Surely many of us have at least once heard such a phrase: "What to do, it was a phenomenon that did not depend on the will of man." The expression is really heard. But what exactly it means is necessary to tell in more detail.
About the concept
So, a phenomenon independent of the will of a person is called an event. This is what happens in reality, regardless of a person’s desire.
There is a typical example in jurisprudence. Suppose a certain person has died. Her death entails legal consequences. These include: the division of the inheritance, the promulgation of a will, the search for debts, if any, of the deceased. These are relative events. They arise by the will of the subjects, however, they develop and subsequently flow regardless of their desires.
But there are still absolute events. They should be discussed separately.
About absolute events
These are phenomena that do not depend on the will of people. They are called that way. And these are natural disasters. That is, destructive natural phenomena that pose a threat to human life and health, and are also fraught with destruction or even complete destruction of material values (houses, buildings, entire cities and settlements).
They can arise for various reasons. Sometimes - independently of each other. In other cases, one event entails a second. Then the third, fourth, fifth, etc.
Regardless of the source of their occurrence, these events are large-scale. But the duration may be different. For example, a powerful snow avalanche (like an earthquake with a limnological disaster) can destroy everything in the district in a matter of minutes or even seconds. Mudflows (streams with rock fragments) demolish everything in its path for several hours. Landslides destroy the terrain in a couple of days. And floods can last for months. All these are phenomena that do not depend on the will of people. They are called differently, but the destructive power of all is notable for its considerable power.
Attempts to shift the blame on nature
Of course, natural events are phenomena that are not dependent on the will of man. But is it all? Not at all. Of course, the origin of a natural catastrophe can be blamed on any factor whatever your heart desires, but far from in all cases a person turned out to be out of business.
In 2006, for example, workers at PT Lapindo Brantas tried to find natural gas by drilling an area on the Indonesian island of Java. Their actions had terrible consequences - after two months, 11 villages on the island and rice fields with a total area of 2.5 kilometers were buried under a thick layer of silt due to the explosion of a mud volcano. And 7 people still died, because under its pressure a gas pipeline exploded. The company persistently insisted that everything happened due to the earthquake. But expert studies have proven the opposite.
Mud emissions continue to this day. 1,500,000 people relocated to other places, and a crater formed on the site of the exploding volcano, whose diameter is 146 meters. By the way, the company paid a fine of $ 278 million.
Triggered flood
What constitutes a phenomenon that does not depend on the will of man is clear. Earthquakes, avalanches, floods ... But only with the latter one can argue.
In 1919, Boston literally flooded with black molasses - a by-product of sugar production. It was used to get ethanol.
In January, an accident occurred at the plant. In simple terms, the giant tub with molasses just ... burst. And a thick liquid at a speed of 60 km / h just flooded the city. The maximum wave height was 4 meters! No casualties: 20 dead and 50 injured. The plant had to pay $ 600,000 in compensation (a lot of money at the time). Naturally, this is not a phenomenon that does not depend on the will of man. This event occurred due to the sluggishness and irresponsibility of the people who worked in the company.
Coal mountain explosion
At the very beginning, factors that were independent of the will and desire of people were listed. Perhaps one of the most terrible is the explosion of a volcano. We were able to verify this in 1966. True, then it was not a volcano that exploded, but a huge man-made mountain, formed over 50 years from coal slag. It was located above the village of Aberfan, which is located in Wales. The mountain was so huge that even the sun covered it. Moreover, it was not strengthened by anything. And the question regarding the analysis of the mountain was raised by caring people more than a dozen times. However, all requests were ignored. However, in 1966, the resolution of the issue, for deplorable reasons, was not needed.
Then it rained in Aberfan. Very long and strong. When they ended, the mountain collapsed. A huge coal mass weighing 100 tons at incredible speed swept down and buried under itself part of the territory and the local school, in which there were about 100 students. But the number of victims, of course, was greater. The management of the mine paid only a fine and compensation to relatives in the form of 500 pounds for each victim. This tragedy will forever remain in history as an indicator of striking human irresponsibility. Like many other cases.