Hurricane Florence Likely To Be In Top 10 Costliest ($27 Billion)

[Economy 53,076]

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/florence-could-become-one-of-top-10-most-expensive-u-s-hurricanes-1.1135933

 

Estimates say Florence could make the top 10 for most costly US hurricanes in damages at $27 Billion. Here's the list so far:

 

Katrina (Fla., La., Miss.), 2005: US$160 billion 

Harvey (Texas, La.), 2017: US$125 billion 

Maria (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands), 2017: US$90 billion 

Sandy (Mid-Atlantic, New England), 2012: US$70.2 billion 

Irma (Fla.), 2017: US$50 billion 

Andrew (Fla., La.), 1992: US$47.8 billion 

Ike (Texas, La.), 2008: US$34.8 billion 

Ivan (Ala., Fla.), 2004: US$27.1 billion 

Wilma (Fla.), 2005: US$24.3 billion 

Rita (La., Texas), 2005: US$23.7 billion

 

Insane how 3 of the top 10 were last year and all of them after the new millenium. Even adjusting for inflation and pop growth it's insane

 

"But climate change is a hoax" say some

[tomsches 17,560]

3 of them in the last year alone.

China invented climate change!1!!!1!1!!!

[RIPheygirl 879]

When they won’t cough up the money for High as hope, u just gotta force it

[Yuuri 21,636]

Can't believe you guys are so brain washed by the lefties, a little wind never killed anyone.

[Fatigay 21,230]

[ARTPOPSTER 4,246]

Andrew taught everyone to be more prepared. My family lives in the town Andrew struck. Everything was leveled. Thankfully, the building code was strengthened and if we ever have another Andrew-like hurricane, damages will be much lesss significant. 

[swordstalker 1,829]

I bought some Lowe's and Home Depot stock over the past two years in my retirement account and it's almost a perverted reality we live in where certain stocks go up because people's homes and businesses get destroyed in natural disasters. It makes sense, because people have to rebuild, but it's sad that the world works that way.