Reactionary Science Debunked

Fear, Complexity, & Environmental Management in the 21st Century<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />Is this really the end of the world?  Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods? No, we simply live on an active planet.  Earthquakes are continuous, a million and a half of them every year, or three every minute. A Richter 5 quake every six hours, a major quake every 3 weeks. A quake as destructive as the one in Pakistan every 8 months.  It’s nothing new, it’s right on schedule. At any moment there are 1,500 electrical storms on the planet. A tornado touches down every six hours. We have ninety hurricanes a year, or one every four days. Again, right on schedule. Violent, disruptive, chaotic activity is a constant feature of our globe.  Is this the end of the world?  No: this is the world. [Bookmarklet wouldn't work with the link]