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 were seen as far south as Texas, a very rare occurrence. What is going on?…
Category: Storms and Natural Disasters
Christianity, Storms and Natural Disasters, Survival
Food: Our Continuing Sustenance
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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 that extend into several months is having or getting decent food, especially if you are…
Christianity, Storms and Natural Disasters, Survival
Water: 60% of Your Physical Makeup
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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 a regular intake of good, clean water. Check out this article that details the serious…
Christianity, Storms and Natural Disasters, Survival
What Does Getting Prepared Involve?
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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 the Primary Concerns? No matter where you are there are three immediate and primary concerns,…
Christianity, Storms and Natural Disasters, Survival
A Call to Discernment of the Possibility of God’s Imminent Judgement
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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 they were overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit. They received a message of God’s coming judgement…
Personal, Storms and Natural Disasters
Bills Excellent Adventure Part III
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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 elm tree in our front yard came down, by what appeared to be a microburst.…
Personal, Storms and Natural Disasters
Bills Excellent Adventure Part II
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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 north that we should not have gotten any signigicant damage from Wilma tracking to the…
Culture & Social Issues, Politics and Government, Storms and Natural Disasters
Widows Mite
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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.
Christianity, Politics and Government, Storms and Natural Disasters
Thoughts On Katrina
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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 preprogrammed responses are not working and people are breaking down. In the end, however, when…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Culture & Social Issues, Storms and Natural Disasters
When Is A Blogstorm A Blogstorm?
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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 swarm. It does not yet have its own definition on Wikipedia, but instead is defined…