Has there ever been a time in history were natural disasters were so frequent?

Answer 1

They seem to come in waves.......

But it truly does seem as though the stage is set for Christ's return any time now

Answer 2

Yes, when the world was forming, it was a much wilder place. That was millions of years ago.

Think about all the craters scientists have found on the world's surface. We are lucky enough, not to have experienced a sizeable meteor impact in our lifetimes, but it has happend thousands of times in the past.

The Idea that natural disasters are increasing is a lie told by pastors to get their congregations all riled up.

We have access to information, like no other time in history, so we know when there is a disaster, immediately.

In the past most of the natural disasters in the world would go by without anyone in the western world even finding out about it. Today, you log onto the computer or turn on the morning news, and you hear all about it.

It give the appearance of an increase in these things, but there isn't.

Answer 3

it depends on how old the earth is:
5000 years or so well that means a major asteroid impact every 142 years or so. So natural disasters are going down all the time. There are 41 impact craters >20 kilometers in diameter identified on the earth. These are the big craters and they cause massive earthquakes and widespread devastation.
In a 4+ billion year old earth no not many natural disasters at all. Remember every gulf coast hurricaine before 1600 AD went unnoticed. Earth quakes in Japan in history were only know to Japan and maybe nearby countries but not humanity in general.

Answer 4

There's no evidence that natural disasters are any more frequent now. Consider that communications is better than ever today. A hundred years ago you may never have heard of a wicked bad earthquake in Japan.

Answer 5

Taking the overall view of history, any period may appear to be calm and peaceful, but research a little deeper, and there have always been stormy undercurrents and natural disasters there.

Only today, they all happening right now in front of us in our living rooms, on the TV or internet.

Answer 6

There only appear to be more disasters now because of greater communication and more population affected.

If two thousand years ago there was an earthquake in Afghanistan and a single nomad fell on his ***, the natives in Central America weren't going to hear much about it.

Answer 7

Always.

There was just no way for people on the other side of the world to know it was happening, almost simultaneously as it is done today via the television and the internet.

Instant media is just creating an illusion of it occurring more now, than before.

Answer 8

I'm sure when Krakatoa Island blew out of the water and killed thousands of people, and then changed the world climate for years to come, there were people thinking "these are the last days".

They come, they go. I'm sure the weather is a little more violent and less predictable due to global warming, however.

Answer 9

There has never been a time in history when everything was recorded as well as it is today. I don't think the frequency of bad things is increasing - just our knowledge of them!

Answer 10

Yes. Always.

The only difference is that we are more globally aware of them now due to global communication systems, and being more spread out over the globe, more likely to encounter them.

Answer 11

Today is a joke compared to the past