Here are the ages of man...says the poet. The First Age was one of Gold. The time when gods walked with men. There was no death...nor disease. The earth was a paradise. But all things degrade. Thus came the Second Age of Silver. The age of Heroes...and Demigods. Death came to mankind. The Age of Bronze was one of memory...and legendary stories.... dust...disease...and misery. Archeologists and poet's ponder the sudden demise of once great empires of the past. In every case i ... t never ends well for the rank and file..soldier...peasant...or tax payer. Usually...it all comes down to the inability of the environment to sustain humankinds' reckless expansion to the point of collapse. Social institutions once gleaming gold dim to a pile of rust as the wealth and power of a society becomes concentrated into the detached...ever greedy hands of a very few. We see this in empires all the time. Just ask Alexander The Great...Caesar...and Cicero. You don't have to look far into our own history as the golden age of a vibrant middle class is but a distant memory. Excess in the ranks of the ruling elites is the kind of "trickle down" corruption that spells the ruin of institutions on which people depend. Disorder rules the day..as institutions finally crumble. What does this have to do with Hurricanes? The enormous profits of the oil industry are unresponsive to the dedregation and warning signs coming from the environment. Like Myans starving on the outskirts of a far flung empire from persistent drought..and soil depletion....the people of Puerto Rico are feeling the effects of "natural consequences". Meanwhile the ruling elites make great piles of what in the end will be meaningless cash. Like Myan Kings..they hide in their golden Wallstreet temples in denial of rising tides. Metaphor meets the beach as it has been long predicted by climate scientists that Gulf...Miami Beach...and other coastal places will eventually become uninhabitable. For Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands...repetitious acts of massive destruction could do this in a single generation. The horrific reality of changing times is upon us. It is a race against of time. Will we heed the wisdom of poets...the lessons seen in archeology...the statistics of scientists to save our souls? Don't depend on Trump to save you. That plummed serpent is mired in a self made corruption of his own...lacking in every way the ability to lead us in any positive direction. short length wedding garments in white color