Floods of Warning
TimeWatch Editorial
August 15, 2016
ON March 18 2016 the Weather Channel published an article entitled: “Over 26 Inches of Rain Triggers Record Flooding in the South, Including the Sabine River” By Quincy Vagell and Chris Dolce and Jon Erdman.
“A torrential rain event during the first full week of March 2016 featuring over two feet of record March rain in the South unleashed major river flooding, rising to historic levels in some areas. Record flooding occurred along a sizable stretch of the Sabine River along the Texas/Louisiana border, due to record releases from Toledo Bend Reservoir, first put in service in 1966. The river crushed a previous record crest near Burkeville, Texas by over 5 feet, topped a 1913 record east of Bon Weir, Texas , and topped an unofficial record from 1884 in Deweyville, Texas, Monday. Record flooding has occurred in nine locations, including the Bogue Falaya River in Covington, Louisiana, and Bayou Dorcheat at Lake Bistineau, Louisiana. The top rainfall total from this multi-day heavy rain event last week was just shy of 27 inches just south-southeast of Monroe, Louisiana. The official airport reporting station in Monroe had picked up 20.66 inches of rain from March 8-11. Incredibly, in just four days, this set a record for the wettest month in Monroe, outpacing October 2009 when 20.56 inches was recorded. Including rainfall from earlier in the month and on Sunday, Monroe has seen 21.35 inches since March 1.” Quincy Vagell and Chris Dolce and Jon Erdman, “Over 26 Inches of Rain Triggers Record Flooding in the South, Including the Sabine River” March 18 2016 The Weather Channel
If you notice the date on the above article, is March 18, 2016. Five months later, on August 14, 2016, The Weather Channel published another article entitled: “Louisiana Flooding: 4 Dead, 20,000 Rescued, 10,000 in Shelters, Drivers Still Stranded on Interstate.”
“The death toll rose Sunday when a man's body was found washed up on a riverbank in Tangipahoa Parish. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday that more than 20,000 people had been rescued by all participating agencies and volunteers since the flooding outbreak began. "This is a serious event," Edwards said. "It is ongoing. It is not over." The governor said in a press conference Sunday that as many as 10,000 people were in shelters as a result of the widespread flooding. The downpours have sent at least six river gauges to record levels in Louisiana. This includes the Amite River, which exceeded its previous record by over 6 feet in Magnolia, and by over 4 feet in Denham Springs. Mike Steele, communications director for the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, told weather.com on Sunday that there was a huge spike in flood rescues Saturday into Sunday, mostly in the eastern half of Baton Rouge into Denham Springs. "It’s kind of an all hands on deck," he said in a phone interview. "We still have a situation where motorists are stranded on I-12, and it remains closed between here and St. Tammany Parish, so the whole interstate system from Baton Rouge to that location is still closed." A state police spokesman said Sunday night that authorities were going car to car to rescue people stranded on the interstate from the horrific flooding. Maj. Doug Cain from the Louisiana State Police said about 125 vehicles are stranded on Interstate 12 between Tangipahoa Parish and Baton Rouge. He says most of the vehicles are on a seven-mile stretch of the freeway.” August 14, 2016, The Weather Channel, “Louisiana Flooding: 4 Dead, 20,000 Rescued, 10,000 in Shelters, Drivers Still Stranded on Interstate.”
It is so reassuring that God has promised in Genesis chapter 9 and verse 11: “And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth.” The number of storms and floods and destructive disasters that have begun to occur brings to mind the time of Noah. The fulfillment of prophecy is clear and the signature of the author of truth is undisputed.
It is therefore time to be ready. The time is short and we must be rooted and grounded in truth.
Cameron A. Bowen
