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Hurricanes are increasing in destructiveness to humans and property because more people are building and storing more in hurricane-prone places.

According to measurements of things that can really be compared like wind speed, wave height, distance moved inland, etc., we had big, bad hurricanes 150 years ago.

It's been a while since I saw someone's list of the ten worst hurricanes/cyclones/storms-of-tropical-origin in US history, based on meteorological factors rather than human activity. I know the link I followed to the list has been broken; don't know whether the list is still there. With that caveat, as best I recall, the Johnstown Flood (1880s iirc) was #1. I forget whether even Katrina squeaked into the #10 position or was down below the list. Camille, Hugo, the other human-named hurricanes we remember weren't even close. Ian wouldn't be either.

So...assuming any validity for the meteorological measurements, hurricanes' impact on humankind IS based on human behavior, and IS increasing, but not in a way that fits into any of the best known models of climate change.

(I'm a skeptic, so I get mistaken for a climate change denier. I'm not. I see the biggest barrier to awareness of real, verifiable, local climate change being that people have been polarized about politicized theoretical models of global climate change. If I say to people, "Do you realize downtown Kingsport was 21 degrees hotter than my house is now, and the drive back took less than half an hour? What do you think that means?" they'll say "It means you've been spending too much time on the Internet reading left-wing rubbish about global warming! Don't you know that's only an excuse to destroy our country!" We have to look for the facts, which mostly lie in between the extremes.)

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MAYBE Y'ALL COULD POST & SHARE FROM EPA SITE TO ALL THE PEOPLE TO SEE & SHARE PLEASE?

October is Children's Health Monthhttps://www.epa.gov › sites › files › documents

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October is. Children's Health. Month. How many tips can you follow in 31 days? 1 Get Your Child ... EPA's Carbon Emissions Calculator at www.epa.gov/. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-09/documents/chm_2011_poster_v3_nocrops.pdf

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LMAFO loved the video!Needed that lets do more, more, more... Actions are louder than words... MEANwhile heaping piles of toxic turds... The insanity is even w/ fossil fools there isn't enough & they dump toxic stuff; IRL history from thousands of years ago proved how successful wind & sun BC!

WHY DOESN'T THE GOVERNMENT SHARE ALL THESE EASY TO KNOW LEARN & INSPIRE FACTS? WE ALL PAID FOR THEM WHY NOT SHOW & TELL US? I've been writing to our leaders requesting help.

Quick DIY how not to die videos like fun ways to die RR videos to make us LOL & learn?

For the record we all need to learn what to do in choas & crisis before during & after.

Mass Shootings? Do you or anyone need to know what to do? They say schools are prepared but the public is clueless & it's in our churches, malls, parades, parties... What will U do? What to do?

How to put out fires & prevention at home w/ proper equipment?

How to be prepared in a car jacking, robbery, get to car safe from work & school?

How to manage IAQ & protect our health form toxic indoor plumes?

How to dry out in times of flooding & personal at home damages?

All these facts are a rabbit hole leaving us all to deal with worse circumstance & predators...

Shouldn't all our kids be safer together w/ fun savvy skills & tools that are all bought & paid for by the people for the people Erin & Suzanne?

Why aren't we putting all these facts on public access TV & local stations so people can be prepared instead of terrified, ripped of sick & scared?

We worked hard for years to get EPA contacts on our local stations because of TOXIC RELEASES!

Why when we have all the safety equipment we need for home don't we provide it to all of the schools/churches or pick up at local FD/town halls for kids/parents to take home like carbon monoxide & fire detectors & extinguishers?

Why FIRE needs proper equipment to extinguish LITHIUM BATTERIES + battery fire safte disposal?

How to properly pull over w/ police or break down where to stand to be safe while you wait for help?

How to steer vehicles & tools for everyone ROAD SAFE rules & tools snow, rain, accident?

Self-defense in our homes by police from predators from personal saftey, auto etc.?

30-60 seconds or less for CAN DO DIY LIFE SAVING SUCCESS!

ISN'T IT CRAZY THAT TEMPERATURE GAUGES INSIDE HOMES W/ RH% CAN SHOW & TELL IF YOU HAVE HIDDEN WATER DAMAGES THAT CAN IMPACT HEALTH & SIGNIFICAT COSTS & LOSS & ALL OF WE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT?

Why isn;t the EPA, FEMA, CDC, NIOSH, WHO all putting out life sustaining & attainable fun facts out there for all of us/US? We all pay for their jobs & science together, why not share the love, laughter & be prepared not scared together?

I freaking LOVE TOOLS! Fun & waiting to get soemone else to do it or pay for it can be DIY Savvy!

Why do all the tool companies ignore kids & women when it comes to DIY HOME HEALTHY CARE?

USA PopUlation 49% KIDS + 50%+ Women & yet we're stuck with toxic IAQ? Life Saving FUN FACTS

Women decide most purchases, where to live, insurance & not sold tools to protect health & homes?

All our issues impacting our health & homes is all easy & needs to be done 24/7 = Healthy + Safe.

Respect, Detect, Prevent & Protect tools are on EPA & other sites but not in our heads/hands?

ALL successful business is based on past predicts future behaviors & our lives depend on learning.

In all sincereity if it hadden been for School House Rock & other wonderful TV tools I would've never survived school. Learning is hard but being visual learners we crawl, talk (ball) walk & learn to live.

It should be easier given we have easy share & care right & write in the plams of our hands.

FUN GOVERNMENT FACTS WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO BUT DON'T KNOW YET...

Americans+ Loving; Living; Learning & Leading SolUtions is ALL 4; 1 = HumanKIND

#AllOfUSTogether #GlobalStrong #ErinBrockovichIT #KidsLivesAlwaysComeFirst #CMON

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WHAT IS A WIND TURBINE? The concept of harnessing wind energy to generate mechanical power goes back for millennia. As early as 5000 B.C., Egyptians used wind energy to propel boats along the Nile River. American colonists relied on windmills to grind grain, pump water and cut wood at sawmills. Today’s wind turbines are the windmill’s modern equivalent -- converting the kinetic energy in wind into clean, renewable electricity."... https://www.energy.gov/articles/how-wind-turbine-works

... "Solar technology isn’t new. Its history spans from the 7th Century B.C. to today. We started out concentrating the sun’s heat with glass and mirrors to light fires. Today, we have everything from solar-powered buildings to solarpowered vehicles. Here you can learn more about the milestones in the historical development of solar technology, century by century, and year by year. You can also glimpse the future. This timeline lists the milestones in the historical development of solar technology from the 7th Century B.C. to the 1200s A.D." ...

https://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/solar_timeline.pdf

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