Noah and floods in general

With today’s weather being rain and thunder, it seemed somehow appropriate that the sermon at church today focused on Noah. The story about Noah, the ark and the flood is so familiar, it brings to mind images of toy arks with cute model animals, and somehow I have become anaesthetised against the part of the story which involves most of the world being wiped out, and the devastation that floods can bring. Hearing on the news about the people of New Orleans being told to leave the city due to Hurricane Gustav made me think a bit more about this.