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Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by Theodores on Friday January 17, 2025 @06:55AM (#42736615)
I forgot that any exaggeration is not allowed on HN!

128 billion dollars is equivalent to 200,000 homes, or even more, which does not represent total obliteration, however, if that level of devastation happened in the UK, the only comparison would be what the Luftwaffe did during WW2.

Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by andsoitis on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:39AM (#42738732)
> 128 billion dollars is equivalent to 200,000 homes, or even more, which does not represent total obliteration,

As of 2023, FL has over 10.4 million homes.

> however, if that level of devastation happened in the UK, the only comparison would be what the Luftwaffe did during WW2.

If you are referring to The Blitz, the numbers I have access to is that over 1.1 million homes and flats were destroyed in London alone.

Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by Theodores on Friday January 17, 2025 @02:20PM (#42742188)
Those 1.1 million homes were destroyed over a period of years, not days.
Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by andsoitis on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:52AM (#42758090)
you compared the two, not me (" the only comparison would be what the Luftwaffe did during WW2.")