Hurricanes

Hurricanes

We who live in Florida and especially those of us who are of Caribbean origin, are fearfully aware of the natural phenomenon known as hurricanes.
An English admiral named Beaufort, (d.1857), devised a scale 0 – 12, which measures the force of these tropical cyclones: 0 (calm), 12 (ferociously violent). Needless to say that no one hears anything about storms beyond category 5, which blow in excess of 156 miles per hour. We would not care to know of anything more violent – in fact by then, the measuring devices would in all likelihood have been destroyed anyway.
So much for today’s lesson on hurricanes.
Our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean islands and again in the Gulf States of mainland USA have been affected by tropical storms/hurricanes and it appears that there is more to come. Heaven (read: people of goodwill) help us!
At this time we are earnestly praying for Texas.
Food For The Poor can source the relief material, which is so sorely needed. What we are nonetheless desperately short of, is the cash required to pay for shipping to the various destinations of need.Please visit our website www.foodforthepoor.org and see how best you can assist to relieve those who are suffering