well, i personally cannot account for why Katrina happened. but i'm certainly not going to say something that's going to offend someone, or make them doubt GOD's Sovereignty. those pastors need to practice some self discipline and put a bridle over their tongues. was the hurricane judgement? if you really and trully wanna know the answer to that, then you seriously need to ask GOD for yourself, and seek wise, Godly, earthly counsel amongst men of true character and Christlikeness. i've heard lots of reasons, and lots of explainations. but the Word says to listen to prophets, and then weigh what they say against the infalliable Word. i'm not going to "thank GOD for Katrina", because that's pretty demented. and i'm not going to pinpoint a specific reason for the flooding and destruction, like the abortion clinics alone were the cause. but i do know that GOD is just, and He still moves in the earth and in the hearts of men. and i know that to every physical occurence, there is a Spiritual side that we need consider. there is a lot of darkness that reigns in America, and there were lots of Spiritual strongholds in New Orleans and in that whole area. in order for revival to come, and for the government to be cleansed, and for the hearts of men to, once again, acknowledge the Lord, then there needs to be some awakenings. sometimes the only way GOD can get man's attention is by shaking things up, and it can come in the form of a hurricane, a tornado, an earthquake, a bomb, a war... because GOD's not as interested in saving physical lives as He is in saving Spiritual lives. it's all about advancing His Kingdom, and until we have an eternal mindset, then we'll never understand that.