It's Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature

The increased frequency and severity of hurricanes over that last couple years is the result of global warming!

The increased frequency and severity of hurricanes over that last couple years is the result of a natural cycle that reoccurs from time to time.
Which one is true? Who knows.
another study published in Nature in July, found that the destructive power of North Atlantic storms had doubled over the past 30 years, during which the sea-surface temperature rose by only 0.9 F.

Hurricane Katrina which landed in Louisiana this week also showed that we shouldn't mess with mother nature. The levees which man made to prevent flooding when the Mississippi overflows its banks are likely to also be the downfall of coastal Louisiana. Before the levees were built the silt from the Mississippi filled the bayous and kept them above sea level helping to buffer the hurricanes thereby aiding in the protection of coastal cities. Since the levees however there is no more silt filling the bayou and hence much of the natural protection the bayou offered has disappeared.
Man has disrespected mother nature (or perhaps you prefer to call it a "higher authority"?) far too long and may now be paying the price. Examples of man trying to alter mother nature abound, many already proven unsuccessful others still waiting for the right time. Look back to the Tsunami last year, the so called "primitive" tribes survived simply because they "understood" mother nature and try to live in harmony with her as opposed to controlling her
Wouldn't it be so much simpler to work in harmony with nature? Must we always try to control and conquer?
I deliberately chose to use mother nature / higher authority interchangeably in order to get those of you who don't "believe" to rethink that position. Obviously, or at least I would hope it obvious to you all, that ALL things in nature can't possible be explained away without giving credit somewhere to someone or something.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050830/sc_afp/usweatherscience