BY FROMA HARROP We call events caused by extreme weather “natural disasters” when they hit human-built environments. Had there been no shoreline civilization in Superstorm Sandy’s East Coast path, we would not have called the happening a “natural disaster,” but “nature.” The whole thing would have been little more than an exceptionally rainy day. Wildfires […]
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