The seemingly impossible happened when hurricane-force winds changed the flow of the mighty Mississippi River In August Hurricane Ida came ashore on the coast of Louisiana and the astonishing result was a ldquo negative flow rdquo meaning water actually flowed upriver for several hours Experts estimate that over its life cycle a hurricane can expend energy equivalent to nuclear bombs Such incredible power to change the course of flowing water helps me understand the Israelites rsquo response to a far more significant ldquo negative flow rdquo recorded in Exodus While fleeing the Egyptians who rsquo d enslaved them for centuries
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