"Mother Nature - Terrorist"

[Mr_Spock]

[niyad]

1. Mother is DEFINITELY pissed!!!

[Shadowen]

2. Humanity has lost something.

I am all for the march of science, but one thing the reduction of the wrath of the gods to a weather system has helped result in is a lack of respect and fear of nature. You will find people respecting nature fairly often, but precious few truly fear it, in the "This planet is going to fuck us up if we don't stop fucking up" way, not the "I hate bugs and no air conditioning!" way. Most of those who do are those who have survived a natural disaster--volcano, forest fire, flood...

Yes, we're damaging the world, but that doesn't matter. The planet will be here long after we will...and in any case, nothing lasts forever. "Save the planet"? No.

But "Save us from the planet's wrath"? That I can get behind.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think nature is actually sentient or possesses a collective intelligence in any way that can be tracked...but the nature of the beast is to bite back when it's bitten. The more the planet's system is disrupted, the more chaotic and destructive its dark side becomes. In a nutshell, global warming will result in more powerful natural phenomena, including hurricanes.

[kahleefornia]

3. People are afraid of the wrong things

They think that as long as they stay in their air-conditioned, bug-free houses, that nature can't get them. They *are* afraid of going camping - bears, mountain lions, snakes!!!!!!!! Guess what - nature doesn't stop at the wilderness boundaries...

Even if we hadn't disrupted the climate, there are still volcanos, earthquakes, floods, etc. But somehow having 10 cans of Raid in the house makes people think it's all taken care of.

[Jamastiene]

4. Even the best of women can turn into a total bitch if you abuse them.

long enough. It's the only way she can get anyone to listen...Mother Nature can be a bitch sometimes. Can ya blame her?

[jayctravis]

5. It's not nice to mess with her.