One annoying thing about the news coverage of the Asian Tidal wave is the way in which the media can’t help fussing about “how did this happen?” “Why weren’t we warned,” the interviewers ask, “can’t we be protected from these disasters?”
One program I was working on also contained an item about how grass is starting to grow in Antarctica because the ice is retreating. It’s because of global warming. We’re getting the warnings now, it’s just that we’re ignoring them.