Hurricane Katrina
28th August 2005
Just wanted to ask for all of our friends to be praying for us and for the residents of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana tonight and tomorrow night. New Orleans sits 12 feet below sea level and the storm surge is expected to be 20+ feet. If you do the math, it’s easy to see that you could drown in a three story house — even if the house isn’t washed away.
The worst for us here in Hoover will be Monday night. Here is an excerpt from the NOAA inland tropical storm warning:
MONDAY…WINDY. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. HIGHS AROUND 82. EAST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
OF RAIN 100 PERCENT.
MONDAY NIGHT…VERY WINDY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. LOWS AROUND 72. SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 100 PERCENT.
This is the fourth tropical storm that will blow through Alabama this summer.
That’s not even including Hurricane Ivan from last year which stranded us while looking for houses in Birmingham. The airport was closed for a few days because of the storm.
Honestly, even asking for prayers and desiring for God to have mercy on those who are in the most direct danger, I can’t help but feel most alive in the midst of nature’s fury with these storms. I think it’s recognizing that there is something in God that is so big, so powerful, so dangerous, so awesome that a massive Hurricane such as this one awakens me to it — but I recognize it is still only part of the footstool of God. Isaiah 66:1
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