Tuesday; September 27
This year has been a pretty quiet hurricane season – at least so far. Unless I am forgetting something, the mainland of the United States has been spared a significant storm and even though there have been some storms in the Caribbean, it has been a pretty moderate season. Now, having said that, this week is promising to bring a significant storm to the southland of the U.S. coast. We can be thankful for how things have gone through most of the hurricane season, but some of our friends and neighbors need to keep an eye on the tropics. Each year I am fascinated by the storm season. I track storms as they spin out in the Atlantic or the Gulf. I plot coordinates, look at forecasts and watch as these freaks of nature seem to take on a life of their own. Maybe it is because I spent a lot of my growing-up years in Florida, but I also believe that one of the reasons that I am fascinated by these powerful storms is because it reminds me of the nature of God. Not only does it remind me