tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post5644556681154415491..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Calculating the cost of climate changeSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-575573677836543702013-03-23T20:41:54.183+11:002013-03-23T20:41:54.183+11:00It is certainly misleading by omission to argue th...It is certainly misleading by omission to argue that Sydney's hail storm, affecting maybe 15 km2 of some of the most expensive and highly insured real estate in the country,can be introduced into cost comparisons without caveat. <br /><br />I agree with your aside about lack of insurance potentially skewing comparisons again. Many affected by this weeks tornadoes in rural Victoria will likely be underinsured or without insurance. Many places in harms way relatively frequently face rising premiums or straight-out refusal to insure. Other river valleys have seen massive erosion and stream bank 're-engineering' that will see high sediment loads,expensive rehabilitation,new sediment plugs and downstream effects to estuaries for seasons.<br /><br />A lot of the cost of damaged public infrastructure up my way will be spread over the financial year,and/or between years,and its cost blurs into ongoing ever present maintenance costs. Sure,the cost of the Sydney hailstorm had a tail as well;I remember many a blue tarp still in place months later. <br /><br />We are some way from estimating the cost of the angry summer:people in the Burnett Valley still have limited access because of flooding,six weeks after the event. Farmers down my way have had pasture under water for five weeks from three closely spaced floods,and after that inundation,it will take months for pasture to recover.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537772941984056434noreply@blogger.com