Re: Worse than 1938
Posted by cypresstx on 10/30/2012, 3:04 pm
for anyone who's curious, here's the Pielke et al. 2008 document

here's the ICAT damage estimator website

I see this site estimates $20 billion, but this story says $35-$45 billion.  This story says $10 billion

Personally, I'm thinking they can't possibly have a clue just yet & possibly not for years - buildings will be inspected, more damages will be found, costs will go up, etc, etc...

It will likely keep the numbers people debating & crunching numbers for quite some time

To everyone who has suffered damage or had loved ones injured or lost, the numbers really don't matter, because it is currently their most painful loss & you just can't put a number on that  


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