Yahoo News:  More than 800 people at beaches along Florida's Atlantic coast were stung this weekend by a swarm of purple colored sea creatures, which washed up on shore en masse.  CNN interviewed one local family, the Smiths, who said they'd driven three-quarters of an hour to get to Cocoa Beach, but left after five minutes when their daughter was stung.  The stings cause itching, burning and rashes, similar to a bee sting, but aren't usually serious, unless the victim is allergic.  Two people were taken to hospitals after suffering from respiratory problems.  Thousands more, understandably spooked, stayed out of the water.  Portuguese man o' war and cannonball jellyfish make relatively frequent appearances at Atlantic coast beaches, but this weekend's hoard was a different species, believed to be called mauve stingers, on account of their purplish hue.  

My Comments:  Acts 2:9 "I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath..."  Peter, in Acts chapter 2, quoted that which was spoken by the prophet Joel concerning the last days, at the end of the age.  It seems everyone is talking about the earthquakes jolting the earth, the pestilence and catastrophic storms hitting the nations, the fish and birds dying.  It hasn't gone unnoticed by the world's population that these events, happening as frequently now as they do, and with such intensity, are not the norm and we are living in turbulent times.  These events were spoken of by the prophets of old and in the New Testament scriptures.  Luke 21:11 "Great earthquakes shall be in different places, and famines and pestilences, and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven."  We are living in the last days.  Are you ready to stand before God in judgment?