Lightkeeper said:
Another question is, why do people live in areas where disaster occurs frequently. I'm thinking of flood and tornado areas. I would think if you wanted to stay in those areas you should live in a submarine or underground in tornado alley.
Disasters occur because that's the way it is. I don't think God has anything to do with. There are many things that happen in nature such as tsunamis, quakes, storms, etc. It's our responsibility to prepare as much as possible for these things. Like warning systems and more solid building structure.
I often think that; here we have some very large areas of lowlands; every winter villages virtually disappear under water (Well, let's say up to maybe a metre of water). Everytime every one rushes to the rescue, people find that they cannot obtain house insurance to cover floods, and yet the houses still sell.
It reminds me of a time when the kids were young (4 & 10 ish). We were on a large motorway on the way to Scotland, when the tyre of a big heavy car blew in front of us. Both our children were strapped in ( James in a child seat, and Andy was wearing a belt). Poor Marie could not have avoided the car; it 'slewed' straight across our path, and we hit it broadside on.
None of us were injured; one of the occupants of the other car suffered whiplash (I think). Our car was drivable, and a policeman told Marie to get back in and drive; otherwise she might no be able to do so again. She did drive (The car was still drivable) to the next motorway services. Shaking from the shock, we got out of the car, and went into the cafe for some tea (Ideal for shock). We were obviously distressed, and a family at a table next to us asked what was the matter. We told them what had happened, and that had it not been for the child seat and safety belt the kids would have probably gone over our heads and into the windscreen.
On our way out, we went to our car. And there was the family to whom we had been talking, with a five year old loose on the back seat, standing on it, waving to us.............:bonk: