Richard Martinez, the father of one of the young victims, spoke powerfully on national TV about gun control and the spinelessness of the politicians who have caved to the gun lobby, as well as about the broader causes of such devastation.
The 8.3-magnitude Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 originated in this way, killing 140,000 and causing scenes of devastation in Tokyo and the great port city of Yokohama, even nearer the epicentre.But potentially more catastrophic is the kind of earthquake that might well up from the depths immediately below the capital.
The second point, he continues, "is that a burglary causes all sorts of devastation, so is wrong in itself.
The major cause of the devastation in the Ninth Ward and other areas of New Orleans was a result of the faulty design, construction and neglect of the levee system by the Army Corps of Engineers.
With recovery efforts now over, authorities have focused on the cause of the devastation.
"I have a hard time understanding the hate that could cause this kind of devastation.
Fridoun explained what had caused each piece of devastation, and after a while it seemed as though we were examining the city the way one assesses the age of a dead tree by counting the rings in its stump.
Winds of more than 100mph were recorded as Storm Gertrude battered large parts of the UK, causing a trail of devastation which left thousands of homes without power, buildings damaged and transport disrupted.
The "fundies" argued for radical change, the setting of stringent new priorities, and even the overthrow of capitalism and liberal individualism, which were taken as the major ideological causes of anthropogenic environmental devastation.
During this year's Global Concerns Classroom Annual Workshop, high school students explored the underlying causes of the drastic devastation that the drought has caused in the region.
