Something huge is happening to our world. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we are living in a time where historic natural disasters have become almost a regular occurrence. People are so used to hearing about them that they’ve sort of become numb to it all, which is a terrifying thought. We’ve seen massive wildfires ravage Los Angeles. Two hurricanes last year that obliterated North Carolina and other states in that area of the country. And now we could potentially see a “once-in-a-generation” blizzard ready to dump a huge amount of snow all along the Gulf Coast.
On the other side of the world, big earthquakes are breaking out all over the place. And all of this has become our new normal? This should be alarming to us.
Just to give you an idea how frequently these things have been popping up, the U.S. averaged a “billion dollar disaster” every two weeks, leading to a total inflicted damage estimated at $417,000,000,000 to the global economy. That’s insanity.
The year 2024 saw global natural catastrophes inflict $417 billion in economic losses, with insured losses reaching $154 billion, underscoring the escalating impact of climate change on extreme weather events worldwide, according to Gallagher Re’s Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report.
And it’s looking like we’re going to end up blowing that number out of the water in 2025 as it’s already being projected that the fires in California have caused $250 billion in economic damage. And we’re only in January.
Horrifically, the disaster is still going too. There are two new fires that have started in San Diego County on Tuesday morning.
Southern Californians are facing even more wildfire devastation as two more wildfires broke following weeks of destruction in Los Angeles. The Lilac and Pala Fires broke out early on Tuesday morning within an hour of one another in San Diego County, and they had already ravaged nearly 100 acres. Evacuations for parts of the county have been ordered, while other area residents are urged to pack up their things and leave, according to Cal Fire.
California officials are saying these new fires are the result of hurricane-force winds that have been tearing through the region.
The origins of the blazes remain unknown. They erupted as hurricane-force winds blew across Southern California through the night and early morning, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service. A 102-mph wind gust was recorded in the San Diego mountains around 10 p.m. Monday.
And now we have this bizarre blizzard set to blast the Gulf Coast with a ton of snow. This is such a rare event that CNN is referring to it as a “once-in-a-generation winter storm.”
Historic snowfall is burying parts of the Gulf Coast amid dangerous cold as a once-in-a-generation winter storm wreaks havoc on travel in a region wholly unaccustomed to winter weather.
This is unlike anything we’ve seen before. It’s the first blizzard warning ever in the state of Louisiana.
Portions of the Gulf Coast saw a first-ever blizzard warning, a wide swath of the South was targeted by a major winter storm, and brutally cold temperatures gripped much of the nation Tuesday as the U.S. grappled with wild winter weather. Stacey Denson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, told USA TODAY the blizzard warning was a first for Louisiana. A blizzard warning means the expectation that snow and frequent wind gusts up to 35 mph could reduce visibility to 1/4 mile or less.
What’s truly shocking is that there are parts of Louisiana that are predicted to be slammed with up to 10 inches of snow.
State Climatologist Jay Grymes said widespread snow accumulations of 4-10 inches are expected. Cities such as Baton Rouge, Lafayette and New Orleans are in the path of the storm. “The impacts there are going to be crippling,” Grymes said. “Louisiana, this is definitely happening.”
A meteorologist said the storm looks a whole lot like a hurricane, which is really strange.
“It almost looks like a hurricane … only with snow as the precip type!” meteorologist A.J. Mastrangelo said on social media as the city got blanketed Tuesday morning.
The real question we need answered is what has caused all of this to start happening all of the sudden. One explanation is that we are now living in the end times. Could our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be about to come back to earth and reestablish His kingdom on earth? Is there a final battle between good and evil rapidly approaching? I don’t know. I just know none of this is normal and there has to be some sort of explanation for it.
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