Where's technology when we need it?

I wish I had an answer to your question. Here in south central Texas, we have begun year 2 of a drought, while the far north western corner of the US is contending with an excessive amount of moisture causing flooding and mudslides. Last night I dreamed of a huge pipeline bringing water from the state of Washington to the parched state of Texas. If oil can be piped from Alaska, why can't water be piped from one state to another. Of course, the answer is that the weather is so changeable that the situation would probably be reversed long before the pipeline could be built.

There are times when people are affected by disasters because they didn't use good sense when building communities. If you build your house upon the sand, expect to get washed away if there are high tides. If you build on a mud side cliff, don't be surprised if your house slides down the side of the cliff when erosion and rain happen. If you live in a flood zone, expect to get flooded at some time or other. We can't abuse the use of natural resources and then cry when there's not enough. As long as people behave foolishly, extreme weather will continue to kill them and there's nothing technology can do about that.

That's mother natures way of reminding us we're not a big as we think we are.

While technology has certainly made our lives better it is man's foolishness and arrogance that allows us to believe that we can ultimately control the weather and the environment around us. God created the heavens and the earth and he is the only one who has complete control over the weather and the environment. There are going to be times when the weather and the earth itself are going to behave in ways that we are unable to control. No amount of man's technology can prevent or control the tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, eartquakes, or any other natural disaster. Just when we think we've come closer to mastering the elements around us, God steps in and allows a storm or other natural catastrophe to put us in our place and remind us that He still has total control.

Hi cobrateacher! I wish there was a way to get technology to work for us in that way! I am in NY and I am freezing right now and the worse is yet to come! This week they are predicting Artic air coming our way! I can't take it when it is that cold! It makes my bones hurt! That kind of chilling cold is downright painful! You can't be outside for more than a minute with your skin exposed even a little bit! And you are saying that it is extremely hot in Miami! Wouldn't it be great if you could send us some of that heat and we could send you some of this cold? Technology seems to only be able to do so much! Why?

As a science and engineer student, I can tell you that sometimes the problems that humanity causes are bigger and happen faster than science can fix it. We are all part of the solution, we can't just expect technology to solve everything. We cause global warming, than these phenomena are just a few signs of global warming.

Unfortunately it's not the technology not being there that's the problem. The problem is basic human greed, "what's in it for me?" If there were a profit to be made by altruism, the rich would be lining up in droves to help out, but then it wouldn't be altruism any more, would it?

You forget...we can't push hot or cold weather ourselves. Only the air that from the hot or cold fronts can do that. Yes our technology is advanced but come on, no human technology can push cold or hot air wherever you want.