NationStates Jolt Archive

Some people blame God (or an equivalent), others blame the devil (or an equivalent) some still say it is nature 'getting her own back' on us and others say 'Hey, $h!t happens.'
I say the reason natural disasters (ref: Katrina) are, as we say, 'disasters' is our own fault. Think back to when America was being settled...

The European settlers arrive in the New World and find Native American 'Indians' in various areas. However there are some areas (mainly eastern coastal areas) where these natives have not and will not settle. Rather than looking into this and thinking 'Why aren't these people living in these areas, there must be a good reason...' our good old pilgrims say "Hey! This is perfect, free land!" So they begin to settle these areas. Then over the next few years the twenty or so hurricanes per annum don't make them stop and think 'Hmm...maybe it's not such a good idea to live in this area.'

THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANES, TSUNAMIS, EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, ETC IS OUR OWN FAULT!!!!

If we will persist in this 'battle against nature' (and let's be honest; it's not a battle we can win) then these things will keep happening. There are plenty of regions of the Americas, Asia and even Australia that are incredibly sparsely populated but in which we can easily survive without fear of any of these storms and the like.

By the way, the British Isles are sinking into the Atlantic and will eventually be submerged. Such a shame to lose all those colonies... :D

I think part of the reason that the occurance of natural disasters increasing is just down to population expansion. A natural disaster is classed as a natural event if nobody is affected, but with population growth people are in just about every place they can be.

Some people blame God (or an equivalent), others blame the devil (or an equivalent) some still say it is nature 'getting her own back' on us and others say 'Hey, $h!t happens.'
I say the reason natural disasters (ref: Katrina) are, as we say, 'disasters' is our own fault. Think back to when America was being settled...

The European settlers arrive in the New World and find Native American 'Indians' in various areas. However there are some areas (mainly eastern coastal areas) where these natives have not and will not settle. Rather than looking into this and thinking 'Why aren't these people living in these areas, there must be a good reason...' our good old pilgrims say "Hey! This is perfect, free land!" So they begin to settle these areas. Then over the next few years the twenty or so hurricanes per annum don't make them stop and think 'Hmm...maybe it's not such a good idea to live in this area.'

THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANES, TSUNAMIS, EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, ETC IS OUR OWN FAULT!!!!

If we will persist in this 'battle against nature' (and let's be honest; it's not a battle we can win) then these things will keep happening. There are plenty of regions of the Americas, Asia and even Australia that are incredibly sparsely populated but in which we can easily survive without fear of any of these storms and the like.

Pretty much any part of the world you are in has some chance of some form of natural disaster. Your opening part is rather insulting though, Im sure is taken as you intended. (since it is not just Americans who cause polution)

No doubt these storms will continue, become more frequent, and nastier as they go due to how humans disregard nature and polute freely. And even without that, nature is like a woman (hence mother nature) , never know where she is going to lash out next.

You're misinformed about people not living in the coastal areas of North America before the Europeans came. The Shinecock, the Powhattens, the Leni Lenapi, are just a few of the coastal people that popped into my head. There's archeological evidence of people living in Florida almost thousands of years ago. The seas offer an abundant food supply (or used to, anyway), so naturally people settled and still live where there is such a rich resource.