I used to keep a count of loud-mouth preachers who said this or that was a punishment or curse from god. I lost track, but IIRC the evangelical/fly-over/red states fared much worse over the past 40 years than the blue states. Cedar Rapids, New Orleans, Tornado Alley, etc.
Well geez...that sounds like the use of magick. Those aren’t Xtians, they’re witches!