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Acts of God? Permitting God into the weather picture isn't fashionable. Nor do weather forecasters admit a divine hand might be at work behind the scenes. by Graemme Marshall Insurance companies happily take our money for reasonable risks. But when it comes to the unpredictable or extreme, they're uninsurable "acts of God." Few people actually think that God's hand is literally involved. You'll be told there's been worse in the past, one can't claim every event is from God, it's El Niño's fault, cyclical climate change, global warming, depletion of the ozone layer or worldwide pollution. Scientists say this, so it must be true! In part it is true. There have been worse calamities and we shouldn't attribute every tragedy to God. Yet there have also been profound changes in the weather, and the trend is continuing. Increasingly "worst ever on record" describes weather The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has estimated weather disasters cost the United States approximately $1 billion per week. And a look at the last four years of Atlantic Ocean hurricane activity reveals a period more severe than any on record, with scientists predicting more in the near future (Encarta Reference Library, "Weather"). Weather chaos isn't a new phenomenon; better record keeping and reporting make us more aware of it. But weather problems are getting worse. While freezing rain is not an uncommon Canadian experience, the 1998 ice storm that hit eastern Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick was exceptional. In fact, it was the worst to hit Canada in recent memory. It brutalized one of the largest populated urbanized areas of North America, leaving more than four million people freezing in the dark for days. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0203/disastrousweather.htmRelated Information on UCG Sites:
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