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Two can play this game! "Hurricane Katrina caused $81 billion in property damages, but it is estimated that the total economic impact in Louisiana and Mississi
by jychang 10y ago
Two can play this game!
"Hurricane Katrina caused $81 billion in property damages, but it is estimated that the total economic impact in Louisiana and Mississippi may exceed $150 billion"
Tell me again dirty power is cheap.
- ifdefdebug 10y agoI am not sure what's your point, but Hurricane Katrina was not a human-made catastrophe.
- CmdrSprinkles 10y agoBuilding anything that would be hazardous if destroyed on a below sea level area that is known to be hit by hurricanes was. But you are somewhat right. Katrina is a better comparison with Fukishima which, to my knowledge, was a combination of being a poor location and repeated environmental damage that wasn't properly repaired or maintained. The 2015 Tianjin explosion is a better comparison with Chernobyl as that was human error and poor maintenance, not "act of god" weather.
- klausjensen 10y agoAren't you thinking about Deepwater Horizon, the BP platformk oilspill - not Hurrican Katrina?
- CmdrSprinkles 10y agoOh, there are plenty of examples of traditional fossil fuels failing due to human error or just being built in really stupid locations. But I was specifically referring to the idea that Katrina was completely different as there was no human error involved in there.