Listening to the stories of these folks after repeated damage from “natural events” they are aware of, saying they will rebuild does speak to their “nature”.
But with fires, floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and yes earthquakes out here in the west, it should be noted that it is NOT “Mother Nature” that does the damage, it is the man-made things that are both destroyed, and cause most of the destruction. (Like debris blown on the winds that does the most damage, poor building codes, dams and levees that allow people to build in flood plains, etc.)
Nature is just Nature, and not deserving of “blame” for human folly, often considered “determination”.
Listening to the stories of these folks after repeated damage from “natural events” they are aware of, saying they will rebuild does speak to their “nature”.
But with fires, floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and yes earthquakes out here in the west, it should be noted that it is NOT “Mother Nature” that does the damage, it is the man-made things that are both destroyed, and cause most of the destruction. (Like debris blown on the winds that does the most damage, poor building codes, dams and levees that allow people to build in flood plains, etc.)
Nature is just Nature, and not deserving of “blame” for human folly, often considered “determination”.