Sea
and the Waves Roaring
Last year's hurricane season (2005) was the
most destructive on record. Hurricane Katrina
devastated
Louisiana
and Mississippi and was blamed for more than
1,570 deaths among Louisiana residents alone.This
was the busiest season in 154 years of storm
tracking with a record 28 named storms
and 15 hurricanes.
2004 - Indian Ocean Tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake,
which had a magnitude of 9.15, triggered a series
of lethal tsunamis on December 26, 2004 that
killed approximately 230,000 people (including
168,000 in Indonesia alone), making it the deadliest
tsunami in recorded history.
2006 - South of Java Island
Tsunami
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shocked the Indian
Ocean seabed on July 17, 2006, This earthquake
triggered a tsunami whose heights varied
from from 2 meters at Cilacap to 6 meters
at Cimerak
beach, where it swept away and flattened
buildings as far as 400 meters away from
the coastline. More than 600 people were
reported dead.
2006 - Strongest Typhoon
in 50 Years Hits China
Saomai, dubbed a "super typhoon" by
Chinese forecasters due to its huge size
and high wind speeds, was the eighth major
storm of this year's unusually violent typhoon
season. (2006) Saomai was the most powerful
typhoon to hit China since the founding of
the communist
government in 1949. - Zhejiang
provincial weather bureau.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the
costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes
in the
history
of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest
Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the
third-strongest landfalling U.S. hurricane
ever recorded. Katrina is estimated to
be responsible for $81.2 billion (2005
US dollars) in damages, making it the costliest
hurricane in U.S. history.
The Sin of New Orleans
New Orleans has a high violent crime
rate. It's homicide rate has consistently
ranked
in the top five of large cities in the
country since the 1980s. In 1994, 421
people were
killed
(85.8 per 100,000 people), a homicide
rate which has not been matched by any
major
US city to date. From 1999 to 2004, the
homicide
rate again increased. New Orleans had
the highest murder rate of any major
American
city in 2002
(53.3 per 100,000 people), and again
retained the highest murder rate in 2003,
with 275
murders.
New Orleans Mardi Gras is particularly well-known,
often called "the greatest free show on
earth". The celebrations draw many tourists
to the city in addition to the celebrating
locals for the parties and parades. Most tourists
can be found within the French Quarter, especially
Bourbon Street. The celebration is known for
it's lewd behaviour, drunkeness and sexual
immorality.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom;
give ear unto the law of our God, ye people
of Gomorrah. Your new moons and your appointed
feasts my soul hates. How is the faithful city
become
an harlot!
- Isaiah 1:14
God brings Judgment on Continious
Sin
Jude
1:7 Even
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about
them in like manner, giving
themselves over to fornication, and going after
strange flesh, are set forth for an
example,
suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom
and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the
LORD
out of heaven.
Scriptures
Luke 21:25 And
there shall be signs in the sun, and in
the moon, and in the stars;
and upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity; the sea and the waves
roaring
Psam 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me,
and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
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