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variety of religious, scientific, and philosophical opinions among his listeners and is a master at balancing this tight-rope. And yet, he has put his finger on a feeling that many people share that "something is about to happen, perhaps some sort of judgment." SOCIALLY Rapidly Escalating Crises Riots in numerous cities in the 1990s Gangs who kill for little reason Broken families, little sense of value Lack of respect for other people Increasing crimes of all kinds Institutionalized deception POLITICS WEATHER Earthquakes Hurricanes Floods PESTILENCE Increasing rates of cholera, plague, Dengue fever AIDS now pandemic, growing at 25 percent per year Hanta virus Widespread resistance to formerly effective antibiotics Mutated amphibians and fish Large-scale death of coral reefs and oceanic microbes Deforestation Global Warming Breakup of the Larsen Ice Shelf In recent years, weather experts have noticed a disturbing trend that some connect to a gradual increase in global temperatures. According to global tracking stations, the frequency and intensity of storms has accelerated in the last decade. In 1995 experts monitored the worst, the most intense weather year in the history of recording weather events. There were more tornadoes, tropical storms, droughts, floods, and other extremes of weather combined in that year than experts had seen since we AD 2 ee te ate eta tonne 97 ____ Cs QUICKENING ITEMS ECONOMICALLY The growing American national debt Growing personal debt More Extreme, More Occurrences moa : Mad Cow Disease ECO-BIOLOGY WEATHER CHANGES recording began in the mid-1800s. According to the February-March 1996 edition of Weather Wise magazine, an