The Deity must have been pretty pissed off with those fundamentalist Baptists in Mississippi too.
Hurricanes hit the South Atlantic coast each year. Assigning meaning to it - God punishing or cleansing New Orleans - is asinine.
Of course those Baptist are bathing in the Gloryland today. The difference, they viewed life from an eternal perspective rather than a temporary one.
Suspect they are much happier today, than those left behind.