Here's my reply to the bullsxxx that Dean's arrival means the end is right at hand:
2005. Katrina, Rita, and Wilma hit. Katrina alone resulted in $3 a gallon gas. New Orleans was almost totally destroyed, except for the French Quarters. There was bedlam as the rescue efforts were botched. And, of course the end did not come then.
2004. Charlie, Ivan, and Jeanne hit Florida. The orange crop was ruined, resulting in serious price spikes in orange juice. And no end was forthcoming.
2001. September 11 saw the planes flown into the World Trade Center and into the Pentagon, with another headed for the White House that the passengers crashed into the field short. And no Armageddon from that.
1998. Hurricane Mitch hit the Latin American area, causing widespread deaths and damage in the mountains of Mexico. No Armageddon.
1992. Hurricane Andrew slammed into the south of Florida, destroying Homestead. It also hit Louisiana after emerging into the Gulf. No Armageddon.
1990. The Gulf War situation began, leading to full blown war. Again, Armageddon did not come.
1989. Hurricane Hugo did serious damage to the Carolina coast. Of course, the end did not come.
1988. Hurricane Gilbert ravaged the Yucatan Peninsula, and this did not herald Armageddon.
Not to mention Camille, the Galveston hurricane of 1900, the 1906 earthquake in California, the 1989 or 1994 earthquakes, the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, two world wars, and countless thousands of hurricanes, tornado outbreaks (including the 1999 Oklahoma City tornado), earthquakes, blizzards, droughts (like the Ethopian drought and famine of 1984-85), wars, disease epidemics, and wildfires that have been happening since who knows when. This is just another major hurricane that is going to make the news for the next several months as the cleanup and rescue/rebuilding happen. Nothing that hasn't happened before--and for sure this doesn't mean the end is close, either.
