Attitudes towards God and the weather

According to a recent Washington Post-ABC News public opinion poll on climate change and hurricanes, About one in four Americans view the recent hurricanes as deliberate acts of God, and 8 percent of those believe that God sent the storms to punish sinners. About half said the storms were intended as a warning. Interestingly, evangelical Christians were only slightly more likely than the general public to see hurricanes as acts of God or divine punishment.

A few weeks ago on the Daily Show, Stephen Colbert looked at the areas of New Orleans that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina versus the ones that weren't. His conclusion? "If anything, the lesson is: God loves gays, but hates the gay-adjacent."