The original article was about cost of damage from storms. It was looking at the past. If the atlantic basin has not yet seen an increase in number of hurricane

The original article was about cost of damage from storms. It was looking at the past. If the atlantic basin has not yet seen an increase in number of hurricanes or intensity of them than that's important when looking at the reason for storm damage costs. We can't yet say the increase in cost is due to hurricanes. Projections on future increases (which concern me) do not have an effect on already observed costs. I know places where this point is lost.