DOES THE HUMAN SPECIES RESPECT NATURE?

People are missing and killed from a massive mud slide in Oso, Washington State.  Families, children, and animals buried beneath the land which once held their community. 

The community nestled on land below a lovely expense of rolling hills and trees.  Land that environmental and energy management reports and geographical maps clearly showed the dangers for development.

Reports that went as far back as 1967 were obtained from the Army Corp of Engineers by the Seattle Times said the area posed  "a significant risk to human lives and private property."

Some survivors, stunned and angry asked why they were not warned of the dangers.  Some thought  deforestation by commercial interests may have left the land with the inability to absorb and withstand the heavy rain. All prayed and dug hoping to unearth loved ones.

So who was derelict? 

Did people not respect the reports because they were wary of scientific findings?  Did the Army Corp of Engineers withhold information that should have been made public?

Or is the human species destined to carry forward an inability to recognize and respect nature?