Black Monday

Monday April 16, 2007 saw the record-setting nor'easter that caused two states to declare emergencies, and a death toll of 11 from the storm system that started in the Midwest.

On the same day, a third state declared an emergency for a man-made event, the tragic school shooting at Virginia Tech.

Monday also marked the Holocaust Remembrance Observance, a formal Jewish day of remembrance. This year, by the Jewish Calendar, the Observance fell on April 16.

Psalm 46
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea 3Though the waters be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling there of