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Originally Posted by Mathgod
It also doesn't take into account the advancement in building codes, infrastructure, technology, etc to make these areas more robust and resistant to storms as compared to decades past.
That study you cited was published in 2011 and doesn't take into account storms since then.
Granted, damage dollars is a lousy way of gauging the strength of storms anyhow.
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Not only things like infrastructure, but just weather forecasting and communication. For those storms back in the early 1900's most people would have had no idea something so big and dangerous was about to hit. They wouldn't have had the same opportunities to prepare or escape.