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Hold up, the title is "The Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again" but the first map they show is "Losses in each ZIP code from major natural
by protomyth 8y ago
Hold up, the title is "The Places in the U.S. Where
Disaster Strikes Again and Again" but the first map they show is "Losses in each ZIP code from major natural disasters, 2002-17" in 2017 USD. This is really misleading because the a zip code could have one disaster and show up on the map. It would seem a different type of map that actually shows "again and again" would be much more appropriate.
- tgb 8y agoAnd since it's based on value, this is highly related to the number of people living there. There could be a perpetually-erupting volcano where no one lives and it wouldn't show up at all.
- WkndTriathlete 8y agoThat's addressed in the actual article to a small extent, but there is value in looking at both sets of data (total and per capita).
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