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Originally Posted by MikeSTI
It really sucks to be put in a possion where I have to be on the defence while 5 poeple take jabs at me for a little statment, "the west is no safer with the earth quakes and all, that have no warning! ", it really gets old
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I wasn't trying to crack your feelings, Mike, I just found the visual nature of the exchange to be funny, and it made me chuckle....
No doubt I occasionally come across as textually bizarre as well.
I'm just glad earthquakes aren't seasonal.
Seriously, I think the REAL problem with the hurricane bit is going to be the panic every time a cyclone shows up in the Atlantic. The reaction of the population is to me much less predictable and more scary than the approach of a hurricane.
Storms can be prepared for and weathered, but I agree that a singular event such as a earthquake, volcanic eruption, or tsunami is more scary simply from the unpredictability. Again, I'm glad they don't show up every year.
The cyclic nature of climate patterns makes it darn near impossible to tie "global warming" to bigger storms with any honesty...people have gotten to the point where "the inaccuracy of science is accepted, however the best guess of science is still the closest to the truth in every instance". I don't believe that for a minute (and what do I do for a living?).
The earth is only 5000 years old? Totally possible. If God can create a billion galaxies, I think that the task of creating the earth in 6 days and making it look like it was millions of years old would be child's play. I wasn't there, so I can't say...