Who's to blame...

Here is what I found page 61 of the "Time" of September 25, 2006.
The title of the ad is: "HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH AN ENEMY THAT HAS NO GOVERNMENT, NO MONEY TRAIL AND NO QUALMS ABOUT KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN?"

Obviously your first thought is for terrorrism. Wrong! The ad keeps going as follow: "The enemy is Mother Nature. And on August 29, 2005, in the form on Hurricane Katrina, she killed 1,836 people, devastated a land area larger than Great Britain and caused over 100 billion dollars worth of destruction. Even when her wrath isn't as grand, she is still accountable every year for almost 500 American deaths and 14 billion dollars worth of damage. It's time we started fighting back. (...)". From Protecting America.

Though the intention of the organization is very laudable (raising people's awareness on how to prepare for natural disasters and what to do when they strike), I'm really shocked by the tone used and the way this is presented. It's so easy to blame Mother Nature, a lot easier than blaming us for the harm we have been doing to this planet for centuries. When are people going to understand that there are consequences for their actions? and take reponsibility for them???? Mother Nature is not the one to blame here. We are (at some point I thought they were going to tell us that S. Hussein was responsible for what happened in New Orleans). Mother Nature has been feeding us for thousand years, providing us with remedies and vital resources.

And why should life always be about enemies to fight??? Not tired of wars yet????

What is tragic about Hurricane Katrina is the way the whole situation was managed, and all the people who were left behind. And maybe even more tragic is to see that nobody's learning the lessons from the past. Keep messing with Mother Nature and hurricanes like Katrina will be the least of our problems! Finally some reading for the thought: Kyoto Protocol.

Yes I'm pissed!