by Jimmy Ettele

Created on: December 23, 2008

Not content with contaminating the land we occupy with Styrofoam coolers and Hummer H2's. Unfulfilled with our slow extermination of sea creatures so as they may fill our bellies as part of a surf and turf platter. Dismayed at the lack of progress towards completely destroying our water supply. Searching for more answers towards the cloning of humans so we may discover the secrets of immortality, as seen through artificially created life. As the technology of this world is pushed further and further, much to the Earth's detriment, the next realm to be dominated, it seems, will be the weather.

In man's never ending quest for complete control over all the facilities of our lives, weather manipulation should come as no surprise for anyone. Ingrained into our human DNA reads a strand of genetic material that urges us for control. We, as humans, need control over everything. Ourselves, our environment, and other people's lives. Nothing is left in the wake of our blind need to control. We especially take umbrage with situations or conditions causing us and our way of life problems. It is not our fault we've built our Applebee's, Targets, Spencer's and Walmarts in areas commonly affected by the effects of weather. Why is it we can't do something about nasty hurricanes ripping the roofs off of our Pancake House? With talk about controlling the weather we scoff in Mother Nature's face. We have taken the natural cycle of occurrences and, like everything else man gets his paws on, will manage to do more harm than good with it. Foregoing the responsibilities of our actions we choose to deny our blame in the aftermath of atmospheric disasters.

New Orleans is a wonderful city filled with culture, music, food, and enough excitement for a lifetime. New Orleans is also a city that sits elbow sea level in an area commonly suffering from Hurricanes. The disasters of Hurricane Rita and Katrina showed to our country the need for our citizens and our governments to immerse themselves in preparation and prevention. It did not show us to ignore the obvious geographic disadvantage New Orleans has placed itself in and figure how to move a hurricane out to sea. Allowing scientists to control weather, like a devastating hurricane, cleanses any form of responsibility from those who should be the most responsible. One less item on our list as our lives creep ever closer to being completely controlled by someone other than us.

We have to remember the Earth is a precision bio-machine with processes

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