Exactly! Just as a reminder of the lethality of hurricanes historically---the record holder for deadliest natural disaster in the USA is ..... the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. They still don’t know exactly how many people perished--between 6000-8000 deaths. Max winds of 140 mph. Left 30,000+ people homeless. No global warming caused that…
Exactly! Just as a reminder of the lethality of hurricanes historically---the record holder for deadliest natural disaster in the USA is ..... the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. They still don’t know exactly how many people perished--between 6000-8000 deaths. Max winds of 140 mph. Left 30,000+ people homeless. No global warming caused that. Of course, they didn’t know the storm was coming. So technology in forecasting has has helped, but as we saw in Maui, advances in warning systems only work if you use them.
Exactly! Just as a reminder of the lethality of hurricanes historically---the record holder for deadliest natural disaster in the USA is ..... the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. They still don’t know exactly how many people perished--between 6000-8000 deaths. Max winds of 140 mph. Left 30,000+ people homeless. No global warming caused that. Of course, they didn’t know the storm was coming. So technology in forecasting has has helped, but as we saw in Maui, advances in warning systems only work if you use them.