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In 1788, a hurricane hits the Jersey and New York coast, laying waste to what was then Manhattan. Preachers pronounced it as an "act of God" in retribution for man's misbehavior.

In 2012, a hurricane hits hits the Jersey and New York coast, laying waste to New Jersey and New York. "Experts" pronounced it as an "act of nature" in retribution for man's misbehavior.

Very little has changed.