Bill:  We, of course, don't know what the future holds for any of us.  We don't know if we will "hit the lottery" or "get hit by a truck."  However, if a friend of mine does get hit by a truck and killed, I'm not going to tell his widow "hey, he could have died slowly and painfully of cancer."  Your words of "comfort" ring rather hollow.  You suggest maybe God did the Puerto Ricans a favor with the hurricane....I would presume you'd suggest maybe he did the victims in Las Vegas a favor as well.  I find this line of reasoning both senseless and cruel.  Gary Crum