Re: Mother nature

Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:38:39 -0400

Spike Jones wrote:
>
> > > How can we divert or dissipate [hurricanes]?
> >
> > Michael S. Lorrey wrote: Why would we want to? As far as I see they serve a very
> > useful evolutionary purpose: They help scour away all those trailer parks and poorly
> > built waterfront property, ugly city structures, etc. Stupidity is a capital crime.
>
> Thats awfully cold Mike. There was a time, toward the end of and right after
> college, when I would have considered a trailer park as luxury living.
>
> It does bring up an interesting point tho. What if we could divert a hurricane
> from a densely populated area to a sparsely populated one? Those few in
> the sparsely populated area could sue. They would win. Once again, our
> legal system to the rescue. spike

Ah, but I included waterfront property as well, and I see you didn't take umbrage to the homes of yuppies getting waxed. Who is cold now?

Mike Lorrey