“It’s going to be historic”: The latest on Hurricane Ian and two practical responses
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 28 September 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Hurricane Ian is headed for the southwest coast of Florida and is likely to make landfall this afternoon or evening as a major Category 4 storm. According to one NWS meteorologist, “It’s going to be historic.” If we’re not personally affected by this hurricane, how can we help those who will be?
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Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article Podcast for Wednesday, September the 28th, 2022. |
| 0:08.9 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:14.8 | Hurricane Ian is headed for the southwest coast of Florida and is likely to make landfall this afternoon or evening as a major |
| 0:22.9 | category four storm. Hurricane conditions are already impacting Florida's Gulf Coast this morning |
| 0:28.9 | with major flooding reported in Key West. The National Hurricane Center is warning of storm |
| 0:34.5 | searches with life-threatening inundation. |
| 0:44.1 | More than 2.5 million people have been advised to flee as the storm advances on the state. |
| 0:51.5 | The hurricane is currently predicted to come ashore south of Tampa Bay and cut across the state directly for Orlando. |
| 0:56.6 | Central Florida could expect 15 to 20 inches of rainfall, with localized rainfall of up to 24 inches. For comparison, the most rainfall Orlando has ever experienced over a |
| 1:05.8 | three-day period has been 13 and 3 quarter inches. It's going to be historic, according to one National Weather |
| 1:13.9 | Service meteorologist. As I respond this morning, I'm not sure what I can say that you don't |
| 1:20.2 | already know. As a cultural apologist, I could ask why God allows natural disasters. However, |
| 1:26.8 | as I've written in the past, from Romans 822, |
| 1:29.4 | we know that sin led to a fallen world and the disasters and diseases we face as a consequence. |
| 1:36.0 | There were no hurricanes in the Garden of Eden. I could ask why God sometimes intervenes with |
| 1:41.6 | such disasters as when Jesus calmed the stormy sea of Galilee, but not |
| 1:46.4 | at other times. However, this is a question we need to answer practically rather than speculatively. |
| 1:52.4 | When Peter asked about John's future after the resurrection, Jesus responded in John 21, 22, |
| 2:00.5 | What is that to you? As for you, follow me. We'll say more about |
| 2:05.0 | practical responses to the hurricane in a moment. So here are three questions I'm asking myself today. |
| 2:12.7 | First, why have I focused in this article on Hurricane Ian more than on Hurricane Fiona? |
| 2:18.6 | The latter devastated Puerto Rico and swept away homes in eastern Canada, |
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