The High Cost of Hurricanes

According to the Master of Public Administration program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the last decade has had 15 of the costliest hurricanes on record that resulted in thousands of casualties, millions of destroyed homes and more than $310 billion in total damage.

The Decade of Destruction infographic “explores the devastating damage caused by hurricanes between 2004 and 2013, the relief and recovery efforts of government agencies and NGOs, and preventive measures taken to protect the nation’s most vulnerable communities from future natural disasters.”

Katrina was the costliest hurricane at $108 billion with Sandy coming in second at $71.4 billion. A growing number of studies have shown that the economic cost of not acting on climate change is likely to be calamitous and increase the number of extreme weather events, including hurricanes.

See for yourself the impact the last decade of destruction has had on people, planet and the economy.

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http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/10/10/rainfall-floods-observations-more-reliable-than-climate-models/

Press Release 10/10/14

London, 10 October: A new briefing paper from the Global
Warming Policy Foundation reviews the scientific literature on rainfall
and floods and finds little evidence that there have been significant
changes in recent years and little support for claims that they will
become worse in future.

Despite claims to the contrary, there has been no significant change in
rainfall trends in recent years both at global and UK levels. It remains
very difficult to make strong claims about any changes there have been
because of high natural variability in rainfall patterns, particularly
in the UK.

Rainfall is a particularly difficult area for climate models, which
have limited ability to recreate what is seen in the real world. Since
these climate models are the main basis of claims that extreme rainfall
and flooding events are being adversely affected by man-made global
warming and that rainfall will become worse in the future, policymakers
should treat such modelling with extreme caution.

Author Andrew Montford said, “We are constantly bombarded with
insinuations that storms and floods are caused by or ‘linked to’ climate
change.”

“In reality these claims are usually based on climate models, which have
a demonstrable inability to tell us anything reliable about rainfall.
The scientific evidence shows that a simple extrapolation of rainfall
averages over time can give better rainfall predictions than climate
models,” he added.

Rainfall & Floods – Observations More Reliable Than Climate Models

Full paper (pdf)
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Huh ? Atlantic hurricanes are at the Lowest Frequency Ever Recorded ! World ACE ..Accumulated Cyclonic Energy is at a Forty Year Low and has been since 2006 .
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This is clearly a False Article . Clear sign of Desperation to tie something, Anything negative to C02 !
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Sure Sign the Skeptics were Right ALL ALONG ! The Alarmists now are reduced to MAKING THINGS UP !

The High Cost of Hurricanes

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