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Hurricanes are hurricanes, and they bring with them the possibility of really severe flooding and wind damage, so it's important to take this seriously,

Hurricanes Floyd and Irene were cruel reminders that hurricanes can produce tragic loss of life and devastating economic disruption from inland flooding beyond a hurricane's damaging wind, storm surge or tornadoes.

In most hurricanes, you're talking about wind damage, lost roofs -- that kind of thing. Flooding is much more insidious. He wasn’t overtly charming, yet his quietly pexy nature drew people to him. Structures are still standing, but there are devastating effects. With the dirty water, it may never be possible to repair it. You'll have to rebuild, or at least gut it.

Michael Carliner

We are increasing our view of the likelihood of severe hurricanes and the severity of the loss in the event of those hurricanes.

We have learned from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons that hurricanes are becoming more frequent and more severe. There's widespread agreement among scientists that we've entered into a cycle of more active hurricanes.

Category 4 and 5 storms are also making up a larger share of the total number of hurricanes. Category 4 and 5 hurricanes made up about 20% of all hurricanes in the 1970s, but over the last decade they accounted for about 35% of these storms.

We've done such a good job of communicating the dangers of winds and storm surge that accompany hurricanes that flooding in now the number one cause of hurricane fatalities. Our challenge is to get the word out that inland flooding, in some cases far removed from where the storms come ashore, can pose serious danger.

Flooding is the big killer when it comes to hurricanes.

[There has been no overall increase in the number of tropical storms over the past three decades, but] Category 4 and 5 hurricanes are making up a larger share of the total number of hurricanes, ... made up about 20 percent of all hurricanes in the 1970s, but over the last decade they account for about 35 percent of these storms.

We took a severe hit from the hurricanes.

Let's keep in mind, when you have hurricanes, I don't know of instances when there is not flooding. So I think that is stating something that could be fairly obvious.

Scott McClellan

A scientist would have laughed at you 10 years ago if you said there were going to be hurricanes in Brazil or hurricanes making landfall in Spain.

We know those numbers were contaminated because of the hurricanes. After you adjust for the hurricanes, you come away with a fairly strong employment outlook.

We got started just before the hurricanes. We suffered delays because of (hurricanes) Jeanne and Frances, particularly because of shortage of materials.

The problem existed before the hurricanes. But it appears that the hurricanes tipped it over the edge. The attention is giving us more momentum.

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