Who has the power? It’s a question that has obsessed civilizations for ages, and one that continues to shape the world we live in today. But while politicians, governments, countries and multinational corporations jostle it out among themselves, there’s one force that can’t be reckoned with, a force so powerful it’s beyond human control: Mother Nature.
From floods, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, hurricanes and more, Mother Nature continually proves she’s boss, and the devastation she can leave in her wake puts everything else into perspective. This is especially the case when climate change, therefore humans, might be increasingly responsible for the frequency and ferocity of these events, according to Scientific American.
Last year at the end of September, Hurricane Ian smashed into southwest Florida and was the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since its 1935 Labor Day hurricane.
Our friends who live in Cape Coral evacuated to Miami and when they returned, they had to navigate through debris-filled streets and arrived home to see a sailboat in their side yard. Their garage flooded but the water did not get into their house. Their boat was securely tied to the lift and was OK; the cover had blown off the lift. A few of their palm trees had blown over. All in all they were very lucky compared to the devastation that Fort Myers sustained.
We just returned home from a visit with our friends. While there, we took a boat ride and saw the devastation, the clean up progress, and just how far recovery still has to go.
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