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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.

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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.
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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.")
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