We
hear a lot these days, thanks to TV and the Internet, about major natural
disasters. Each one is portrayed as the “worst” or “biggest” or “most deadly”
event ever to have been experienced. Most often the comments come from those
who were closest to where the events occurred. The sentiments are, of course,
subjective, based on a limited level of knowledge of natural history and a
result of the anxiety of how people are so negatively impacted.
The
worst and, to humans, deadliest natural events span history. Contrary to modern
news reports, they are not confined to recent years or decades or to any
particular region.
Read
about some examples on my latest post at Mother
Nature’s Tests.
