The Floods are here again!

Even as I write these lines, more than 100,000 of my fellow countrymen are languishing down south of Peninsular Malaysia, specifically Johor.
The floods have been merciless this season. Perhaps for the first time in almost a century, the State of Johor is at the mercy of the elements.
Nobody knows when the weather and climate will let up. But right now, what we do know is that tens of thousands of families are staying in evacuation centres. Their homes have been washed out in many instances.
Children are unable to go to school. Workers have forgotten about employment for the time being and local authorities are up to their eyeballs in rescue efforts.
This phenomenon is repeated throughout the world. In other countries, the unpredictable weather comes in the form of blizzards, especially in parts of America.
Over in western Australia, fires recently wiped out thousands of acres of trees. Japan recently experienced earthquakes and mini tsunamis. All these natural happenings do not portend good things ahead.
Perhaps Mother Earth is finally awakening to the fact that man has too long been given free play of her backyard and she's no longer amused. When Earth is viewed as a living entity just like the rest of us, then perhaps the bigger picture can be seen.
There's only so much a planet can take from prolonged periods of abuse and misuse of her resources. Thus, the big quakes, the mounting sea waves, the heat and the blizzards.
Over in Malaysia, we are luckier than most countries. We don't really experience the really big nasty weather reactions. But that doesn't mean we should be smug about the whole situation.
Ultimately, nobody is really isolated from Earth's violent reaction to global heating. And heating up is what it is. The Polar caps are melting at an alarming rate.
The Ozone layer is widening and naturally, when things go amiss there's a chain of events that don't conform to peaceful co-existence between man and nature. These are the beginning of reminders to us all that no matter what we do on earth, we have to be mindful that our basic sciences tell us that there's always a cause and effect.
We have been forewarned in the past. We took no heed. Mother Nature is no longer playing the nice guy.