“Whats Causing Ever Increasing Natural Disasters”. Cataclysms of nature that antedate human existence and sometimes still occur in uninhabited lands are not quite the news-grabbing misfortunes causing sudden and unexpected loss of life or suffering or resulting in economic loss. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, lightening, typhoons and hurricanes are the greatest killers. Fewer deaths are caused by aircraft, ferry and train accidents but immense public interest is generated in apportioning it to human blame or some safety measure which did not work. Since time immemorial man has often been intrigued by the question whether natural disasters have anything to do with God’s displeasure. There are two apparent schools of thought: