June 1st

Today is May 30th. Day after tomorrow is June 1st. The historic beginning of the huricane season and a reminder that the calendar waits for no one.

I find this article in the Washington Post and it describes the problems that caused the massive destruction in New Orleans. Those problems have not yet been fixed. Indeed, those problems have conspired against New Orleans in a way that the residents couldn't imagine this time last year.

As I type this there are no named storms lurking in the Atlantic. We who live with hurricanes on a yearly basis know that they normally form later in the season, with August and September being the prime months for hurricane activity.

To the residents of the Gulf Coast, my fondest wishes for no landfall hurricanes this season. Another bad storm on the Louisiana coast would be catastrophic. New Orleans isn't ready. Cameron and SW Louisiana are still reeling from Rita. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is still a disaster area. We don't need any bad storms this year. Yet God doesn't ask what we need. He sends His works in mysterious ways.

The year has turned and in two days we will be in the hurricane season. Be careful. Be Prepared.