Friday, November 2, 2007

Natural Disasters in the USA

I was thinking about the recent natural disasters that have befallen various parts of the US since 2001. It seems as though God is trying to tell us something, but we are not listening. The fires in California, at least part of them, may have been started by a mischievous boy playing with matches, but the Santa Ana winds helped to exacerbate these fires even more. But how much does the so called "war in Iraq" play into some of the disasters? What about government deregulation of certain corporations that take away the safety features we as Americans are so accustomed to--like the levees in Louisiana and the pollutions control devices on smoke stakes? What about the opening of preserved and protected land and National parks for the discovery of oil, coal and other natural resources and also the deregulation of safety controls and devices for miners who dig out the oil and coal? It seems that if one looks at every angle, we will find out that "man" himself" is responsible for a lot of the disasters that eventually befall us, nature is simply responding to what is already being done against her. By the way, I haven't seen The Inconvenient Truth yet, but I heard it's good. I think the companies and the government are more responsible for climate change, not the people, who can only buy what is available to them through the stores etc. If major companies would change their method of doing business, and use eco-friendly materials that cannot pollute the environment, and stop promoting the use of fossil fuels and coal as energy, we would all be a lot better off and so would the earth.

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