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Re:Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again by framebit on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:32PM (#17146300)
Not exactly. This maps shows insurance claims related to natural disasters, not incidence of natural disasters. Big states out west have very low population density as compared to spots east of the Mississippi. If a raging forest fire or severe storm happens on a big stretch of BLM land in Nevada, nobody's going to make an insurance claim about it.
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Re:Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again by bsharitt on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:29PM (#17147425)
That was my impression as well. While hurricane prone areas are highlighted well, once you move out of those areas, the map seems to start correlating to population to a large degree. Granted there are some cities missing and and some rural areas as red spots.
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Re:Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again by cirgue on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:03PM (#17150084)
Charlotte and Raleigh are conspicuously absent.
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Re:Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again by slededit on Saturday May 26, 2018 @11:36PM (#17165329)
If nature happens and nothing gets damaged is it really a "disaster"?
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Re:Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again by desdiv on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:20PM (#17150156)
Exactly. Property losses correlates with population density. Related XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1138/
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