Posted by greywolf on June 6, 2006, at 11:42:20
In reply to Not long!!!, posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 6, 2006, at 6:04:43
While I agree that climatological changes will probably have a greater adverse impact on North America than any nuclear incident in the foreseeable future, I'm not sure a storm like Katrina is proof of that. Remember, the impact of Katrina was exacerbated by where it struck more than by the storm's power. At landfall, Katrina was only a Cat 3, and while that's still a major storm, 3s hit portions of the US on average 2-3 times a season.
The better benchmark is probably the overall number of major storms, though only time will tell whether there's a consistent increase in those numbers.
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