The city is in ruins. Steve McCraw, director of Homeland Security in Texas speaking of Galveston.
Hurricane Ike hit hard and even after the lessons of previous experiences, 10,000 people still stayed in Galveston, Texas. Despite living in a place that remembers a hurricane that killed 8,000 people in 1900, these people ignored the best advice and so far 2,000 have had to be rescued. The city is uninhabitable reminiscent of New Orleans not so long ago with Katrina. Only two weeks ago it was Hurricane Gustav for Eastern Texas. Do people still have an optimism that everything will turn out OK? I still feel a lot of people live with "it will never happen to me" lifestyles. Furthermore I read a report that 300 relief workers in Houston are low on food and water already. The report suggested that they were already hungry and thirsty. Even more issues await the residents of Texas seen in this warning sent out.
Citizens remaining in Southeast Texas should be very cautious of snakes, fireants and other potentially dangerous wildlife in the wake of Hurricane Ike. Cottonmouth water moccasins and copperheads are the two most prevalent poisonous snake species in the region and they along with numerous nonvenomous species are likely to enter homes and other dwellings in flood conditions.Trying to avoid thoughts of the plagues of Egypt, I see that preparedness is not a foolhardy optimism. It is always a readiness for the inevitability that something might go wrong. Preparedness is not always prepared to stay but also a prepared to go. I often have a bag packed ready to go. It contains my travel clothing rather than my everyday wear. You might wonder what the difference is if you know what I normally wear. Well everything in the bag is fast dry Though they are mainly lightweight as a result, but it does layer for cooler situations. I think we should be always living with "it might happen to me."
With an understanding of the end of time, Christians not only have a strong hope in life in the age to come but also a judgment on behaviour and action. What did we do with our resources? What did we do in response to situations? I'd like to be prepared to that accounting exercise.
After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. Matt 25:19
