41.   And one of the things I always wondered was how people snap back so fast and recover so quickly from natural disaster.

42.   And the notion that civilizations are immune to natural disaster may soon be ancient history.

43.   And then there are the natural disasters.

44.   Another savings in the new budget would come from higher interest rates charged to businesses that get loans after natural disasters.

45.   And while landlords generally have insurance that cover many natural disasters, that coverage generally does not protect renters.

46.   Another more widely accepted one is that it was the unavoidable product of a series of especially harsh natural disasters.

47.   Another reason is that food prices have been on a downward trend since peaking three years ago, when a variety of natural disasters temporarily slashed world food stocks.

48.   As a general rule, Congress has never made local governments whole for lost revenues after natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes.

49.   As in previous years when natural disasters struck, the huge price tag of a safer future may prove to be prohibitive in comparison to maintaining the status quo.

50.   As it is now, potato farmers regularly gamble that other farmers will have a short crop because of weather, frost, pests or some other natural disaster.