I finally saw some cold, hard numbers on the front page of my newspaper
today:
"Statistics show the planet to be increasingly unsafe. Globally, more
than 2.5 billion people were affected by floods, earthquakes,
hurricanes and other natural disasters between 1994 and 2003, a 60
PERCENT increase over the previous two 10-year periods, U.N. officials
report.
"Those numbers DON'T EVEN include the millions displaced by last
December's tsunami, which killed an estimated 180,000 people."
- Joseph B. Verrengia, Associated Press
I added the caps. But anyway, right there is the proof - in statistical
form - that things are getting worse and that the earth is rebelling.
And just as I type this, a downpour starts.
Jeff
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