2012? Global Warming?

Now let me be clear. I'm not Nostradamus, not even close, and I'm not a big conspiracy theorist. There are a couple that I entertain the idea of being legitimate, but that's a different post for a different day. Its also important that I say I didn't see the movie 2012, that's not the inspiration for this post. A certain other current event is to an extent though. The earthquake in Haiti really got me thinking. I look back through the last few years. Think of all the hardship, all the "natural disasters". Katrina, the tsunami in south Asia a few years ago, the recent earthquakes in Haiti, these 3 incidents immediately come to mind. There have been other major hurricanes that stuck the south east here. Recently, the desert in Arizona encountered double digit inch rain totals (I forget which city it was around), flooding the area and causing small chaos. Even simple things like mild and rainy summers in the midwest can raise eyebrows and make one wonder if this is normal.
The question is... are all these natural disasters really natural? Well, with a little research I was able to find that there has been an increase in recorded natural disasters in the world since 1960. I don't want to entirely jump to conclusions, part of this is because of more accurate recording as time progresses and technology gets better. Its still a little unsettling.
But what's the cause? Is this god's rath for our greed and recklessness as a world of people? Is it the 2012 prophecy coming to life? Is it an effect of global warming? Does global warming exist? Unfortunately, I can't give an answer to this. Your guess is as good as mine. I will say this much though, its interesting a lot of these disasters have happened in places where they would inflict at lot of suffering. Haiti's flat broke, as are a lot of the people of south east Asia. Our government certainly botched the Katrina situation. It just goes to show, we think we can master nature, but really can't. Nature will always have the last word, we are guests on this planet, we depend on it, not the other way around.
The final thing I'll say is, I think something is up. I don't know what it is, or why, but something is wrong here. And I'm sure we'll find out about it in the future. My hope is its not something so dramatic and awe-striking as the attention grabbing things noted in this post. So any and all comments are welcome. Even if you think I'm entirely full of it. It an interesting topic to consider for a while.

-Hype