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

All this really shows though Rigs is a current lack of understanding.
We still do not know enough about weather patterns to really hit the
mark with weather forecasts, but as you say science is makeing great
strides.

Myself I think the times we live in now are soooooo exciting, I can't
wait to see what inovations the next 50 years bring, and me well I
intend to live for bloody long time.

On Aug 1, 1:46 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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