Just read this article about the recent escalation in natural disasters. In a nut shell, it indicates that perhaps it isn't global warming that is causing this. There aren't really more disasters than there were 100 years ago. Humans are just flocking to water and living crowded into flimsy houses. So, that is driving the cost and impact of a storm to increase. Actually the worst storm in history was in 1926 and by today's standards could have cost around $157 BILLION in damage. Katrina "only" cost $1oo billion. So you have it, there are not more storms. There are not stronger storms. Simply more people living closer together in a risky location. Ta da. As my son likes to say, "Al Gore is an idiot."
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