Hurricane strength not up but damage is
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- Hurricane strength not up but damage is
- A tornado-wracked Kansas town leaps into the future as it rebuilds…
- A tornado-wracked Kansas town leaps into the future as it rebuilds…
- Dog returns to Arkansas family weeks after tornado broke open a fence…
Hurricane strength not up but damage is
Rocky Mountain News – Feb 25, 2008
inline –>Hurricanes are causing more damage not because the storms are greater but because there are more people and houses in their paths a study released Thursday says. “There is nothing in the U. hurricane damage record that indicates global warming has caused a significant increase in destruction along our coasts” said Chris Landsea one of the researchers who is with the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The researchers used an inflation index to compare economic damages over time. They found that that if the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane hit today it would cause the largest losses – $140 billion to $157 billion knocking Hurricane Katrina’s $81 billion to second on the list… hurricane damage record that indicates global warming has caused a significant increase in destruction along our coasts” said Chris Landsea one of the researchers who is with the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The researchers used an inflation index to compare economic damages over time. They found that that if the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane hit today it would cause the largest losses – $140 billion to $157 billion knocking Hurricane Katrina’s $81 billion to second on the list. “Unless action is taken to address the growing concentration of people and property in coastal hurricane areas the damage will increase by a great deal as more people and infrastructure inhabit these coastal locations” said Landsea. Roger Pielke of the University of Colorado is a co-author of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study. Subscribe to the Rocky Mountain News Share.
A tornado-wracked Kansas town leaps into the future as it rebuilds…
Kansas City Star – Feb 25, 2008
But many who remain have begun to dream big with the help of outsiders who believe Greensburg can become the country’s first enviro-mecca. It’s all happening under the gaze of television cameras and these days when TV crews show up to film your renovation good things have a way of happening. Faced with devastation a farm community with an aging population and shrinking tax base was more likely to scatter than rebuild. In rebuilding Greensburg Hewitt told the newspaper that “he’d like to make it a leader in environmentally sensitive design.
A tornado-wracked Kansas town leaps into the future as it rebuilds…
Kansas City Star – Feb 25, 2008
Seven months after the perfect storm the City Council committed Greensburg to the U. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum standard for use of energy efficiency water reuse and more. The city hired BNIM Architects of Kansas City to draw up a master plan that includes the first LEED Platinum building in the state of Kansas.
Dog returns to Arkansas family weeks after tornado broke open a fence…
Norwich Bulletin – Feb 25, 2008
— Every day since a tornado damaged the Harrises’ home and their dog’s pen the family has checked to see whether Pongo made it back. On Friday nearly three weeks after the storm he was — hungry but healthy. “He poked his head out of the dog house” said Tim Harris husband of Pongo’s owner Katresa Harris. “He was running; he was so excited to see her. ”The 9-year-old basset hound and blue heeler mix had been missing since the Feb… 5 tornado devastated the Gassville area. He apparently ran off after the tornado broke open a fence.