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In contrast to the relatively robust capabilities of resource-rich first world countries in North America, the flimsy nature of third-world economics across much of South America and the Caribbean makes efforts to compensate for major disruptions to the climatic norms, such as those associated with the ongoing, historically strong El Nino, ineffective or impossible, putting millions of residents directly at the mercy of devastating droughts and torrential flooding.
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Pre-season predictions made in the spring and summer for the 2015 Atlantic Basin hurricane season analyzed cooler-than-normal ocean waters and the strengthening El Nino to generally forecast below-average tropical cyclone activity.
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Stargazers in the United States were treated to breathtaking, and somewhat unusual, sight on the evenings of November 2nd and 3rd. The Northern Lights (also known as the Aurora Borealis) made a grand appearance in many places that often don’t get to see this spectacle light up the night sky.
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Many centuries ago, the Incas of Pacific coastal South America had a keen and immediate awareness of the impacts of a strong El Nino. Evidence suggests they resorted to mass human sacrifices to appease the gods of the Sun and Moon they felt were punishing them with cataclysmic rains and flooding.
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