The state of Florida braces for Hurricane Ian Tom Brady gives thoughts on the butt punt QB News [... more]

To test the stability of two houses engineers simulated a category three hurricane by using powerful fans that produced winds gusts of mph for ten minutes The first house was built according to a non-hurricane building code and the other was put together with a reinforced roof and floors The first house shook and eventually collapsed but the second house survived with only a few cosmetic damages One of the engineers summarized the study by asking Which house would you rather be living in Concluding His teaching on values of kingdom living Jesus said ldquo Everyone who hears these words [... more]

In a young Russian artillery officer viewed the battlefield carnage occurring far below his cannon rsquo s hilltop placement ldquo It rsquo s a funny sort of pleasure rdquo Leo Tolstoy wrote ldquo to see people killing each other And yet every morning and every evening I would spend hours at a time watching rdquo Tolstoy rsquo s outlook soon changed After seeing firsthand the devastation and suffering in the city of Sevastopol he wrote ldquo You understand all at once and quite differently from what you have before the significance of those sounds of shots which you heard in [... more]

The sheriff marveled at the prayers estimating ldquo hundreds of thousands or maybe millions of prayers rdquo were lifted to God for help as the East Troublesome Fire raged through the mountains of Colorado in the fall of Living up to its name the blaze consumed acres in twelve hours roaring through tinder-dry forests burning three hundred homes to the ground and threatening entire towns in its path Then came ldquo the Godsend rdquo as one meteorologist called it No not rain A timely snowfall It fell across the fire zone arriving early for that time of year mdash dropping [... more]

When storms loom media outlets often show footage of people placing plywood on homes and businesses and hunkering down Caregiving is its own storm Although sometimes receiving advance notice caregiving can often descend like a tornado and last a lifetime If cameras followed caregivers many' daily activities might resemble the frantic bustle of those boarding up homes and businesses Imagine trying to build a five-year plan while simultaneously working to survive a hurricane Incredulously many caregivers regularly attempt such a feat While the aftermath of hurricanes usually brings clearer skies that allow rebuilding the lengthy caregiving storm usually ends at [... more]

As Hurricane Ida made landfall on the th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina The Salvation Army is prepared to meet immediate needs of food clothing clean-up kits and emotional and spiritual care Emergency Disaster Services Director of The Salvation Army's Southern Territory Jeff Jellets said We are positioned to provide immediate assistance to those in the path of the storm and have access to a substantial network of resources which can be activated as soon as it's needed Right now the best way to support response efforts is by making a financial contribution This allows necessary items to be purchased and [... more]