"Thomas Lee Elifritz" wrote in message
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September 11, 2004

"Tumbleweed" wrote in message :

The damage caused is a function of where they happen to land 9( at
random),
and the fact that there are "a **** load more" people living in Florida
than ever did before. You cannot measure weather effects by economic
damage!

Global warming debate aside, about the only way to refute that paragraph is
call him a name because it's exactly right on. I've lived on the barrier
island in Brevard County all my life (45 years) and guess what - there are a
"****-load" more people living here. Comparing storms across decades by
comparing damage *estimates* is absurd.