How about this: New Orleans got hit by a hurricane not because God willed it as judgement or punishment, but because such things happen in a fallen world because the Earth groans in its agony.
I can agree with that aspect, yet my belief in a Sovereign God requires me to believe He is in control. We must also remember this "all things work together for those who love God," even those things we do not fully comprehend or have all the answers to. If we love Him here and now, we are safe regardless of our plight in this world.