Unprepared for the inevitable

Our world is governed by natural laws. A world without pain would be a world which worked according to special laws, rather than the laws of physics. Good comes out of evil and suffering. Without earthquakes there would be no mountains, without volcanic eruptions there would be no planetary atmospheres.

A good case study is comparing the recent magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile, with the magnitude 7.0 quake in Haiti. Because of Haiti's poverty, political struggles, and lack of a building code, the country was brought to its knees. Human fallibility was responsible for much this disaster. Chile on the other hand, spent much more time and money preparing for a quake. The one they endured was 500 times more powerful than the Haiti Earthquake and yet the country came through mostly in one piece.

What is the one common denominator in all disasters?

Unpreparedness for the inevitable.