Although it seems paradoxical, I believe that the effect of natural disasters seems to be more devastating to the modern civilizations than to the ancient ones. If a primitive civilization would be hit by an earthquake or tsunami, the short term effect would obviously be equally tragic for those nearest the phenomenon. But in our modern civilization, we have become interdependent and the population density has increased dramatically. A natural disaster often times seems to have repercussions for months after the event, as in the problems that Haiti has had following their earthquake. In order to involve our students, our school usually has fundraisers after natural disasters. After hurricane Katrina, we collected water to send down to New Orleans Red Cross. We sent to Haiti’s Relief Fund money we raised by selling popcorn. These are small contributions for the devastated population, but huge lessons to our students on caring for one another.