The destructiveness of Mother Nature

There are things we can do for some things but for others there is just no counter action for! Floods are to a greater part avoidable, but with the lack of planning and the concern for the $ cost with only extra water as the reward... no interest is shown. Lightening strikes are at the other end of the scale with very precious little, other than lightening rods, that can be done to redirect or direct the stike! Earthquakes, Volcanoes, hurricans, tornadoes the list goes on! Next to mother natures fury, even the atom bomb is eclipsed!

When I lived down in Texas, it was tornados. I lived about 20 miles from a small town called Jarrell, which was all but ERASED from the map by and F5. I was there, a few days after it struck. There was a sight I shall never forget. There was this street, that had once been part of a neighborhood. All that remained were driveways and the concrete foundation slabs with stumps of water and gas pipes coming from them. No debris, no cars, no trees.... basically just "scorched earth." The top layer of tarmac had even been ripped from the street. Tornados were just "a fact" around there-- not much that could be done, besides take shelter.