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OkSpot2437 t1_ivr4fkr wrote

Reply to comment by USAFacts_Official in Frequency of billion-dollar natural disasters in the US (2021 dollars), 1980 – 2022 [OC] by USAFacts_Official

Doesnt account for the fact of the amount of houses and buildings that have been built in the last 40 years. Areas where tornadoes and severe storms hit would've been empty barren land, now are developments.

You need to adjust for that a data. You need to adjust for the porpotion of land that is occupied by buildings/structures and unoccupied land.

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If you can account for that, your data is flawed and mispresentative of the truth.

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mrWizzardx3 t1_ivr79s2 wrote

And beach-shore property/population have only grown in the last 40 years. More people, more infrastructure, higher property values to damage.

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