Coincidence or a sign from God?

With all of the inclement weather that we've been having lately, the Smith family has sort of been "under attack." Get this: Last Thursday's big storms knocked out power and flooded some areas. (Our basement got wet, no big surprise.) But it was last Friday that we were "targeted." Perhaps it's El Nino'. . . in reruns. The strong winds and dumping rain knocked over the top half of a tree in my parent's front yard. It wouldn't have been any big deal but, my parents had returned home from camping earlier in the week and had parked the trailer, (You guessed it) in the front yard. So when the tree broke, the trailer was there to soften it's fall. So Friday evening we were over there, cutting the trailer free. Luckily, it didn't seem to cause any damage but nonetheless Dad's going to have it looked at just to make sure. It wouldn't be so weird if that were the end of the story. That day, I was borrowing my mom's minivan because my truck was in the shop. (See my previous entries for more on that.) Anyway, when the storm hit on Friday afternoon, I was at work. The wind blew over one of those 30 Ft. tall evergreen shrubs. (I know 30 Ft. is pretty big for a shrub but, this thing definitely wasn't a tree.) So it just happened to land on my mom's van. Once again, no damage but it did look like I had a Christmas tree tied to the bumper. Then Friday night, the power went out at my parent's house, causing the sump pump to stop working, resulting in the basement flooding, a bit. This too wouldn't be so strange if last year's flooding didn't do the same thing. Thankfully, we had some friends with a great carpet cleaner that was able to suck out most of the water. I ask the question whether or not this is coincidence or a sign from God because my parents have been considering moving. I wrote this blog and upon reading it, it made my mom have different feelings about moving. Also, I caught a lot of flack from my uncle about trying to lay a guilt trip on them. I didn't have those intentions but, I guess it could have those appearances. So, how do I feel about them looking for a new place now? Fine, as long as they move to a place on a hill, with perfect gutters and downspouts and a garage large enough to keep the trailer in. Until they do that, I'll be watching the weather channel and the real estate ads.