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...seems like disasters are getting more common, it's because they are. But some disasters seem to be affecting us in worse ways - and not for the reasons you may think. Floods and storms have led to most of the excess damage. The number of flood and storm disasters has gone up 7.4% every year in recent decades, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. (Between 2000 and 2007, the growth was even faster, with an average annual rate of increase of 8.4%.) Of the total 197 million people affected by disasters in 2007, 164 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Disasters Are Getting Worse | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

Before we become hopelessly lost in despair, however, there is good news: we can do something about this problem. We can enact meaningful building codes and stop keeping insurance premiums artificially low in flood zones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Disasters Are Getting Worse | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

...family and I were torn about whether to stay in the city or leave town," Martin said by e-mail. "Though there was a 'mandatory' evacuation, we knew that our part of town (The Garden District/Uptown) would not flood, and we wanted to take care of any damage to our house if need...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Students Tell of Gustav Evacuations | 9/2/2008 | See Source »

...themselves in front of a Cafe du Monde that lacked both chairs and the famous beignets. Elsewhere in the city, New Orleans evacuees had put their cars on the "neutral ground," as the space between the lanes of streets is called here, hoping that might save their vehicles from flooding. Never mind that the patch of land is barely a half-foot above ground. Perhaps the liveliest discussion came on the radio airwaves, where several callers cast their decision to stay as a battle of man versus nature. Meanwhile, residents of the seemingly flood-resistant Uptown neighborhood, defied Gustav from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Louisiana's Levees Hold? | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

...addition to Gustav's 12-foot storm surge, rain has been heavy, and three rivers in Harrison County are expected to crest above flood stage tomorrow, further complicating matters. But Pollard says things went smoothly for the county thanks to good planning and a new initiative by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, which coordinated with the state department of education to transport 539 people by school bus to shelters in Jackson, Miss. at no charge. Late on Sunday night, the county opened nine area schools, bringing the total number of sheltered residents to just over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Katrina, but Gustav Still Hurt | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

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