cyclonaut wrote:Why get mad @ someone for respecting & at the same time wanting to feel the strength of these storms..Its not anyone's fault these storms exsist.Having said all that, did I miss something because I have'nt seen any posts about someone wanting to be hit by a hurricane.
It's probably not a matter of getting angry at someone for wanting to experience the power of a hurricane as much as it is criticizing those who don't take into account the negative externalities of what provides them with pleasure. If someone is equipped with the ability to be mobile and travel around (like storm chasers), then one would want every hurricane to be like that Hurricane Bret in 1999, which made landfall in Texas where no one lives. That would allow access to experience the power of hurricanes without associated destruction.
Others could argue that part of experiencing the full power of hurricanes is to witness what type of damage they are capable of causing, which may be why some wish them to hit developed areas. But we must remember something very important...developed areas are also populated areas, meaning that people live under or have invested in those inanimate structures. Even if one would like to witness physical destruction without wishing harm on lives, it's a fact of life that in settings like that, you can't separate the good from the bad because they are inextricably tied together. Thus, when one accesses the experience of a particular occurrence, one must consider all effects of that circumstance, both good and bad.
