Whether or not Weather

The Whittenden Pond Dam in Taunton, MA yesterday was deemed to be in tough shape, due to the recent unusual 11 to 16 inches of rainfall in the area. The 100+ year-old structure, which is privately owned, could possibly break apart, flooding the center, shutting down two state routes, and cause a good deal of damage. Business in the police cordoned-off area has been shut down two days already, and loss of income by businesses and individuals is impacting the evacuees and area.
Of course Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. John Kerry, Congr. Barney Frank, and Gov. Mitt Romney all made a media show, press conference out of it at their earliest convenience.

My personal tie to Taunton is it's my birthplace. My original family lived there for a time in my early childhood.
What I learned from the news today which disturbs me more than the thought of that dam breaking, is that there are approximately 2,900 dams in this state alone, all in danger of being overwhelmed with record-breaking rainfall. If one goes, so do more down the line, like dominoes! The state's dam inspector force has recently doubled from 4 to 8, so exactly how often are these structures being officially reported on?
The dam in question today was reported unsafe to the state by it's new private owners of the past 30 days. Of course the owners have to keep butt-saving safety-check sheets at intervals in a file, for liability purposes.

Who gets blamed for unpredictable natural occurrences? Usually, God, although the planet itself seems to have a punishment mind-set of it's own lately.

All of the weather issues encountered in the region, the country, and indeed the world, have been unprecedented this year. Nothing can be taken for granted as being a safe place. Clearly human-kind have been far too complacent that the surfacing make-over completed thus far is insignificant to the planet as a whole.

We have Wilma, another cat-5 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Is that 3 or 4 cat-5's there in a row now? It's such a surreal weather picture this season. Watching the report feels like a sci-fi movie! Is this now our on-going alter-reality? No mercy from the Earth which formed us?

"I'm sorry, the planet has decided you've been cutting too much timber, moved too many mountains, and displaced too much water, please try again after the next cycle of life..."

The Pakistan Earthquake toll is up to a mind-blowing 79,000 death toll. With this kind of natural catastrophe we certainly don't need to be adding to it with stupidity deaths! We need to build the next structures to withstand any force imaginable, and perhaps even float and fly. Moon base, here we come. Up there we'll only have to worry about getting pelted with asteroids...