I guess the question in this case (referring to comment # 33 regarding whether there really has been a trend and the reference to Michaels and
hurricane loss) boils down to weighing the normalisation of
hurricane loss (used to
adjust the trends in total
hurricane loss) against the calculations by Emanuel as well as the degree of representativeness in this case.
Roger A. Pielke, Jr., of the University of Colorado, has a must - read article in The Wall Street Journal, «Hurricanes and Human Choice,» that sets
Hurricane Sandy and its impacts in the broader context of hurricane and climate history — and drawing on his invaluable work assessing such impacts when the losses are «normalized» — a process akin to adjusting economic analysis for i
Hurricane Sandy and its impacts in the broader context of
hurricane and climate history — and drawing on his invaluable work assessing such impacts when the losses are «normalized» — a process akin to adjusting economic analysis for i
hurricane and climate history — and drawing on his invaluable work assessing such impacts when the
losses are «normalized» — a process akin to
adjusting economic analysis for inflation.