When disasters strike, focus on the people involved. Imagine their feelings and fears. Life as they know it has changed completely. They have too often lost family members as well as homes and belongings. Their sense of identify is shattered.
Every day there are new reports of crisis.
Just think how many times these have happened in unexpected places such as the earthquake in Seattle or with tragic frequency such as the major earthquake in El Salvador, followed 13 days later by the earthquake in India. The exactly one month after the first quake, El Salvador sustained another major earthquake. In addition, survivors were terrorized by thousands of aftershocks. The United Nations just published a Report on Global Warming. It warns that as the planet warms there will be more melting of polar caps, leading to increase in diseases, more natural disasters, and more environmental refugees.