A lot of religious types in America, how come they couldn't pray the hurricane away?

Somehow the sin of one guy thousands of years ago caused not only for the ground to be cursed and produce thorns and thistles (at least the Bible actually says that part) but also caused the animals to begin to eat each-other and natural disasters to occur. All things are possible with God, therefore he can't do anything about natural disasters because they are caused by our sins. It makes sense if you don't think about it.