[Mind's Eye] Re: When is a natural disaster a natural disaster?

Except we are individuals coping with human, rather than cosmic time.
Are you telling me to be patient? :-)

On Aug 2, 10:09 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Guess what i meant, rigsy, was that when nature (or man) throw up
> statistical fluctuations, you better have the creativity, capacity,
> and will of man to fix  the effects; or wait for nature to "smooth"
> itself in cosmic time.
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> On Aug 1, 1:46 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > To fix what, paradox? Yes- there have been strides in science and
> > applications but there have been terrible goofs, as well, plus lack of
> > understanding and poor stewardship of the planet. I really don't agree
> > that man can conquer Mother Nature to his own needs or whims- look at
> > dams and the redirecting of rivers, instance, or the wearing-out of
> > agricultural lands or the dumping of waste and contamination. I am
> > wondering if all these wind turbines are causing the problems in
> > Texas- heat + fires as they alter the pattern of wind...and wave the
> > rain clouds away, alas. Somalia is mostly a political catastrophe and
> > charity will not alter its climate or poor land- in fact, the long
> > term damage to those starving children may have already happened
> > though their lives may be saved. What lives?
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> > On Jul 31, 3:13 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Lol. Not if the science of longevity has anything to do with it :)
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> > > Dont be pessimistic, rigsy; nature does it's thing, as does man; but
> > > it takes the capacity and the will of man to fix.
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> > > On Jul 31, 8:38 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > When Nature is to blame vs rotten governments/economics? I read the
> > > > population of Africa will rise 49% by 2050 and world population will
> > > > be 9 billion. I'll be dead. :-)
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> > > > On Jul 30, 7:43 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > Listening to some tv coverage of the humanitarian disaster (yet again)
> > > > > unfolding in the Horn of Africa, i learnt from a knowledgeable
> > > > > commentator that in order to respond appropriately, global aid and
> > > > > humanitarian quasi-governmental organisations actually have to
> > > > > classify a disaster by a fatality ratio; which got me thinking. When
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