Natural Calamities - God's Wrath or Man's Greed

As per Webster’s Dictionary, Calamity is a Noun, is in Use from 15th Century. It can be etimologised to, Middle English “Calamytey”, Latin “Calamitat”, “Calamitas”, perhaps to, Latin “Clades” meaning Destruction.

Calamity means, (1) A State of Deep Distress or Misery caused by Major Misfortune or Loss, (2) A Disastrous Event marked by Great Loss and Lasting Distress and Suffering.
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Now, Let us get into the subject – “Natural Calamities: Man’s Greed or God’s Wrath”

In our Modern History, we have seen numerous calamities. Probably, the largest of them being the effects of the two World Wars. The devastations caused were immeasurable. There is no doubt that these were only the results of Man’s Greed. Man’s greed for materialistic pleasures has resulted in numerous such wars, invasions and destruction.

However, these cannot be called Natural Calamities. The word natural in itself explains that there is no human intervention in Natural Calamities, other than facing the consequences. Although, man devised techniques to identify, forecast or predict Natural Disasters, somehow, he has not been able to fully succeed in preventing colossal damages.

Although Nature has given us innumerable things in this world for us to utilize and enjoy, there are also the earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes that wreaks havoc. Man can neither create it nor prevent it.

Even though, the Nature has created such events, the extent of Disasters has been primarily due to Man’s Greed. For instance, when man develops a residential colony in an erstwhile Lake or Water body, even a normal seasonal rain results in flooding. This coupled with electrifications and poor building materials, results in a few deaths every monsoon. When such is the result of a seasonal monsoon, the effect of damage due to large calamities becomes insurmountable. If man leads a life in line with Nature, the damages can at least be reduced.

Thus, I conclude that, even though the events causing calamities are designed by Nature, the effects and the size of damage caused by them is the result of Man’s Greed.