WHAT UP WITH ALL THE NATURAL DISASTERS LATELY??

beisbollover says on May 12, 2008, 09:31:

You know I've been thinking about the situation in Myanmar and I don't think that the people affected are "waiting" for help. I think they already knew that nobody was going to help them and they are helping themselves however they can. I imagine they aren't surprised that the government won't allow outside help and is not doing anything to help them. They probably would die from shock if help did arrive. We are so spoiled in the "West" to think that all people are like us. Those Burmese peasants are well aware that their government is nothing more than a Junta. The last thing they expect is any sort of help. In fact the government is probably happy to see a hundred thousand die. Less people to possibly revolt one day.

As far as why natural disasters are on the rise; Al Gore would blame the environment. The Pope would blame faith. The Anarchists would blame faith. The freaks would blame UFO's....

I blame nobody. The earth was to still for too long. It is more natural to be shaking and moving like this than to be still.

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ColombianoGringo says on May 12, 2008, 09:38:

The end of the world is nigh! Repent! Oh yeah, and send in your love offering in exchange for my anointed holy prayer cloth.

It's amazing how these things happen to people living along fault lines, in cyclone prone tropical areas and on the sides of volcanoes.

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Frank Rizzo says on May 12, 2008, 09:45:

There is a show on History channel right now "exercising the devil". I think they have some good pointers.

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lpdiver says on May 12, 2008, 09:50:

Natural disasters are no more frequent (nor less frequent for that matter) than they have been for centuries.

t

"cook some rice!"

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EVERETT says on May 12, 2008, 09:55:

We all know by now it is cow flatulence

The Stars at Night are Big and Bright

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durito says on May 12, 2008, 09:56:

I have seen no statistics to suggest there are any more natural disaster now than at anytime before.

It's sort of like that one summer where Shark bites were on the news every night -- even though they happened no more often than in the past -- and have continued at the same rate, yet they aren't on tv anymore.

There are, of course, more people on earth now and they are more concentrated in certain places -- thus any disaster in those places may cause lots of deaths.

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Gator says on May 12, 2008, 09:59:

I echo ColombiaGringo. A period of fasting and prayer would be appropriate. Does not seem seem any more frequent than in past years. There is also irrefutable evidence it is all tied into the increased use of the Internet. Electromagnetic waves, you know.

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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jaramillo says on May 12, 2008, 10:28:

End of days, LOL!! Same old crap we've always had. One difference, though. Because we have reproduced like rats, population densities are much higher. Previously, this cyclone would have wiped out couple of tiny fishing villges. Now there's a huge population there, and they will die like flies. I now see durito made the same point earlier...

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huskie says on May 12, 2008, 10:39:

God's wrath. He is angry!!
Cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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huskie says on May 12, 2008, 10:41:

Too much " podredumbre" ?
Cheers

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nine inch nails says on May 12, 2008, 12:39:

Yeah natural disasters are well natural but seems so many larger ones so close together all of a sudden.

But in the end it proly will be the human race that extincts itself first. I go hide now under my covers (jajajaja).

"They know nothing, they know nothing." J. Cramer

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kalder says on May 12, 2008, 12:55:

Imagine if Yellowstone Park erupted.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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Bluesdude says on May 12, 2008, 13:46:

It must be the aliens! Quick, cover everything with aluminum foil! For the short time that humans have been here, we don't really have the history to establish recurring patterns or precursors to extinction events. So, we can speculate, analyze, cogitate and prognosticate, but we really don't know nuthin'. Anything can happen at anytime. Life is short, live well.

Bluesdude No Mas Gringas Por La Vida

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lpdiver says on May 12, 2008, 15:17:

We are way past due for a pandemic infection like the plague of the Spanish flu. A fifty percent mortality rate would be typically expected.

t

"cook some rice!"

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huskie says on May 12, 2008, 15:25:

Another disaster just now in Florida, a massive fire
Cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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lpdiver says on May 12, 2008, 20:14:

jb...hundreds of thousands is no pandemic. Think bigger...say two or three billion. The next one is going to be a doozy.

t

"cook some rice!"

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Frank Rizzo says on May 12, 2008, 20:53:

Hey..Al Gore invented the internet.....he knows everything !!!

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robi666 says on May 12, 2008, 20:54:

to Frank and all

jello biafra is dogman
his ass was already banned before from PBH, for being a racist, sexist and stalker.

This was his signature in his past life.
"The Italian prisoners did not know what a "latrine" was, I had to show them withe a shovel"- George S.Patton- the greatest general

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

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aztec says on May 13, 2008, 06:01:

It is Bush's fault!

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cali373 says on May 13, 2008, 08:00:

lpdiver says on May 12, 2008, 09:50: flag

"Natural disasters are no more frequent (nor less frequent for that matter) than they have been for centuries."

Where did you get this very misleading info? It has even been predicted in the bible that there will be more frequent disasters, caused by man or not. I dont have facts but it just seems that more disastera occure now, regardless if they are a result of man (climate change) or not (earthquakes, tsunami).

WHAT IS FACT, is the frequency in which storms (tropical storms ,hurricanes, monsoons, typhoons) have been occuring over the last 200 years, NOT THE SIZE OF THE STORM.

Smile if you are a thinker!

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cali373 says on May 13, 2008, 08:15:

Forget Bush, he doesn't have organizational anything to do anything sucessful.

IT'S BIN LADEN'S FAULT!

Smile if you are a thinker!

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