Could Natrual Disasters be prevented?

Question

Could Natrual Disasters be prevented or is it too late?

What are your thoughts on this topic?

Do any of you side with Al Gore's beliefs that these natural disasters / tragedies are cause by (climate change) global warning?

Answer 1

Yes!  I mean if each and every one of us simply used a snowblower to broadcast 17lbs. of nano precipitated calcium carbonate into the atmosphere every other day and dump at least three trays worth of lightly salted ice cubes into the nearest major  body of water twice a week, this war would be OVER!  But are they doing it?  NO!  They are too busy with American Idol, Dr. Phil, scantily clad dadooed Teeny-Bopper house, CSI, Wiis, iPods, and earwax.  It makes me ill.

Answer 2

No, what we can do is warn those in the region and hope they have the ability to prepare or leave the area.  Unfortunately some nations are not structured to do so.  The death of 100,000 is truly a tradgedy.

Answer 3

Natural disaster are not now, nor ever have been, nor will be preventable.  The amount of energy required to affect the weather is incomprehensible.

I can't fault Al for getting out and making hay out of this, but history and science are not on his side.  He is good friends with Dr. James Hansen at GISS.  Dr. Hansen knows better than to blame such an event on climate change, he should have called Al, and cautioned him on such statements, but to the best of my knowledge, no such call has  or will take place.

It is incumbent on scientists to correct such absurd statements by popular and allied people.  They don't, silence is acquiescence, and by failing to say anything, science's reputation gets more tarnished.

Answer 4

The disaster can not be prevented, but increased warnings for people to leave the area where computers and other technologies expect the natural disaster to hit could let people leave sooner.  I do not side with AL Gore that these natural disasters are cause by climate change.  I believe climate is a cycle.  I believe air pollution is a big problem and that why people should use more efficient technologies rather than this scare global warming a new term just to scare us.

Answer 5

We can not assert that we have the ability to reverse global warming, We can barely  offer suggestions as to what might be done to slow it down.

A complete halt to GHG emissions is not possible, even if it would be highly desirable. Nor would planting a billion trees ensure that we would be reducing global CO2 levels.

In theory at least, providing limited irrigation water to vast areas of near desert, desert, and drought afflicted lands could mop up the CO2, but not the methane.

In theory, we could use membrane technology to collect CO2 from the atmosphere to pump it to the bottom of the deepest ocean valleys.

But like the limited irrigation strategy, we would have to realize just how enormous  a task this would be, what a lot of energy it would consume, And what a lot of planning each would take.

If we could stop global warming, we would still have some major natural disasters. So the simple answer is we will have natural disasters.

Prudent as it may be to keep the gods on our side, they are apparently unable or unwilling to take a hand in stopping natural disasters. Or perhaps they are stopping just a billion of them and a few get away from them.  If we grant that possibility, then we have to assume they are not able to catch them all.

Answer 6

It's more complicated than that.

Storms occur naturally, of course.

But heat is the fuel of storms.  Adding more heat will cause more and stronger storms.

Attributing any one storm to global warming is dubious.  Saying global warming will cause more problems with storms is scientific fact.

Answer 7

Sure!  To prevent flooding, we've built dams.  We could prevent earthquakes if we were to use enough geothermal energy for the tectonic plates to lock together.  There are always tradeoffs though.  If we tried to change the global climate, millions of people could die of starvation.

Answer 8

FIRST OF ALL DISASTERS ARE NATURAL ON EARTH== GLOBAL WARMING JUST MAKE THEM BIGGER AND MORE DEVASTATING.  NOW THEIRS A PATENT OUT CALLED ANTIHURRICANE, IN MY OPINION THIS HURRICANE KILLER CAN ALSO KILL TYPHOONS AND CYCLONES.  CHECK WITH     www.inventube.com and if you cant get anything on that leave me a message at   http://www.inventube.com/ooojay/  AND I'LL GET YOU THE INVENTOR THAT PATENTED IT. I too am a inventor. have a nice day. also http://www.socyberty.com/Activism/First-...  I'D CHECK THE AREA OF DISASTERS FOR THE SOLUTIONISTS NAME AND ADDRESS FOR YOUR COUNTRIES NEEDS.

Answer 9

Yeah if people would obey God and his commandments.  read revelations