Is God Punishing the US?

 According to Pat Robertson - from a hurricane in New Orleans to an earthquake in Haiti, 'God' punishes man by creating natural disasters.

I wonder what the people in Alabama did to anger 'God'?
Sure, things may seem bad but they could be worse;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_disasters_by_death_toll
Judging by the death toll and using Pat Robertson's methodology - those living in Galveston a hundred years ago were the worst American sinners ever.