Factoid/2008/09/05
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Bad Coastal Development Policies Are Exacerbating Hurricane Damage
- "To date, rising trends in damage costs from hurricanes and tropical storms hitting the US have far more to do with population growth along storm-prone coasts than with any trends in the number, strength, or duration of the storms themselves." - excerpt summarizes the results of a recently published study by Roger Pielke, Jr.; excerpt appeared in this Christian Science Monitor article.
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