The graph below shows that human deaths from natural disasters have decreased dramatically in the last century contrary to what many people want to believe.

There is a normal human tendency to extrapolate from a particular premise to a universal conclusion coupled with our desire to find data to support our bias.  The fact is the weather isn’t getting worse and people are surviving it better.  For more details here is a link to a good news web site.

Or follow this link: http://humanprogress.org/static/extreme-weather-deaths

It reminds me of the 1980’s book by Ben Wattenburg The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrong

The book didn’t change any minds in its day and neither will this website or my rants.  People believe what they want to believe