"Both, in a relatively short period of time?" He frowns. "That's some biblical-plague-level stuff going on."

He's quiet for a few moments. "Where I'm from, the technology to manipulate the weather is possible but only a few parties have pulled it off on a small scale. And some of the methods we've used to try to strip natural resources from the land have caused earthquakes. Do you think there's some purpose behind this? Is someone controlling these disasters, or have we just been very unlucky?"