On Tue, 6 Nov 2012, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & > Hannah <rmsl...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > The flooding of New York City was, once again, an example of known threats > > not > > being addressed. > > > > http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2012/11/defending-new-york-floods > > > > It would have been too expensive to do anything about the issues. (Flood > > costs > > currently $50B and rising as more damage found.) > > > > Of course, nobody could have predicted Sandy, because this was a storm > > produced > > by changing conditions. Brought on by global warming/climate change. > > Which is > > another issue that is too expensive to address ... > In the aftermath, I was thinking: boy a natural disaster did this on > happen chance. What would be the result of a concerted effort by an > intelligent group who are angry about socio-economic injustice and > biased foreign policies in other regions of the world. Right! If that group all got together and prayed really hard, maybe they could get an even worse storm. I'd guess that Poseidon would be the right god to pray to for this.
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