In a way these are "man made disasters" like the term libs like to throw around. Man settled his nest in areas without the respect of what Mother Nature is capable of. A roll of the dice per say. When Ma Nature comes rollin into town, people are all surprised when she devastates the things in her path, be it mudslides, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, flood waters, wildland fires, etc. We will never know everything there is to know about the earth, especially if we can't apply common sense to the facts of history!!! "Global Warming" or "Climate Change" are not the appropriate terminology to use in these circumstances.......ignorance and complacency are!