Category: News and Views
During the last 2 days I came deeply under the impression of how frajile man really is when Nature gets furious.
It is amazing how, despite all the structures and precautions in place, people in Louisiana and surrounding places were affected by the siclone that passed through there.
And from what we heard on the news, it is going to take some time before everything is back to normal there.
I also think that people might be able to mend their lives and go on there, but what about the psychological trauma they have to endure during this time?
Our hearts go out to those of you who live there!
Indeed but it is better for a rich country like america to be swamped by a hurricane, than poverty stricken, charity dependent Bangladesh, which is repeatedly deluged every monsoon season, leaving the population surrounded by lakes of filthy water, which leads to outbreaks of cholera..so I wouldn't cry for New Orleans ect they are more able to cope than most..
To be honest, I have little sympathy for people in america, and other rich countries who live voluntarily in the path of regular tornados syclones and huricanes. They know every year that such weather is going to hit, but still choose to live there. I understand that some don't have that choice, and therefore sympathise, but people continually expect help and support when they have this choice. In the UK a few years running we had massive flooding in some areas, as a result the insurance premiums of every person went sky high to pay for the damage. We should be encouraging the government to stop building in these areas that are at high risk, instead of shelling out money to rebuild in the same place time after time.
Goblin and Kevin, both of you have a valid point.
However, what about harmless people such as children who don't have a choice to live there?
I understand that the USA has a lot of money with which they can build homes, etc. somewhere else, but still, there are humans that are killed, injured and traumatised, if you get my point.
hmmm, yeah, I disagree with you guys. I mean nature may strike anywhere and everywhere. So is everyone supposed to llive in one little space in the us. I mean here in illinois we have lots of tornadoes, and we know that, it's a part of nature so is noone supposed to live in illinois since this has and can happen? It's not fare to say the us has money so you don't feel as sorry for them. Just because you claim the us has money doesn't mean theese individual people have and share the wealth. A little harsh if you ask me! smile- angel
Another thing is that, no matter where on Earth you live, somehow you will be confronted with forces from nature. In my case, we live in a town surrounded by deep mines.
If there's a "bump" underground, it causes an earthquake.
The damage of such an earthquake can differ, one day the damage is minor, the next day people are killed and buildings are destroyed.
But we can't always move just because we're afraid of the earthquakes.
I said that there are people who have no choice, and sympathise. However, the US is a vast country, it maybe isn't always the fault of the people for living in these areas, but the fault of the government, or whoever gave contracts to build, and the permission to build. it's wrong to build in places where you will be hit time after time by the same problems. Yes, everywhere in the world will at sometime be hit with some desaster or other, but this happens every year in certain areas of the US. Bangladesh was mentioned, that is a different circomstance, because it's a very small and poor country. and Shea, though the people you talk of don't share the wealth, Bush has pledged financial aid to rectify what has happened, that is the wealth of which I talk, which could be used for health and education, if people didn't live in these areas.
Well if the people of Bangledesh haven't yet learned how to deal with cyclones and other things, and yet they choose to live there, they deserve exactly what they get for been so stupid! The Americans do cope well with these storms. Yes they have problems, but they don't depend on the rest of the world to help them and that should be complemented! Why is Bangledesh so poor? well they didn't event brands which would become wellknown names around the world. That may be part of the reason. A lot of people are always winging about how America is so rich, but if other countries didn't criticise America and if instead they learned from America about how to become rich developed nations, they wouldn't be so poor. Bangledesh will never be rich because the people there especially those in power won't learn from rich countries who didn't become rich because of aid from abroad. The same goes for quite a lot of countries. Every poor country only has itself to blame for the fact it is poor and America is blameless! Afterall, even if Americans have exployted economies of other nations, it's only because their governments let America do that.
Ignoramus The area of bangladesh that I referred to is the most fertile and unpoluted area of India ..The poor feckers are forced to live there to eke out a marginally better living than they would elsewhere.honestly you posess the logic of a retarded 5 yrold.
Ahafan I take your point and yes I feel bad for thethe children ect..however the fact remains, that their ignorant parents chose to stay, that kind of stupidity is more of a concern to me, than the effects of Katrina; who will weaken and eventually die the children are stuck with these irresponsible bampots.
Well, whether or not people choose to stay in dangerous places, such an event remains tragic.
Well, whether or not people choose to stay in dangerous places, such an event remains tragic.
It does and the frightening thing is that as the plasnety continues to heat up, so these storms will increase in strength, 1 day we may see a hurricane with 190mph+ winds
And we might find things such as tsunami's, hurricanes, etc. frequenting places that doesn't normally get any.
That is true hmm I wonder where this will all end..over here Autumn has been starting earlier from 2004,which means a longer winter, the climate is well and truly buggered..