and…

There is a new word in the lexicon and it is blogstorm. n. When a large amount of activity, information and opinion erupts around a particular subject or controversy in the blogosphere, it is commonly called a blogstorm or blog…