I think it is worthwhile to see what is happening whether it is a misinterpretation like with the mayflies or something that is extraordinary in a unique way. The clip slowing a river with a red streak made me think of an algae bloom such as the North Sea has experienced, however the river in China does beg more information. Likewise, the issues with the magnetic field in the Western Hemisphere should be looked at though news media has a bad record of sensationalizing minor or non-news. However, the tornados in the North East seems to be a continuing thread. Fifteen years ago, when the tornado ripped through Nashville, it was big news because it was so far out of Tornado Alley. It is worth considering before The Lord. I was reading the recent thread posted on a Finney sermon and the calls to be truly thankful hit. As Christians we must be in the place where having food and clothing is enough and not even food, clothing and health. There is so much that is unbiblical, I believe it may require the Church in America being expelled into the Nations to learn to be separate in fact. Similarly, when these things happen there are inevitably cries for the suffering yet when someone hints of God's judgement and that comfort and security in this life are not of eminent concern, they are blasted for not having compassion.
I saw a video about the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdown. Japan is usually a bustling place with utilization maxed to the nth degree. There is sense that everything is ordered and people are always at 99%. Even people who are relaxed exude this. The documentary was shot in a very realistic, natural manner. In describing the aftermath versus what was taught by the officials, it felt like something you would expect from the Soviets during the Cold War. Do you know the passages about lands being laid waste? This area is an example of what that looks like. The houses without inhabitant because they fled for their lives. If you have ever visited a real ghost town in the Old West, there is sense that a place once under the rule of man has been released and brought to rest. Likewise, Fukushima has been released from the wisdom of this age and is in a rest of God.
On a final note, the "freak" lightening on the beaches of LA did make me chuckle because the Word tells us that the lightening only go where God sends it. The attitude that the wield is a broken machine just shows how far America is from God.