A hurricane we’ll talk about “for many years to come”: A reflection on doubt and hope
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 29 September 2022
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Hurricane Ian made landfall yesterday afternoon near Cayo Costa, Florida as a Category 4 storm. It is a storm we’ll talk about “for many years to come,” according to National Weather Service Director Ken Graham. When such catastrophic natural disasters occur, it’s human nature to question God’s all-powerful, all-loving, all-knowing nature. But the fact that we ask such questions reveals more than we think about what we truly believe.
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast for Thursday, September the 29th, 2022. |
| 0:09.0 | Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum. |
| 0:15.0 | As it near the Florida coast, Hurricane Ian was so gigantic that the International Space Station could see it on the |
| 0:22.3 | distant horizon. Hurricane Charlie, a horrific 2004 storm that killed 15 people and left more |
| 0:29.6 | than 1 million people without power, could fit entirely inside Hurricane Ian's eye. The storm stretched |
| 0:36.9 | 500 miles east to west, twice |
| 0:39.9 | the width of the Florida Peninsula. After wiping out power on the entire island of Cuba, |
| 0:45.4 | Hurricane Ian made landfall yesterday afternoon near Cayo Costa, Florida, as a category four |
| 0:52.0 | storm. Wind gusts of 140 miles per hour were recorded in Cape Coral. |
| 0:57.9 | Storm surges up to 18 feet have been seen. Homes were moved, obliterated, and submerged. |
| 1:05.2 | Streets in Naples look like rivers. There are reports of vehicles floating out into the ocean. |
| 1:13.5 | More than 2.2 million people are without power in Florida today. The storm is tracking across eastern Florida this morning. |
| 1:18.7 | It is expected to move off the Florida coast later today and approach to the coast of South |
| 1:23.0 | Carolina tomorrow. Orlando set a daily record with 7.72 inches of rain yesterday at the International |
| 1:31.1 | Airport. The previous high for the same date was 2.68 inches of rain. Central and Northeast |
| 1:37.4 | Florida are expected to receive isolated totals of 30 inches of rain today. This is a storm we'll talk about for many years to come, |
| 1:47.5 | according to National Weather Service Director Ken Graham. I cannot imagine how people who have |
| 1:53.0 | lost everything are feeling this morning. But I can say as a cultural apologist and a pastor |
| 1:59.0 | that in the face of great suffering asking why is normal and appropriate. |
| 2:05.6 | If our God were not all-powerful, we could not blame him for what he could not prevent. |
| 2:10.6 | No one false me for the existence of cancer. |
| 2:13.6 | If our God were not all loving, we would not be surprised when he does not intervene |
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