Natural Disasters

CA Wildfires

I was floored last night when I saw the destruction in Napa Valley. They showed neighborhoods just burnt to the ground and the fires were moving so fast because of the 50 mph winds a FF said they weren't making any progress and at this point their main concern was to get people out of the area, they didn't even have time to fight the fires.





after the 3 Hurricanes that hit the South, I'm not looking forward to what Winter can bring to the North East and Northern States...

With the regularity of the fires, the severity, the damage, loss of life and property, the expense...I can't help but wonder if terrorists have found a quick and easy kind of attack.
Even if not, I hope that doesn't start on top of all of this.

Better to have the foil on the outside of a football helmet for maximum protection.

this could be the new norm - we'll see

Right because we all know that natural disasters never occurred with any high frequency during the previous 4.5 billion years of the Earth.

Could be chance, the perfect storm of natural factors creating long term trends, could be something else. Doesn't matter much, it does seem to be the world we live in, at least for now.

I’d worry much more about the 7.6 billion plus (and rising) global population than the occasional hurricane or forest fire.

It is a warning from God for people to smarten up and stop all their silly nonsense stuff.

I prefer the alien invasion angle myself. I’m still waiting for the visit from Klaatu and Gort.

........ or it could be us helping to create more perfect storms ..... but not enough data yet to begin to make good comparisons ....give it another 50 yrs. However we do know sea levels are rising rapidly.



"The most frequently-used range of estimates puts the likely range between 15-25cm (6-10in) above 1992 levels by 2030, and 79-155cm (31-61in) by 2100. With tides higher than they have been in decades – and far higher than when this swampy, tropical corner of the US began to be drained and built on a century ago – many of south Florida’s drainage systems and seawalls are no longer enough. That means not only more flooding, but challenges for the infrastructure that residents depend on every day, from septic tanks to wells. “The consequences of sea level rise are going to occur way before the high tide reaches your doorstep,” says William Sweet, an oceanographer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"


billions in property at stake

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170403-miamis-fight-against-sea-level-rise

You don't have to choose, plenty of stressful subjects to worry about all at once!

I doubt that, but it wouldn't be the first time somebody tried using forest fires as a weapon against the US.

See the Japanese balloon bombs or fire balloons: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...mb-wwii-japanese-air-current-jet-stream/