Hurricane Impacts Debate

Comments discuss the risks, frequency, predictability, and historical impacts of hurricanes like Katrina and Harvey, often questioning their relevance to the article or comparing them to other disasters like tornadoes.

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TFA nationalgeographic.com US D.C P3 NOAA PR CA U.S hurricane storm floods tornado category damage city florida flood damaging

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almosthere Nov 23, 2025 View on HN

I guess it makes sense to skip the hurricane

tlrobinson May 25, 2010 View on HN

A comment on that page mentions hurricanes. Anyone have any idea how hurricanes might affect the situation?

chinathrow Apr 24, 2016 View on HN

What megastorms? Did I miss anything?

chrisper Aug 27, 2017 View on HN

Hurricanes (or natural disasters) are one in a lifetime event?

vGPU Dec 4, 2023 View on HN

What happens if there’s a storm? Hurricane? Etc?

kochikame Apr 23, 2019 View on HN

Not a tornado, a hurricane (or typhoon as it's called in the Eastern hemisphere)

malkia Apr 25, 2015 View on HN

Or the devastating hurricanes here in US....

eastbound Oct 12, 2024 View on HN

Noob question: How comes hurricanes aren’t a problem?

ams6110 Sep 9, 2017 View on HN

Doesn't seem out of line with casual observations. The last really disastrous hurricane was Katrina and that was over a decade ago.

spaztastical Sep 28, 2021 View on HN

and those places have hurricanes or tornadoes