Mr Christensen insisted that natural disasters, unlike financial crashes and recessions brought on by economic policy mistakes, are typically followed by rapid recoveries.
OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme on natural disasters - unpredictable events or catastrophes which cannot be controlled by humans, and which are sometimes called acts of God.
Then they sauntered over to my house and sat on the steps for half an hour while at her request I remained watchfully in the garden: 'In case there's a fire or a flood, ' she explained, 'or any act of God.'
People seem to consistently be linking every disaster, both those that occur naturally and those that are man-made, to the words that Michel de Nostradame wrote 400 years ago.
For example, it's clear that interpersonal trauma, like rape or violent muggings, are more likely to result in PTSD than accidents or environmental disasters.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will strengthen farmland management and better prepare for weather-related disasters as well as plant diseases and pests.
But because we're becoming butter... I mean... better at predicting those events — and recognizing our own contributions to them — the success of the act of god defense may soon be relegated fully to the margarines.