Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Ian strengthens into major Category 3 hurricane as it makes landfall in Cuba
- Landfall was just southwest of the town of La Coloma in the Pinar Del Río province
- Maximum sustained winds of 125 mph
- In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared an emergency, saying Ian could hit the state as a punishing Category 4 hurricane, with wind speeds topping 130 mph. A direct hit on Tampa Bay is expected as soon as Wednesday.
- “That’s going to cause a huge amount of storm surge,” he said. “You’re going to have flood events. You’re going to have a lot of different impacts.”
- Oil companies evacuated workers from deep-water platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, and airports in Tampa and Pinellas County in Florida announced that they would close Tuesday. American Airlines announced travel waivers for people flying to or out of 20 airports in Florida and the Caribbean.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Ian Strengthens Into a Hurricane, Heads Toward Cuba, Florida
- Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and said they will begin evacuations
- A hurricane warning was in effect for Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Rio and Artemisa
- It could become a major hurricane before a likely landfall in Florida around the middle of the week, possibly the state’s western coast or Panhandle
- Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency throughout Florida and urged residents to prepare for the storm to lash large swaths of the state with heavy rains, high winds and rising seas.
- Local media in Florida have reported a consumer rush on water, generators and other supplies in some areas where residents moved to stock up on goods ahead of the storm.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Tampa braces for its worst hurricane in 100 years: Monster storm Ian is set to batter Florida as a ‘large and powerful force’ bringing 15 ft waves and 135 mph winds – as locals dig trenches and strip stores bare
- Tropical Storm Ian has been upgraded to a ‘large and powerful’ Category 1 hurricane by the National Hurricane Center
- Authorities in Cuba have suspended classes and will begin evacuations on Monday as Ian is set to hit a Category 3 strength or above
- Officials in Florida have also declared a state emergency over the strengthening storm, warning residents to stock up on radios and supplies
- Stores have started to run out of water and other basic supplies as many stockpile ahead of the storm hitting – including planks of plywood to board their windows up
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- The Thunder Rolls: Donald Trump Releases Dramatic Political Video After FBI Raid at Mar-a-Lago
- https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/108790947668067601
- The video (watch above) begins with rolling thunder as the former president lists the failures of President Joe Biden leading a “nation in decline.”
- “We are a nation that in many ways has become a joke,” Trump says.
- The video features Trump delivering a speech about his vision for the future, where “hard-working patriots” rebuild the country.
- He then continues, vowing to stand against the “tyrants” and bring greatness back to the United States.
- The ad concludes with words on-screen reading “…the best is yet to come”
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Revelations 18:23:’For the merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.’
Important Takeaways:
- Wisconsin phone captioning firm to lay off over 600 employees, including hundreds in Milwaukee
- CapTel is releasing new technology that provides customers with a choice of receiving captions through fully automated auto captions
- Layoffs will affect 621 workers in Wisconsin and Florida. Locally, the layoffs will involve employees connected with a downtown Milwaukee office in the 310W building at 310 W. Wisconsin Ave., where 204 employees serve as captioning assistants, according to a mass layoff notice the company filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
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Matt 24:7 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- Florida faces flash, urban flooding as Hurricane Agatha remnants threaten to become Tropical Storm Alex
- The Hurricane Center warns that “considerable flash and urban flood is possible.”
- A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible somewhere within the watch area within 48 hours.
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Matt 24:7 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- The disturbance, which is the remnants of the Pacific Ocean’s Hurricane Agatha, has an 80% chance of reforming into a tropical depression or storm in the next two to five days
- May become Tropical Storm Alex and become the first named system of the Atlantic season
- On Monday, Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season, ripping off roofs and washing out roads before fading Tuesday in southern Mexico.
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Revelation 8:7 “The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.”
Important Takeaways:
- Wildfires Tear Across Several States, Driven By High Winds
- Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a prairie fire in rural southwestern Nebraska that has killed one person, injured at least 15 firefighters and destroyed at least six homes.
- Nebraska remains critically dry, said Ashford, who urged residents to use caution when doing anything that could spark a fire.
- “The last thing we need is to have another fire started that we have to then fight,” he said.
- In Arizona, firefighters also took advantage of lighter winds to boost containment of a more than 33-square-mile (85 square-kilometer) blaze that has been burning outside of Flagstaff for more than a week.
- In northern New Mexico, evacuations remained in place.
- The blaze has has grown into the largest wildfire burning in the U.S., charring more than 88 square miles (228 square kilometers).
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Ephesians 6:13 “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.”
Important Takeaways:
- DeSantis Battles Disney: FL Senate Passes Bill to Repeal Disney World’s Self-Governing Status
- Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday asked the state legislature to repeal a law that has given Walt Disney World special privileges for decades, allowing it to operate as a private government over its properties in the state.
- The Reedy Creek Improvement District is a private government controlled by Disney World and was set up by the state legislature in 1967 allowing it to provide government services such as zoning, fire protection, utilities, and infrastructure.
- The creation of the district, and the control the state gave to Disney over 27,000 acres in Florida, was a crucial element in the company’s plans to build near Orlando in the 1960s.
- Company officials said they needed autonomy to plan a futuristic city along with the theme park. The city never materialized, but it morphed instead into the EPCOT theme park.
- According to The Journal, under the bill passed by the Senate 23-16 on Wednesday, any special district established before the ratification of the Florida Constitution in 1968, and not renewed since then, would be dissolved on June 1, 2023.
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Matthew 24:12 “And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.”
Important Takeaways:
- Mystery surrounds cold-blooded execution of Microsoft exec who was shot dead in front of his two-year-old daughter when he got out of car to move tire from middle of road in affluent Florida neighborhood
- Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan, 33, was shot dead February 16 as his two-year-old daughter watched from a car seat
- He was moving a tire obstructing the road in a Florida neighborhood when he was gunned down
- Police believe the killing may have been targeted, and said the assailant shot Bridegan from close range, about four feet away
- ‘It was specific, [Bridegan] used this route all the time. Whoever [killed him] knew the route,’ said Jacksonville Beach Police Detective Sergeant David Young
- A $30,000 reward is being offered for information – currently, there are no leads
- ‘I still have hope… but it’s frustrating that it’s been two months and whoever did this is still out there,’ Bridegan’s wife, Kirsten, said
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