Is All This Really Just Normal?

[JTC]

I only just heard about the Typhoon that devastated the Philippines.  The website I saw it on said they had just had a major Earthquake, not long ago. I had heard of a Cyclone hitting India about a month ago.

 

I'm in 1 of the areas Sandy smashed into last year. We're still rebuilding from that. Is it just me who thinks all this is way beyond normal weather patterns? I'm been telling people we're very close to the Apocalypse since last year. I was surprised by how many people didn't even know what the word Apocalypse means. It seems to me we're either very close to, or already into the things Jesus said would happen in Matthew 24. And yes it's scary. I get scared even if the power goes out for 10 seconds. That has happened several times in the past month because they're still working on my building. So looking at videos of the Typhoon in the Philippines brings back bad feelings.  

 

I have a friend in another state, where nothing bad has happened. God has blessed them. But she thinks this is all very normal. Nothing to get worried about.

 

I'm not saying we should worry. We should pray and ask God to help us live holy lives for Him.

[Guest]

Seems pretty normal to me, I do not remember a time when it was not like this, do you have data showing otherwise?

 

Image from an article which you can read here

[BFP]

I agree with Omegaman...it is all pretty normal...just google storm, hurricane, earthquake...etc and put in any year...there will be a great storm in history for every year. Start in 1900... It was Galveston Texas...8000 residents lost thier lives...1901 November...huge storm on the Norh East Coast. 40 ships wrecked, sailors lost lives. It is all very normal.

But like your friend, where I live we don't get anything...well maybe to you five ft of snow overnight would be something, but we just get out our snowshovels and everyone pitches in to shovel out...work is usually cancelled for a couple of days and that is that.

I thank God all the time that I don't have the worries that coastal communities have. I would live in fear of the next one all the time.

[missmuffet]

I agree JCT.Maybe we should take a look at all of this.

[OneLight]

I have come to believe that we are paying much more attention to the weather because we are able to instantly see what is happening instead of waiting days for the information like they had to just 60 years ago.  We have far superior tools then back then also.

[JTC]

Well, I just can't agree with all of you. Especially when this morning I heard on TV news that a Philippine person said they get Typhoons all the time. They believed they were prepared for this one too. But they never saw anything like this. That struck me as significant because we all said that last year with Sandy. I've seen at least 40 hurricanes in this area, but never anything like Sandy.

 

But fear not. Five feet of snow will stop NY for at least 1 week. Suppose you got 30' of snow in 24 hours? But that won't happen.

[missmuffet]

Well, I just can't agree with all of you. Especially when this morning I heard on TV news that a Philippine person said they get Typhoons all the time. They believed they were prepared for this one too. But they never saw anything like this. That struck me as significant because we all said that last year with Sandy. I've seen at least 40 hurricanes in this area, but never anything like Sandy.

 

But fear not. Five feet of snow will stop NY for at least 1 week. Suppose you got 30' of snow in 24 hours? But that won't happen.

What do you mean?When I said I agreed with you about taking a look at everything that is going on  

[alphaparticle]

Seems pretty normal to me, I do not remember a time when it was not like this, do you have data showing otherwise?

 

Image from an article which you can read here

1942 looks  suspicious to me.

[JTC]

I didn't mean you Bopeep. Sorry if you took it offensive.

[kwikphilly]

Dear JTC,

     I do agree with you,it seems the various places is what is unusual to me......the earthquakes & super storms in places where it is not expected to be as they are.,......even Sandy,Florida expects such hits like that but it is few & far between for New York.....I don't know,everything seems to be of such great magnitude lately or perhaps it is as OneLight says & we just did not hear of it because we did not have the technology that is now available....

     But along with the earthquakes & storms we also have all these wars & rumors of wars to consider,agree?But I sort of remember my parents having this same conversation when I was a wee girl?God bless us all...

                                                                                                                                              With love,in Christ-Kwik