Where the Old Folks Wash Away

Despite the valiant efforts by its governor, Ronald of the Saints, to defy the Heathen Chinee climate hoaxers, it seems God has no plans as yet to spare the Christian state of Florida from the deluge. Heavy rain and flooding have blocked roads, amphibianised private vehicles, delayed ice-hockey players on their way to a game against a team with a fossil-fuel name, and quite possibly caused a few school shootings to fizzle because of damp ammunition. Whether God is doing all this because He finds the Sunshine State's work ethic insufficiently harsh remains as yet undisputed; but an unusually active hurricane season is predicted, even if only by scientists, so at least there may soon be a bit of a breeze to dry things out.