tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367053740188758246.post8767460262956965772..comments2023-06-21T00:39:34.443-07:00Comments on Dosbat: Some notes on the Early August Cyclone.Chris Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843133350978717556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367053740188758246.post-50043612581119531492012-08-11T09:39:15.945-07:002012-08-11T09:39:15.945-07:00Oh, regards insurance losses.
Check out the Idiot...Oh, regards insurance losses.<br /><br />Check out the IdiotTracker on my blog roll - The New Normal, Literally. That post has a little graphic of insurance losses due to thunderstorms, The Tracker notes that data for 2012 isn't in yet but could sustain the increase.<br /><br />So in the throes of a recession some Americans call a depression the high levels are sustained. Yet I'd have thought that one of the first things someone in dire financial circumstances 'has a holiday' from is insurance costs. I could be wrong, but I'd expect that if the increase trend were due to economic growth then when the economy falters the trend should follow suit.Chris Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843133350978717556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367053740188758246.post-58691928331023967922012-08-11T09:30:26.142-07:002012-08-11T09:30:26.142-07:00I'm getting more and more confident that as it...I'm getting more and more confident that as it continues this 'global weirding' of the weather will be seen as the time the persistent odd weather started. Furthermore I think in years to come the Arctic link will be strengthened. As will Hansen's stance with his 'climate dice' argument.<br /><br />But as you say - it's early days. We need to be patient and watch it all unfold.Chris Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843133350978717556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367053740188758246.post-68030625219477990922012-08-11T08:43:49.325-07:002012-08-11T08:43:49.325-07:00I think looking at weather patterns and it's e...I think looking at weather patterns and it's extremes over the last few years, very little has been un-typical or exceptional including this Arctic storm, but what does seem unusual is that there seems, I admit anecdotally from my point of view, an over increase of such events but perhaps I am not looking for 'odd' weather. <br /><br />The denier sites are quick to point out that 'this drought or that flood, or storm' has happened before perhaps even worse but have all these events happened in the same time frame of months, seasons or years. I feel not but the trend hasn't yet emerged from the background yet. <br /><br />Insurance costs for damage has significantly increased but is this just due to increase value of structures and more people with insurance?Lazarushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139033650731770470noreply@blogger.com