to explain something that happened. in the biblical account the story is layered with new meaning, the flood is sent as a punishment for people s sins. hurricane katrina wasn t a judgment of god. i don t know how much god has to do, we have had an earthquake, we have had a hurricane, he said are you going to start listening to me here? even today some christians will say that the tsunamis and the floods are retribution from god for sins that are being committed today. some christians say that. i don t know on what basis they would say it. on the noah basis. in the fallen world, sometimes god just allows things to happen. it doesn t mean that he is judging people. but johan isn t so sure. do you believe he ll do it again? worldwide, not anymore. but small ones, yes. so small places might be wiped away. like new york is not a small place. no, it s not. it was a big, big start disat