"Thomas Lee Elifritz" wrote in message
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September 12, 2004

Tim K. wrote:

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,

Global warming via hydrocarbon combustion is not subject to debate, it
is well within the 'cone of probability'.

But it wasn't my point so I set it 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.

So, you claim that quantification via estimation, i.e. science by
numbers, is absurd.

I claim that only valid estimation is worthy of direct comparison. Your
estimations do not take inflation of escalating property values into
account. It is invalid. It is not scientifically defensible.
And you call me an idiot. heh, nice.

Yet Another Idjit.

The issue is the original claim, this Atlantic hurricane season is
'relatively mild'. Uh huh.

Which has nothing to do with what I wrote.
Nice reading skills.