Drawing from my own experience, I believe that generally Nature is more benign than neutral or hostile, but this maybe due to the fact that I have not experienced disasters such as in New Orleans. The supplies we receive from our environment such as water and food keep us alive; without them we would not exist. So at times nature is a killer and at others a nurturer; it does what it can to keep the world in order.
Nature is everything so we cannot assign it into any separate group. Nature is all matter and energy, especially in its essential form. …