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Category: Weather
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John shows what -16 looks like on his thermometer. Here's what -10 looks like on the inside of my front door:
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*Alternative title: Global warming my a$$.
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The ugly reality of Coasian bargaining: With the anniversary of superstorm Sandy just a month away and the still-battered remains of homes visible on the beachfront, Gov. Chris Christie ordered the state to start legal action against holdout homeowners to get the dunes built. Help is on the way for oceanfront municipalities in their ongoing…
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Solomon Hsiang: Now posted as an NBER working paper (it should be out in REEP this summer): Using Weather Data and Climate Model Output in Economic Analyses of Climate Change Maximilian Auffhammer, Solomon M. Hsiang, Wolfram Schlenker, Adam Sobel Abstract: Economists are increasingly using weather data and climate model output in analyses of the economic…
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From the inbox–AccuWeather.com has set the 2013 Over/Under on U.S. landfalls from Atlantic Basin Hurricanes at 3. OK, they don't call it an Over/Under, but aren't most things more fun if gambling is involved? No? Is that just me?
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Matt Kahn: When you spend "other people's money", do you have the right incentives to rebuild in a smart way? … What if New Jersey's residents knew that there would never be another FEMA $ for rebuilding their state's residential and commercial structures and any new structures that would be built post-Hurricane Sandy would have to…
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From the inbox: About 150 images of the NC coast (between Ocracoke and Sandbridge, VA) taken during a flight yesterday are now available online at https://picasaweb.google.com/psdspix/PostSandyStructures and https://picasaweb.google.com/psdspix/HurricaneSandyHighway12Pix. These are from Andy Coburn, Associate Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina University. Here is a sample: That used to be NC 12…
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Halfway 10% of the way to trillion, with a T: Economic damages inflicted by Hurricane Sandy could reach $50 billion, according to new estimates that are more than double a previous forecast. Some economists warned on Thursday that the storm could shave a half percentage point off the nation’s economic growth in the current quarter. Losses…
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Some environmentalists say New Jersey should consider not rebuilding everything lost to Superstorm Sandy. U.S. Geological Survey scientist Jeffress Willliams says that rising sea levels and changing weather patterns make it likely that the coast will be hit by more frequent destructive storms. He and other shoreline advocates say officials should consider restricting development to…
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…made the weather channel photos (parents and brother's family are all good and kept powere throughout).
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