Early in September I heard one of the evangelical leaders suggest that Katrina was retribution for the godlessness of the big easy (there had been a large gay meeting planned for the near future).

Then W proclaimed September the 14th as a national day of prayer and remembrance.

Soon after that the gulf coast was blessed with Rita!

This caused me to wonder if there was a possible alternative explanation.


At this point, one might have to entertain the notion that if a diety is behind the storms, it might be Allah.

On the other hand, I'm not such a great fan of intelligent design so perhaps Blofeld has finally perfected SPECTRE's weather machine and we should soon expect a ransom note.

Or maybe it's just a co-incidence. After all, if we are to believe the Bush administration, and heaven knows they rarely get things wrong, the evidence is still out on global warming, so a rise in ocean temperatures can't possibly be affecting the weather, right?