MSNBC, via Reuters: The damage caused to coastal cities by hurricanes promises to rise into the stratosphere, raising concerns about a possible $500 billion storm and prompting calls for tougher building codes.Devastating hurricanes like 1992's Andrew and Katrina of 2005 have failed to put a dent in massive construction along the hurricane-vulnerable Atlantic and Gulf coasts, where millions of people face evacuation when a storm threatens.Katrina, which swamped New Orleans, was the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, with damages of $80 billion.
....The higher prices tags are the inevitable result of U.S. migration to the coast, as well as rising real estate values, experts said at the U.S. National Hurricane Conference held this month in Orlando....
The eye of Hurricane Isabel, NASA, Wikimedia Commons
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