09-19-2005, 08:14 PM
Ok, let's just get to something we should all agree on.
The main culprit for all of this disaster is ignorance to diaster in disaster-prone places, and this falls squarely on the heads of the individuals.
I was reading this article, from the AP, on how the world is experiencing ever-growing fury from Mother Nature, as if the world was seemingly getting angrier. They cite the tsunami disaster, the earthquake in Iran, and this hurricane as being examples of Mother Nature getting more and more turbulant.
This just doesn't make sense to me, partly because, for the entire history of mankind, these same places have been getting the same types of disasters on a fairly regualar, though long, cycle. San Francisco has been getting earthquakes for a long time, Indonesia has been getting earthquakes all the time, and HURRICANES ALWAYS form every year. If you live in areas where natural phenomenae occur, then you oughta to expect that, at some point, one could wipe the shit out of whatever s in its way.
People in San Fran know earthquakes are probably gonna do them in. People in New York know terrorists will probably be the diaster which kills us. And people all along the East Coast, and in the Gulf, oughta know that living there includes dealing with hurricanes.
Thus, if you're going to be poor, at least plan ahead for your family's possible immediate evacuation.
The main culprit for all of this disaster is ignorance to diaster in disaster-prone places, and this falls squarely on the heads of the individuals.
I was reading this article, from the AP, on how the world is experiencing ever-growing fury from Mother Nature, as if the world was seemingly getting angrier. They cite the tsunami disaster, the earthquake in Iran, and this hurricane as being examples of Mother Nature getting more and more turbulant.
This just doesn't make sense to me, partly because, for the entire history of mankind, these same places have been getting the same types of disasters on a fairly regualar, though long, cycle. San Francisco has been getting earthquakes for a long time, Indonesia has been getting earthquakes all the time, and HURRICANES ALWAYS form every year. If you live in areas where natural phenomenae occur, then you oughta to expect that, at some point, one could wipe the shit out of whatever s in its way.
People in San Fran know earthquakes are probably gonna do them in. People in New York know terrorists will probably be the diaster which kills us. And people all along the East Coast, and in the Gulf, oughta know that living there includes dealing with hurricanes.
Thus, if you're going to be poor, at least plan ahead for your family's possible immediate evacuation.