I live in Colorado Springs, not in Florida or the Carolinas. We don't get hurricanes here. But the issue I will deal with, using some wisdom from my friend and colleague Rabbi Jack Riemer, who lives right in the middle of where Hurricane Matthew landed, are many:

How could this have happened so quickly and so cruelly?
How could our lives have changed from lightness to darkness without sufficient warning?
And, what do we do now?

I will talk about the role of religion-in this case Judaism, but all religions are included-and how religion has the wisdom to see us through these losses and help us heal and move forward.

There were life-losses and there was trauma.
Now the hurricane has gone away, but its effects still linger.

Come listen this Thursday at 5PM PST.
To my Jewish listeners, Happy New Year.
And to all, I pray for a year of peace in this world created by God.