User blog comment:Monkey d strawhat/Dream crushing New World/@comment-3119203-20120306021738

The reason there are a ton of powerful pirates and such in the New World is because of the weather and dangerous conditions. I mean, look at just the things we have seen. One of the islands is half ice and half flame, one of them is raining thunder, and one of them is a gigantic floating ball in the sky that drags in ships.