Really? The Galveston hurricane in 1906 killed over 6,000 people. There were only 36% of hurricanes in the last 50 years than in the 50 years before that. So there are fewer hurricanes now than before the advent of the automobile and air travel.
And how did the last ice age without the internal combustion engine?
Through the 16th and 18th centuries, the Spaniards never figured out that August & September were not the best months to transport their gold and silver from the New World.ths