SCETV Documentary | Sea Change 

Never build your foundation on sand lmfbo

Anytime u r living on the coast or lowlands those areas r prone 2 inundation of floods.

The climate has always been changing, if you build a house where the sand migrates on a barrier island don't complain about flooding.If you move to a city below sea level like New Orleans don't complain when you're stuck on the roof during a hurricane.If you build a house in a lava zone in Hawaii don't complain when you're house burns down.

Also the sea level has been rising since the last ice age and natural erosion as well.

The past sea rise change has been shown to be dangerously optimistic. If they say 6 ft by 2100 count on 12……

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Hello!? Hello!? Is anybody out there? I guess most folks didn’t pay attention during the various geography classes they took. North America was covered with an ice sheet a long time ago. Things change. The folks who expect the planet to remain static are really insane.

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Mike Morales knows the reason.

These changes have gone on since earth was formed.

Sc coast is seeing an influx of elderly locating near the shore.

Cities like Charleston South Carolina should not bother to cope with seal level rise unless it wants to go through the ordeal over and over again. The best approach for Charleston is to move Charleston to higher ground and take the old city down use the material to rebuild a new city. So my point is, not all cities can be moved. New York City cannot be moved but San Francisco can be moved because these cities are constructed on bedrock and the other on sand. New York City's solution is a major water management project to divert flood waters, massive project below and above ground. But since it is at the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean NYC will become impossible to live with continual water inundation. Florida is the same way, in fact, all land that was previously above sea level is now at or below sea level are gone once Arctic Ice ocean water fill the low lying areas geographically. Hydorpurification plants for water caught by a system of canals for other cities is a thing to consider the purity of ground water. All these things will require the leadership this country does not have at the present time and the lack of direct purpose and reason in leadership spells reactive responses to disasters not planned ones actually is a waste precious resources.

These changes are good for the earth This is not all about you like you think Weak mines People should be moving and getting ready for the next big change

That's right! Climate change is our biggest problem on the planet. That..and the PROPER education of the young!

If you watch this kind of documentary you feel sad, when you walk out into the real world life goes on, it as if no one else cares, busy city, deforestation, furniture industry are booming, people replaced natural forest with eucalyptus trees and other exotic trees. When you look for far you see beautiful green but when you breath in you notice something is wrong. I always pity birds which used to sing around from early morning to late evening. Those days are gone.

Exactly where are the "hot spots"? Thanks.

The doc is three years old. can you do a study on the levels from the low water to the average high tide. I live in Australia and i live on a sailing boat, so i am interested with the subject as we are having sea level rise hear as well. Climate change is world wide. so please, can you do an update ?.

I have moved on in part because I saw what was happening in SC. I agree with what William C. is saying here.

🎓🎓 “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” 🎓🎓

Of course this fails to mention well documented land subsidence on this coast. Come on tell the whole story please

Gonna have to move to Kansas

Its not a good idea to build homes or communities on barrier islands which are basically sandbars located at the very edge of mighty oceans. The climate has always and will always be in a constant state of change. It is humans vanity to think that they can control everything. All these mayors and public officials speak of impending doom while encouraging growth in their particular town at the same time. They seek to grow their tax base and make their community too important to abandon so massive amounts of money can be thrown at the problem. Who stands to gain from all the money thrown at controlling the water? These very same officials and their pals. As always, follow the money.

get real , all your dollars and noise will not stop flooding

Bravely constructed documentary! Well made film!

One side thinks seas aren't rising. The other side thinks they can fix it. How is everybody wrong about such an important subject.

Less talk and more action can tackle the effect of climate change.

Haven't known Charlestown since dad was stationed there in '60's. Be proactive: plant mangroves, farm bananas, coconut & other South American tree fruits, salt tolerant squash; coordination with community and 'government organizations.'

Scary to see what is going to happen on the world coastlines.

It's not IF climate change exists. The climate on Earth has always been changing since it's birth. EVERYTHING CHANGES. We are just living in a period where we are seeing a rapid intensification during a time when the planet is way past the point of sustaining its current population. It's a number of things working together

Those houses are history.

If our leaders would flood the dried up inland seas, then the excess sea level could be avoided. Places like the great basin could be a new inland sea. It might happen naturally anyway once sea levels get high enough.

Plant trees!.... Duh! PLANT A LOT OF [BILLION] TREES D. U... H...

“Bahá'í Scriptures teach that, as trustees of the planet's vast resources and biological diversity, humanity must seek to protect the "heritage [of] future generations;" see in nature a reflection of the divine; approach the earth, the source of material bounties, with humility; temper its actions with moderation; and be guided by the fundamental spiritual truth of our age, the oneness of humanity. The speed and facility with which we establish a sustainable pattern of life will depend, in the final analysis, on the extent to which we are willing to be transformed, through the love of God and obedience to His Laws, into constructive forces in the process of creating an ever-advancing civilization” (The Baha'i International Community, 1995 Apr 06, Conservation and Sustainable)

This programe was made 4 years ago. Wear is the state today with The situation ?. I am an Australian and live on the coast. We have the same problem on the Gold coast in Qweensland. Coastal erosion is happing everywear. The problem is not just local in your area. It is more globle and its everywear. And yes, sea levels are rising now faster than before. As tempetures increase so the water expands and contributes to the increse levels. Gerard.

What if both polar ice caps actually do melt 100% per cent??????????

One big question is, is it fair to lower income people to pay for costs the rising water level has on beachfront homes. Are the lower & middle class families paying for the wealthy to keep their shore homes, by taxation to everyone? I have seen this in my hometown! Florida is already having problems getting home flood insurance policies. Some of the insurers are leaving the state.

This is a good documentary

Question : what caused the “ ice age “ , that created the Great Lakes , to wam ?

Thanks, this was very well made. The various spokespeople were generally excellent. It's tough to listen to Mark Sanford, but I won't dwell on that. This video presents rational, sane views of climate change and presents some sound thoughts about what to do to mitigate it. Now it's 2022 though, three hurricanes later, and it's clear that much of the population of the USA is _not_ rational, and that our political leadership is, to be very generous, all over the place. At a time in human history in which we need more than ever to be highly evolved, many of us seem to be stuck in a primitive, emotionally reactive place that makes climate change utterly terrifying to me. I still have hope, but there is a very real chance that the political leadership of the USA will be handed to people who are, again to put it generously, unfit for office and unable to deal with any of the tasks that lie ahead. I love the coastal areas of my country. I hate to see the damage that climate change has already done to them. In January 2022 a ferocious winter storm took out my favorite Cape Cod beach and about 4 meters of the ~10 meter high clay bluff behind it. That was the work of a single storm.

my left ear loved this

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Appreciate comment of elderly black woman. Politics: S.C. somehow needs to elect a politician that cares. When I was a kid we visited St. John's island and the 'old oak tree'. It is gone!

Don't build a house that sits on a pile of dirt, that is going to be turned into mud by a powerful body of water called an Ocean.

These people really need to read the Book of Revelation!!

Trust me! What you NEED to do is begin to evacuate! Don't wait. The longer you pussyfoot around.. the more lives will be lost!...you already can see what's going on.. you already know it can't be stopped. The time for "starting to think about it" is over. What's needed NOW.. right NOW...is swift and decisive ACTION.

Move inland, climate changes earth changes, what is the debate about. Sea levels go up n down.

This documentary is incredibly comprehensive and thoughtful. Well done!!!

We know the problem, what’s the solution. Doomed. Stop building on shorelines. Plant more absorption grasses, trees and scrubs. Create marshlands. No more structures. Not sure

5 years later and sea level rise predictions have gotten a lot worse and i bet in 5 years time even more dire ..and on and on , we`ve cooked it now .

I tried to introduce climate change to my school, years ago; early 2000's. I even wrote a paper, that took me 3 months of detective work in every avenue. Why is this now such a big deal? Why has our government only now; in the last few years acknowledged the evidence of this possible tragedy? Relax! It's not as Sevier as I thought. I live in WPB Fla, or Ft. Lauderdale Fla. so I'm only 3ft. above sea level. Years ago I thought this was coming on us fast, but it's not! After now, going on about 20 years of occasional monitoring of our beaches; I just haven't seen as much change, as in the early 2000's. Sorry media; Fake News, I actually know this subject and would tell everybody, because here in Florida our drinking water is only 3 ft. above sea level. Clement Change; something to keep an eye on yes, emergency NO!

Spending time arguing about whether or not climate change is real, is a waste of time and doesnt do anything to lessen its effects.

Stop blaming climate change and start blaming yourselves for putting roads and buildings where they don't belong. If it's at a water area you have no place there. Mother nature tells you stop. Its the same thing when you build your home in a fire area or you encroach on wild life. Wildlife is not to blame if it comes into your area, your the ones that don't belong so stop complaining!!!

Marshes protect shorelines fill them in build your million dollar homes keep on building and filling what do you expect.

#WeAreWashitaw Say Our Land

yes the roo tof the problem is salt water and sat in water to long.

If we drained the oceans into dried up inland seas, we might lower sea levels and save millions of homes and billions in money.

Are the measurments taken from the high or low tide mark ? I ask this as it looks like everyone is talking about high tide mark, but what of the low tide mark ?. Gerard.

The climate always changes. Always has, always will. Taxes won't stop it.

People feel like they will be punished for discussing it.

Globalization adds to this sir not just climate change I agree climate change but there’s so many other things and the climate is always changing nothing is stagnant in our universe and where is the money going to come from to fix your problems... you’re eroding and ur way of life

Move inland

So......when did the climate start changing?

You could live in New Orleans, you know.

Microwave is used to heat food. Cell phone towers transmitt microwave,so do satelites. Microwave radiation can be tested for !

Yet, these people still build and live at the edge of a rising sea. You cannot beat back the tide; you can only adapt to it. Move west young man. This docu was obviously made just because of "the current political environment". That environment has changed since 2018; where is the update?

Can't escape the community, no more, huh

This information is out of date. NASA has used satellites and has measured land rise and fall. The land has actually fallen 2 feet along the South Carolina coast hence the flooding. This is this years observation.

clean the trash up off the bottom , and the mud is the best fertilizer you have ever seen , the water level will drop , and the water will be a lot cleaner , sell the mud or top soil to pay for the clean up job , ever body will be happy .

It's doomsday! :((

The people who WILL NOT see the climate changing for the worse are the few ones who will lose their vast fortunes if we do something about the ruination of our beautiful blue marble! I am sure they can survive on less than they have now, but we, the "middle income serfs" cannot. God Bless Us All

Look at the facts, then you can form logical opinions !

All result of MAN MADE WEATHER cemikal trails you know

Or, if you are in Georgia you just change the voter’s opportunities because you did not like the last election results.

Every country should have 12 days a year of total lockdown 1 day a month

"SECTV Documentary I BS Rising". Oceans have NOT risen 18" in the last 100 years. Read on. THINK... I grew up in NYC. Went to Battery Park recently. Great memories. Watched the Twin Towers built in the 1970's (RIP) from the roof of my apt complex and milling about the city. Did my Marine Corps service for years, and along the way got educated in the sciences. Another battlefront mind you. My point...I looked at the water levels at Battery Park where the Circle Line and Statue of Liberty boats dock and depart for their tours. Currently, the harbor level is the same as when I was a kid/teen in the 1960's and 1970's. I mean it is exactly the same. Same water lines. Same tide levels/flows. The Staten Island ferry does not sit higher at the dock when it comes in, etc., less the rising and falling normal tide. If anyone tells you differently, they're lying or ignorant. Remember...if it's the same in one place, it's the same everywhere in terms of the water levels. Oceans don't rise over there, and not over here. Common sense. Real science. Yes. If rising in Miami, then it's rising in New York...but it's NOT. Al "I created the internet" Gore said ~16 years ago in his famous 'fantasy dressed as science' book, 'The Inconvenient Truth' (which he got rich off of), we would have waters rise up to 20 feet in the near future. Yes. Add that bastion of truth and genuine concern for her fellow man, Katie Couric, who asked Al in 2006 what his highness sees happening with the seas. Her question: “What do you see happening in 15 to 20 years if nothing changes?" Al Gore's scientific grey matter spoke: "Even Manhattan would be in deep water”, he replied. "Yes, in fact, the World Trade Center Memorial site would be underwater.” Well Al, again, it's been 16 years since you said that (crickets...). Remember my less-than-a-yea-ago Battery Park inspection. I believe (I could be wrong on this one) Al was also quoted at a different location, saying coastline water levels will be three feet higher in ten years (again, from his 2006 book debut time frame). It's been sixteen years Al. Three feet folks. Hey Al...still waiting (Al Gore... a prime example of a politician deep state stooge...but hey, he got rich from it by compliance. A wanna-be scientist politician...no surprise there). I can just hear it now..."Be nice. Al Gore is not a scientist. He is just a concerned citizen". OK...then who is telling him what to write? What's his source? Validated References? Published scientific papers? Something? And where are his detractors for all the empty, false rhetoric he filled that book with? Any known challenges to refute his 'Work'? Of course not. No one would dare. If you want to keep your career. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has the water levels rising .58 to 2 feet in the next 100 years. And that's also no guarantee. It may not rise at all. NO ONE knows for certain. A crack in a major Ice Shelf means?...squat. It means that the Larsen Ice shelf, for example, has a large section breaking away. That's what it means. Nothing more. Unless of course...one has an AGENDA. Anyway, maybe old Al, and these video folks, should have consulted with the IPCC before these outrageous claims. Not that I am saying the IPCC is always correct in its assessments and statements either. But a far cry from old Al and many videos' fantastical fear-mongering. Oh, wait...money, agendas, feeling good about oneself, peer pressure, prestige...Meh, never mind. I must keep reminding myself. Note to self...get it together. So, George Soros and Klaus "You will own nothing and like it" Schwab, love their little globalist disciple Albert Gore. In their vernacular (not mine)...another Useful Idiot. That's what they call those types at their luxurious elite get-togethers with cigars, spirits, and Eyes Wide Shut scripts flowing. Yes, you can believe that. While we're at it, let's throw in their much-adored prophetess, at the time, sixteen-year-old weeping Greta Thunberg, with her Junior High School Diploma (I'm sure with honors). Now THERE is a ripe old Sage telling us all how it is via the United Nations pulpit, as she lives in fear of the future. She keeps this up and she is going to be rich. To you globalist thugs? I call it CHILD ABUSE. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Albeit, the sheep of the world get right in line. They think these uber-rich elite fossils are their benefactors when in fact...they are their Terminators. All of these 'seriously looking' scientists and environmentalists, dragged in tow by the Elite royalty, spewing their ominous gospel of doom yet again. Knowing they will get their congratulatory love pats on the back, and juicy financial grants from their respective government entities and complicit corporations, to do their voodoo science in support of 'The Cause' (see the following paragraphs of what it is I speak of). By the time all concerned figure out they have been hoodwinked, it will be too late. Yes. Don't fear fake Global Warming....fear these NWO Great Reset devils. Fear the ones who refer to all of us unwashed masses as... 'The Vulgar'. Yes. In their inner circles you/me/we, are coined 'The Vulgar'. How special. Regardless, the 'woke' continue to sleep and dream of their false utopia, of the recompense they shall receive one day soon for all the evils (all lies) done to them by a certain race, promised by the very devils of that race who have no intention of giving it to them. The Vulgar await their payday that will never come. But the Elite WILL get theirs... as they, in their minds & hearts, are entitled to it. The Vulgar be damned. The ONLY reason the Elites want the Earth 'saved' from mankind (though their highest ranks KNOW it's all BS), is again...for themselves. Entitlement. We are NOT invited to the utopian party. Of that, you can be certain. Folks...climate change is Fear and Control. Carbon Credits? FOLLOW THE MONEY. Again...F-O-L-L-O-W T-H-E M-O-N-E-Y. "How dare you speak against CC. Don't you care about the children? Blah blah blah". In other words...comply or else. From individuals to nation-states..."Get in line or else". How about "wear that Mask and get the Cooties-19 vaccine now", or else. Imagine that. Thousands of highly credentialed, experienced, and world-renowned doctors, scientists, and other disciplines, whose careers were ruined and/or marginalized for speaking out that something is wrong with how we are handling this Plandemic. Former decades-old established protocol dictated that it stops, they consult, discuss, debate, and then bring it to a consensus where all concerns were addressed. But...not this time. Elite royalty and the governments decide medical doctrine now. And their elite, political doctor clowns and court jesters, such as lord Fauci and his thugs, rule the day. ALL are cut from the same mold of global doom purveyors. Puppet Masters, with an ultimate goal in mind. It's good to be King. The banking system cuts off all who refuse to tow the narrative and comply like good little sheep. The media crucifies all non-compliers. Like the Elites do with all falsely created, by design, social hot button issues. Control, and to DIVIDE us. a.k.a. Divide and Conquer. While the foul Elite does their nefarious global NWO Great Reset treachery behind the scenes. Cooties-19 anyone? Yea. PONDER THIS: The Ice Age BS in the 1960's and 1970's. It was gospel then. Google the Cover of the 1977 TIME Magazine (look at that cover). It states: "How to Survive the Coming Ice Age". It was in scientific periodicals. Museums. News. Documentaries, etc. Putting fear in children in school. Sound familiar? The NYC American Museum of Natural History, which we had gone on numerous school trips, had displays about it. Indoctrinations...Er, ahem, I mean, Presentations for school visitors to 'be educated' on this pending doom. It was not if, but when. Why? "The scientists told us so". "You must trust the science". My question...whose science? So...2022. Here we are. Where are the new Ice Age glaciers supposed to come down to North America, Europe, Asia Minor, etc.? Oh, wait. My bad. Global Warming must have melted them (thinking emoji)! Never mind (emoji facepalm). The 'WOKE" are genuinely asleep. NOTE: If weather patterns and similar events are getting worse (possible), is there any evidence (Science) for weather patterns/cycles of the Earth, including temperature, cycling up and down over the centuries/millennia? You bet there is. And very likely your answer to these climate change claims. Climate change is NOT settled science, as there are MANY highly credentialed scientists who agree, stating more study is needed. Those scientists are crucified and/or marginalized as 'heretics' if you will, if they go public with their concerns. Sound familiar? OR...could it be what God said would happen in the last, last days? Hmm? 2 Timothy 3:1... "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come". That includes weather and Earth-related changes. Pestilences too...COOTIES-19? But hey, if you don't believe in God or what the Bible says, that's OK (freedom, choice, UNHINDERED exchange of speech/ideas is a beautiful thing)...but at least believe in mother nature, GENUINE science, and its GENUINE history. NOT the media narrative, which is wholly-owned, controlled, and operated by who (yes, even RU-vid)? The New World Order entities (ie. CFR), who are pulling the strings today, and have been for a very long time. It's a complex web of deceit. The 'Deep State' is NOT fake. It is reality. And they adore using our sciences and scientific community to do their bidding. And of late? The Medical community. Foul souls they are. Ignore at your own peril...

The alarmist never tell you that land subsidence is also a factor in water levels. They also don't tell you about the cyclical changes the earth undergoes on an annual basis. They also don't tell you that only land based ice will effect sea levels. Floating ice dose not effect water levels just like the ice that melts in your iced tea glass.

Floating cities. Turn our government over to the practical Dutch. I like the Dutch.

I get people with LOG and COAL BURNERS telling ME to NOT leave my LAPTOP switched on ...because IT creates GLOBAL WARMING ...my laptop runs off electricity ...what does a log burner run off???

The earth has been around for millions of years and we’re supposed to care about 100 years of “data”?!

Bobmex's comment - O dear a northern science failure. You can learn alot from a crash dummy. I quit have way through my senior year. Nineteen years later I got my GED. It is written at the bottom of it. These are the HIGHEST scores achieved by exsammie. 4th in science.

I have been on the fence about climate change but im seeing something is going on! Im in ohio so i don't see the problems others are dealing with on a day to day basis. I can't understand why places like china and india are not caring about the pollution they are making. I think more people should get solar and find other ways to help.

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Neither this "documentary' nor the IPCC models are consistent with observational data. What are your sources for the 'rapid sea level change'? All the actual sea level data sources I can find show a slightly variable but overall reliable rise of 10 cm per decade; this figure has been essentially constant for as long as records have been kept. Why all this hysterical nonsense?

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Put your resource links for all the issues, proposals, and groups mentioned in this video, HERE, on RU-vid, in your description. Do not make your viewers have to go somewhere else to locate things. Encourage RU-vid/Google to take more responsibility to deal with global issues by providing collaborative, open, complete tools and resources for every video put on RU-vid. Not excluding, but sharing, indexing, documenting. Make RU-vid and your websites resources, not just chats, broadcast (all talk, no listen), entertainment (all show, no engagement or purpose or effective tools), but real tools, real groups, real resources, real collaboration and global human species shared memory. Richard Collins, The Internet Foundation

Total bull.

total dravel. And that music😂

your personal rights bump up against my right not to have to pay taxes to ensure the survival of your own little doomed Shangrila.

The Mark of the B is already here, (look at the Graphene hexagonal structure, that's the 666 - Graphene is carbon which accounts for 18% of the human body, so "the number of a man" is also 666) we are already at the end-time. Sea level rising might become very real. Especially the enemies possess weather weapon now. Read these verses: 1. The Lord will make Babylon " a possession for the bittern, and pools of water…" Isaiah‬ ‭14:23‬ ‭ 2. “Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?” ‭‭Job‬ ‭38:22-23‬ ‭ 3. “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭18:4‬ ‭ 4. “then let them which be in Judæa flee into the mountains: let him which is on the house top not come down to take any thing out of his house:” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:16-17‬ ‭ Come out of Babylons, escape to high elevation places. The time is now.

Don’t worry people the Democratic Party will save you

THE BIBLE IS THE NEWSPAPER OF THE FUTURE... REVELATION 12:12 THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS HAS A SHORT TIME. LUKE 21:25-28 ROARING WAVES YOU CAN SEE IT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Coastal elites feeling the pinch. I feel bad for them. Hopefully they'll get a bunch of that 3.5 trillion dollar Democrat slush fund to build those sea walls and save their second and third vacation homes.

White and privileged goodbye

We won’t be here in 10 years thanks to geoengineering

The people talking know nothing.

“Bahá'í Scriptures teach that, as trustees of the planet's vast resources and biological diversity, humanity must seek to protect the "heritage [of] future generations;" see in nature a reflection of the divine; approach the earth, the source of material bounties, with humility; temper its actions with moderation; and be guided by the fundamental spiritual truth of our age, the oneness of humanity. The speed and facility with which we establish a sustainable pattern of life will depend, in the final analysis, on the extent to which we are willing to be transformed, through the love of God and obedience to His Laws, into constructive forces in the process of creating an ever-advancing civilization” (The Baha'i International Community, 1995 Apr 06, Conservation and Sustainable) "... the Pen of the Centre of the covenant[Abdu’l-Bahá(The servant of the glory of God)]has repeatedly prophesied the intolerable calamities which must beset, this wayward humanity ere it heeds the life-giving Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh(The promised one of all ages)." "Chaos and confusion are daily increasing in the world. They will attain such intensity as to render the frame of mankind unable to bear them. Then will men be awakened and become aware that religion (The Bahá’í’ Faith) is impregnable stronghold and the manifest light of the world, and its laws, exhortations and teachings the source of life on earth." (Shoghi Effendi-Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 126) BAHA’U’LLAH (The promised one of all ages) is the divine physician who diagnoses the world’s malady; for the whole planet is ill and needs the power of a great specialist. Writing to the sovereigns of the world, He summoned that the hour for unity had struck-unity between countries, unity between religions. In this period of its evolution, the world of humanity is in danger. Every war is against the good pleasure of the Lord of mankind, for man is the edifice of God and war destroys the divine edifice. If an active, actual peace is brought about, the human world will attain to the utmost serenity and composure; wolves will be transformed into lambs, devils into angels, and terrors into divine splendours in less than the twinkling of an eye. BAHA’U’LLAH’S teachings are the health of the world. They represent the spirit of this age, the light of this age, the well-being of this age, the soul of this cycle. The world will be at rest when they are put into practice, for they are reality. Abdu'l-Baha (The servant of God)), Divine Philosophy, p. 84] “According to the teaching of the Prophets, disease and all other forms of calamity are due to disobedience to the Divine Commands. Even disasters due to floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes are attributed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá indirectly to this cause. The suffering that follows error is not vindictive, however, but educative and remedial. It is God's Voice proclaiming to man that he has strayed from the right path. If the suffering is terrible, it is only because the danger of wrongdoing is more terrible, for "the wages of sin is death." Just as calamity is due to disobedience, so deliverance from calamity can be obtained only be obedience. There is no chance or uncertainty about the matter. Turning from God inevitably brings disaster, and turning to God as inevitably brings blessing.” [Dr. J.E. Esslemont, Bahá’u’lláh (The promised one) and the New Era, p. 95]