In August 1814 British forces overran Washington D.C. causing President Madison and the rest of Government to evacuate.
They torched the WH, the Treasury, the Capitol, the Library of Congress and other buildings.
TWO DAYS INTO THIS, a "Freak storm"--i.e., a hurricane--tore through D.C. extinguishing the flames, killing British soldiers and forcing the Brits to evacuate on their remaining ships.
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May I digress into my personal theology? If we believe in God as an active intelligence in the world, then it is necessary to understand that God controls the awesome force we think of as "Probability."
Thus, we never see "The Laws of Physics" violated; or, if they are, then "Man" creates new theories.
In a sense, "Probability" is the ultimate physical force, and God can control things using this force while remaining invisible to those who will not see.
God controls the awesome force we think of as "Probability."
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We share similar thoughts when it comes to how God's creation (our Universe) developed (not "evolved").
The chaos theory folks are close, with their probabilistic event chain of events -- from the "flick of a "butterfly's wing" in, say, Zanzibar -- to a specific hurricane in DC.
Or -- from a targeted, perfectly timed cosmic particle causing subatomic upset in a specific chromosome in a specific cell -- to a new species.
Apparently we agree on Who takes action at those "inflection points"...
If you'd like to discuss this farther, I suggest we do it via FReepMail...
FRegards,
TXnMA
