Reflection#1
In recent days, a very strong hurricane has occurred on the east coast of the United States. We have at least 17 victims from current reports, huge areas have been flooded, losses are huge and are still growing.
These events forced me to think about how we can lose everything in an instant through the action of nature on which we can't do anything. Due to climate change, weather anomalies appear more and more often. These are things on which human has no influence, they destroy everything that they meet on their way and you can't do anything about it. Human in such a situation is powerless, he must leave the belongings of his life and everything he has worked on to save himself. People have subjugated the entire planet, but they still can not fully control nature. Nature is unpredictable and very dangerous for us, one of its actions, and we can lose everything.
These events forced me to think about how we can lose everything in an instant through the action of nature on which we can't do anything. Due to climate change, weather anomalies appear more and more often. These are things on which human has no influence, they destroy everything that they meet on their way and you can't do anything about it. Human in such a situation is powerless, he must leave the belongings of his life and everything he has worked on to save himself. People have subjugated the entire planet, but they still can not fully control nature. Nature is unpredictable and very dangerous for us, one of its actions, and we can lose everything.


What puzzles me is why people don't just move somewhere else from the areas that are repeatedly exposed to extreme forces of nature. I can understand that if you are Japanese or Phillipino you don't have much choice because your whole country is an island. But Americans could move inland! The east coast of the US is exposed to hurricanes every year since I can remember and every time there are casualties and huge damages. The state could help these people relocate west.
OdpowiedzUsuńOr maybe I am just insensitive, maybe they are fishermen who have to live by the sea.