Damn Nature, You Scary!!

It would be easy for me to speak of the undying connection between mankind and nature. It would be easy to discuss the unparalleled beauty that is our unique connection with the all-empowered force that is nature. But this would be an injustice; a lie. The very frightening -very real- truth is that we, individually and collectively, will never be on the same level as nature -as much as we would like to believe we are. While there are exceptions to this statement, absolutely.  Many people can feel connections to animals and what have you; they can understand that we are connected to nature on a kind-of "everything is interconnected" sense. But mother nature is something different, completely. When most speak of our relation with mother nature, the word "respect" is most often used. We can not understand nature or even pretend to. But one thing is for damn sure; you best respect it.

The readings, among many things, reinforces this idea. In New York Times' "Snowfall", we evidently and unfortunately see this.  A group of well known, highly skilled, and extremely knowledgeable in there area saw the worst side of our relationship with nature.  In a very detailed story, we see this tragic incident from just about every angle.  Mother nature is not only powerful, but it is unpredictable. There were signs that an avalanche was a possibility, but no one, no matter how skilled, no matter how up-to-date their tech, could have predicted this incident.

What is worse, the people so tragically involved did not provoke this accident, directly nor indirectly. But some are willing to do so. Some are willing to tempt this uncontrollable power for, in the grand scheme of things (even with numerous warnings), things that are not worth the risk and -very apparent- consequences. The trailer to "GASLAND" evidently speaks to this. A documentary concerning our resources and environment, "GASLAND" gives insight to the risks of  a hydraulic drilling process for oil called fracking. Humans are risking the mutual health and well being of others and themselves, while the consequences are extremely negative. Nature responds terribly to the process which should prove that we as humans are not really fully capable of comprehending the ramifications that come from tampering with nature. This documentary will prove to confirm that notion.