Hurricane Lothar in the Black Forest (1999) is a disaster turned restoration story. How people can replace loss with new life, turn devastation into a new natural highlight.
Zoe, this is very thought provoking and the photos are great. Wouldn't it be great if we could internalize "Have, have not, gain something else story" as you say. Rock on!
Very interesting, Zoe. Thanks. I've often wondered how nature would heal even larger wounds, such as entire cities. More a thought experiment than an actual desire to see civilization go away.
Specific to Lothar and the spirit of non-intervention, I can't help but think that true non-intervention wouldn't involve building wooden paths and balconies, wouldn't involve taking an act of nature and turning it into a tourist attraction.
But, even a tourist attraction is an act of creation, I suppose. It's different though, a reactionary creation. And destruction, too, is an act of creation. And though I understand that's it's frequently not possible, I wonder if we could just leave things be at times.
Thanks, Victor. Well, the dilemma between turning something to the public's attention and making the public aware... there's no entrance fee, and no kiosk selling anything on Lothar's Path. Nothing commercial. I take it more as a memento, and I admire how humans found something worth contemplating even in the wake of a disaster.
Zoe, this is very thought provoking and the photos are great. Wouldn't it be great if we could internalize "Have, have not, gain something else story" as you say. Rock on!
Very interesting, Zoe. Thanks. I've often wondered how nature would heal even larger wounds, such as entire cities. More a thought experiment than an actual desire to see civilization go away.
Specific to Lothar and the spirit of non-intervention, I can't help but think that true non-intervention wouldn't involve building wooden paths and balconies, wouldn't involve taking an act of nature and turning it into a tourist attraction.
But, even a tourist attraction is an act of creation, I suppose. It's different though, a reactionary creation. And destruction, too, is an act of creation. And though I understand that's it's frequently not possible, I wonder if we could just leave things be at times.
Thanks, Victor. Well, the dilemma between turning something to the public's attention and making the public aware... there's no entrance fee, and no kiosk selling anything on Lothar's Path. Nothing commercial. I take it more as a memento, and I admire how humans found something worth contemplating even in the wake of a disaster.
I'm glad to hear that, the lack of entrance fee and no selling. That's a positive. And yes, worth contemplating, as you say.
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