Our Point in History - Storms

If you are in your 40's you remember being younger and looking at historical data regarding storms and natural disasters.  And as you read the newspapers or watched TV about a particularly bad storm happening at that time, you would wonder: "Is this the worst tornado/hurricane/thunderstorm/flood ever?"

And then you would do a little research and you would always find the historical context.  "No, this particular disaster is not the worst in history.  Why the Great Tornado of 19XX or the Massive Hurricane of 18XX was much, much worse."

It always seemed that there was some storm back in time that was the biggest and badd-est of all.

But not anymore.

From now on, the next huge storm will surpass the storms of last century.  By our own hand we are now living in and will continue to live in the Golden Age of Storms.  Deny all you want, but climate change and massive populations and the like are mixing together to make the next century a real showstopper. 

And every new season is going to bring a new Weather-pocalypse to some town, city or village that will be the worst, with the most damage and the most casualties. 

It's just the world we now live in.