U.S. and Austrian lawyers have filed a lawsuit demanding Thailand, U.S. forecasters and the French Accor group answer accusations they failed in a duty to warn populations hit by December's Tsunami disaster, a lawyer said Monday.

The tsunami disaster was horrific, no question about it. But when did we begin to think that someone has to be responsible for everything that happens to us, that there must always be someone to blame?

Does this mean that I should sue the State of Kansas the next time a tornado comes through, or that I can sue the local weatherman who fails to predict a snowstorm? I'm not making light of this, of course, but I do think that our society has become incredibly, ridiculously litigious.

You can't fool Mother Nature. And you can't sue her, either.

Yahoo! News - Victims Sue Thailand, U.S., Accor Over Tsunami