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Michio Kaku, asked about the tsunami affecting the nuclear plants at Fukashima Daiichi, commented that a century ago the settlements affected had been fishing villages.
The same could be said about New Orleans: building a settlement below sea level and "punting" on the best case scenario always being the case is at best a gamble.
Not only that: the politicized debates on science have to end if we are to take account of weather warnings from the experts, and heed them when they are announced.
Nature was here long before man came on the scene. It's time we respected it in terms of where we develop settlements and even if such are feasible or safe:
"Scientists see a variety of factors that helped make this year's twisters deadlier - from La Nina to public complacency, from global warming to urban sprawl."
Associated Press Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid: Science can't design away tornadoes' deadly threat
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