mas24 Loc: Southern CA

The year 2017 will be a memorable one for earthly disasters. First it was Hurricane Harvey, then Irma. Today, it has been confirmed that a 7.1 earthquake has hit Mexico City. 116 confirmed dead thus far. Hurricane Maria is headed now to Puerto Rico. Another Category 5. And the Hurricane season is not over. And we all know the sorrow it brings.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

This year has been no better nor no worse than previous years. It just seems like it. 2016 had Tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes etc. Many were just in other parts of the world. The world had 21 so far this year... last year we had 17 and the year before 21. In 2010 there were also 21.. and I am just randomly going back. Now prior to 2000, the link only seems to cover US natural disasters. But during those times the US seemed to run between 5 and 9 each year. Also in the years prior to 2000 the link only covers Hurricanes and Tsunamis, it doesn't cover heat waves, flooding etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2017_natural_disasters

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

I don't discount your statistics. These disasters seemingly happened in such a short period of time. And all have hit, except the earthquakes in Mexico (2), southern America and its territories. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

Well, the hurricanes hit during hurricane season and we expect for there to be a number of storms... This year they happened to hit Houston and Florida in general .. However, while Irma was devastating (generally) it could have been much worse. She didn't hit Miami dead on, she didn't come off of the western coast which would have devastated all of the west coast cities from Ft Meyers through Tampa and up to Tallassee. She did take the absolute best course she could have by coming completely ashore by the time she reached Naples and was rapidly downgraded to a Category 2 by the time she got to Saint Petersburg, Tampa and Clearwater. While (in Clearwater) we had 6 days of no power, we never lost water and we had some but not cataclysmic wind damage. Yes the low lying areas flooded but they almost always do.. The Level 1 and 2 flood zones are basically 0-10 feet above sea level. So of course they flooded. They flood fairly often in many strong storms. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT DIMINISHING Irma. I'm just saying that, while it was bad, it wasn't the huge 1000 year event that it could have been. Now, if you ask the people in the Keys or in Puerto Rico, they will tell you that it was horrible (and it was) but 42 people lost their lives in Florida and 25 others in the Caribbean (I'm pretty sure that the death toll is much higher in the Caribbean.) But if Miami had taken a direct hit, damage for Miami alone would have been in the billions and had Irma moved just a few miles west of where she came ashore, she would have probably hit Saint Petersburg, Clearwater, and Tampa as a Category 4 hurricane.
The problem with Harvey in Houston was that it originally went ashore near Corpus Christi then backed up (or looped around) and re-entered the extremely warm waters of the Gulf and powered up again... then Harvey went ashore in Houston and stalled for a while before moving on in. This caused huge rainfall totals. But these don't come close to comparing with the tsunamis that hit Japan, India and other parts of the orient a few years ago. So while the weather is wild, it is also a cycle and seems to depend on whether we are in an El Nino or a La Nina or somewhere in between. There are also other things that can have an effect. Several of the "mini-ice ages can actually be blamed on volcanic eruptions that created huge clouds of dust that blocked the sun.

Bunko.T Loc: Western Australia.

Well if nature doesn't cull the population, humanity sure hasn't got the mentality to control the explosion.
We'll all be fighting for elbow room on the planet before long, then there's the food & water, shelter etc.
just thinking ahead.