• Question: is it true that there are going to be a series of natural disasters in the year 2012?

    Asked by leewwh to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 24 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      There will be a series of natural disasters in 2012. But there are natural disasters every year. There’s nothing special about 2012, except that it’s the year of the London Olympics.

    • Photo: Rhys Phillips

      Rhys Phillips answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Probably yes – there are most other years – e.g. the Japanese earthquake earlier this year.

    • Photo: Sarah Cook

      Sarah Cook answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      It’s highly likely that something will happen but only as it’s very random

    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 24 Jun 2011:

      There have been natural disasters since long before humans evolved and there are lots of myths relating to earthquakes, tsunamis and floods in Ancient civilisations. It probably feels like there are a lot more of them now because the internet makes it possible for us to follow the disaster as it unfolds and watch the hardship of the people living through it. Global warming is also leading to greater weather extremes, increasing disasters such as droughts, floods and cyclones

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