This doesn't mean much if you consider we may have just gotten better about pred...

		njovin on July 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Florida ocean temps surge to 100F; mass coral blea... This doesn't mean much if you consider we may have just gotten better about predicting and avoiding human loss during extreme weather events. A better indicator IMO is the amount of property damage from extreme weather events, which has been trending up sharply since the 80s: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/summary-stats#temp...

That's because there are more buildings.