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It was long overdue. The way we have been mistreating our planet it was only a matter of time before nature would unleash her fury. The repercussions of our own irresponsibility in nurturing and protecting the world we live in, is

now manifesting in the form of unforeseen rain havocs and devastating floods. The price we have to pay for disturbing nature’s balance.
The impact is heart wrenching. But sadly enough, the figures still continue to grow grossly every year, indicating how indifferent humans still are to disasters happening around them.

* Increase in intensity and duration of hurricanes and tropical storms since the 1970’s, according to a 2005 MIT study.

* Estimate of damage caused by hurricanes hitting the U.S. coast in 2005 alone, according to the National Climatic Data Center.

* Year by which Glacier National Park will have no glaciers left, according to the U.S. Geological Survey predictions.

* Square miles of Arctic sea ice have melted in the last 30 years, threatening polar bear habitats and further accelerating global warming worldwide (Courtesy: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment).

* of plant and animal species on earth could be wiped out by global warming by 2050!

Every such disaster is an ominous sign of the impending doom that awaits the world. Every tragedy, a silent warning. And yet, it’s somehow easier for us to just shake our heads with false empathy when we see news of lives lost in calamities while poring over the morning newspapers and quickly move on with our day, wrapped in a false sense of security that such things only happens to other people.

Stop, open your eyes and look around, and the alarming truth about how closer to home danger is might finally sink in.

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