Many places across the United States are seeing a bit too
much of it. Large portions of the
country have experienced flash flooding, and area flooding from rainfall
amounts totaling 12-14 inches in general with some locations receiving over 20
inches of rain. It’s seemingly been a
daily occurrence to get storms systems dumping 3 to 6 inch rains across much of
the mid-section of the country into the mid Atlantic and even up the coast into
NY. What is going on?
This time of year we often get stagnant weather patterns develop across the country. It is often why we call it the dog days of august. The past few years we have had a hot and dry pattern develop over much of the nation. This year we have had a cool pool of air sink down into the great lakes region, leaving a stationary boundary running variably along the Mason- Dixon line and up the Appalachians. Storms have daily formed along this boundary in the west, moving east, and dumping large amounts of rain over the same areas day after day.
This time of year we often get stagnant weather patterns develop across the country. It is often why we call it the dog days of august. The past few years we have had a hot and dry pattern develop over much of the nation. This year we have had a cool pool of air sink down into the great lakes region, leaving a stationary boundary running variably along the Mason- Dixon line and up the Appalachians. Storms have daily formed along this boundary in the west, moving east, and dumping large amounts of rain over the same areas day after day.
While many of the flash flood events are being viewed
singularly as individual events, they are part of an overall event that is
costing billions of dollars and loss of life.
These costs are spread out across the country. When our homeowners insurance goes up, it is
in part due to events like this. Large
scale events, and response to them increases the debt we hold in governments,
from the local level all the way to the federal level. The damage must be repaired, and that costs
money that we then have to borrow.
For some, the flooding is just an inconvenience…
For others, a disaster….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNg7I2wqu4s
When looking at weather events overall, over the last 10-20 years, a believer can legitimately ask if we are under judgment. I’ll leave that question for others to decide. IN the meantime, perhaps donating a few dollars to help those in affected areas might be the right thing to do. Red Cross often works these disasters, or perhaps helping to set up connections with sister churches in the problem areas could be a good idea. Prayer is certainly needed.
For some, the flooding is just an inconvenience…
For others, a disaster….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNg7I2wqu4s
When looking at weather events overall, over the last 10-20 years, a believer can legitimately ask if we are under judgment. I’ll leave that question for others to decide. IN the meantime, perhaps donating a few dollars to help those in affected areas might be the right thing to do. Red Cross often works these disasters, or perhaps helping to set up connections with sister churches in the problem areas could be a good idea. Prayer is certainly needed.
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