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MightyH20 t1_ja2l6zc wrote

Makes no sense to built homes from wood in climate change affected areas that deal with floodings, hurricanes or wildfires.

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tabrisangel t1_ja2xulm wrote

Deaths from disasters are way way way down from a historical perspective. It's an engineering problem that we've mostly solved since 1900. Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2019/11/15/no-hurricanes-are-not-bigger-stronger-and-more-dangerous/?sh=76451d034d9e

The actual changes in natural disasters seem to be theoretical and small. 2010-2020 had the least category 3 or higher hurricanes on record.

Also look at the chart here.

chart of intensity

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