The violent disruption of Haiti's elections Sunday seemed to destroy a notion that some mysterious, uncontrollable force had been wreaking violence on the land.

In 599 and 601, the Byzantine forces wreaked havoc amongst the Avars and Gepids.

One day, a force of alien invaders wreaked havoc on our planet Earth from the furthest reaches of outer space, wreaking havoc on its inhabitants and killing most of them.

THE THIRD SEAL - EARTHQUAKES AND FAMINES While Antichrist and his forces are wreaking military havoc, there will also be tremendous food shortages: "And when He [Christ] broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, 'Come.'

His forces are wreaking havoc.

What forces wreaked havoc on the Village in the 80's were only those forces wreaking havoc everywhere: trickle-down economics, corporate hubris, the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill.

One edifice in Manhattan was blackened; not only was it in total darkness, but the tremendous force of this gloom-projecting beam had also wreaked temporary havoc with all electrical equipment in its path.

The force that would pulverize firestone could also wreak considerable damage to a dragon's tongue.

The evolution of "smart" weapons, by letting an advanced military force wreak massive damage while sustaining little, has lowered a longstanding barrier to fulfilling the United Nations' mission: the reluctance of even right-minded nations to risk lives when their territory isn't immediately threatened.

When the forces of nature wreak havoc in this way, leaving behind a trail of destruction, death and injury, we cannot help but feel completely powerless.