I just wanted to add my 2-cents here, kinda off topic, about the hurricanes that Florida experienced this year.

Florida was not the only state that was affected by these horrible hurricanes. Hurricane Ivan came up the east coast through the mountains (Mountains!) of North Carolina and washed out an entire community called Peeks Creek that had been there for generations. I read a follow up to the story recently in the paper (after having read about it when it actually happened). Homes were completely demolished and pushed off their foundations, a 51-year old nurse lost her life in a creek trying to save her pets, a firefighter lost his unborn child and his mother, and his wife, who was pregnant, lost a leg. Not to mention 7 people in that one neighborhood were killed. I know that doesn't sound like a lot compared to the tsunami victims, but the neighborhood only had about 30 people in it. That was an incredibly devastated area which will never be the same again. The topography has changed forever. People who fled Florida to get away from the hurricane were also affected.

You don't expect a hurricane to come hitting you in the mountains, and it was just devastating, and that area will probably never be the same again. When it hits so close to home, it really makes you think. And yes, I do believe in God, although I can't know the mind of God and can't say if we are in the "end times". The best I can do is thank Him every day that I have been spared these terrible tragedies, and pray that He will help those who have been affected, and donate my money and time to helping the affected ones.

Thanks for reading, sorry it was off topic.