US Southeast hit by tornadoes; Some Puerto Ricans still without power six months after Hurricane Maria

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March 20, 2018

An outbreak of severe storms, including several tornadoes erupted in a multi-state swath from Tennessee to Florida late Monday, leaving behind downed trees, power outages and numerous damaged structures, including on the campus of Jacksonville State University.

Large hail and strong winds accompanied the storms. The Weather Channel says Jacksonville, Ala., was likely hit by two tornadoes just minutes apart. …

The Associated Press writes that “Portions of northern Alabama and southern Tennessee were still under tornado warnings Monday night, and the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for much of northern Georgia as the line moved eastward.” https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/20/595104602/severe-storms-tornadoes-rip-through-u-s-southeastMarch 20, 2018

JACKSONVILLE, AL … A confirmed grounded tornado during a line of severe storms heavily damaged numerous buildings in the area, including West Point Baptist Church and a Dollar General.

Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade confirmed West Point Baptist Church is severely damaged, possibly destroyed. The Dollar General, which is near Jacksonville State’s campus, also experienced severe damage.

Some roads in that area are impassible. Emergency vehicles are blocking all traffic from traveling south on Highway 21 after the intersection of Highway 202. Highway 204 is also blocked. It is believed 21 is closed due to debris that flew off of buildings, while 204 is closed due to damage on JSU’s campus.

Numerous trees and utility poles are down on backroads in Jacksonville. Roy Webb Road is flooded. http://www.wbrc.com/story/37761953/tornado-severe-storms-cause-widespread-damage-in-jacksonville

Tornadoes injure at least hundreds and cause severe damage nearly every year.

While the terms ‘tornado’ and ‘cyclone’ are not in the NKJV, KJV, or the DRB (Douay Rheims Bible), some translations of the Bible (like THE MESSAGE) do use them, and those that do not tend to use the term ‘whirlwind,’ which is basically what a tornado/cyclone is.

The Bible shows that whirlwinds are one of the forms of weather that God controls:

3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.

The Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet. (Nahum 1:3)

Now, the tornado damage that just hit the US Southeast does not look insurmountable.

But if you think that the USA can handle all weather problems and storms, consider the following:

It’s been six months since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico. The Category 4 storm knocked out power to the entire island, at least 64 people died, and more than 135,000 people reportedly left Puerto Rico for the U.S. mainland. It is considered the most logistically challenging natural disaster in modern U.S. history. Today, less than 10 percent of the island remains without power and all 68 hospitals are open.

Yabucoa, on the southeastern part of the island, is where Hurricane Maria made landfall six months ago. These days you’ll get a pretty good cell phone signal, water is running, but people there haven’t had electricity since September. …

Sixty-five percent of people living there still don’t have electricity. Mayor Rafael Surillo says the first team to arrive to restore power took 75 days.

Desperation has a relentless hold on people there. The mayor said that a few days ago a local man in his 60s took his life. Apparently the same day he was found hanging from a tree, power was restored to his house. Eighteen-year-old Dennis Pagan found the man. He was her neighbor. …

Driving around the island, a majority of the traffic lights we saw were not working. But overall, progress is being made and within just the last couple of days the power generation on the island has hit 99 percent. We spoke to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which has the task to help restore electricity on the island.

“The magnitude of destruction of this power grid is beyond anything that we have seen in America post storm,” said Col. Jason A. Kirk. “Eighty percent of destruction of the grid, these poles, the lines, etc. …And using the helicopters we brought more to the island in the last month, you have to use helicopters in many cases to attach and then pull the wires across a givenvalley.”

But many Puerto Ricans have wondered whether they are improving the infrastructure.

“We aren’t burying the lines because if we were doing that because if we were doing that we wouldn’t have power back today to 92 percent of the populace,” Kirk said. “It would take a whole lot more time and that may be a future state, future decision.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-rico-six-months-after-hurricane-maria-cbs-news-returns/

Parts of Puerto Rico are still in rough shape because of a hurricane that happened six months ago.

And, I should add that other Caribbean islands, like Dominica are also in a bad way.

Those who wonder if the USA can be hit with massive power problems should consider not only Puerto Rico, but the effects of solar flares and EMP weapons (watch also Electrical End of the USA?).

We have seen a lot of severe weather.

God wants people everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30). He uses weather for correction and for His mercy (Job 37:13).

Will you heed the weather and other warnings?

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