It might be because I’m looking for the media accounts of this, but it seems like the media has really grabbed hold of the theme and amplified it just in the last couple weeks. Not to get too “hippy” about this, but I have come to recognize that the perception contributes to the reality just as much as the reality contributes to the perception.
I love to see a statistical model forecasting such a trend. Still, I have a feeling that if such a model could be graphically displayed it would look so drastic that people would dismiss it out of hand. I mean, who takes seriously the thought of a 40ft Tsunami wiping out a coastal region located 1000 miles away until it happens?
