Are the storms really that big? Can the cost be blamed on man?

They’re not getting more deadly or powerful.

The deadliest natural disaster in US history occurred over a century ago in Galveston.

exactly.

I read some article yesterday about how there is an exodus from the Keys because of the strength of hurricanes being greater and the sea level change.
It was a bunch of crap and lots of the same statements repeated by the greenies with climate change creating more power storms with more water, rising sea levels, and this stuff is never backed up with data.
They can't back the data up, so they just keep repeating it everywhere so it becomes "truth".

One interview in the article was an older couple that was moving to NC mountains because they were to old to rebuild again. So it implies they have had to rebuild before but it is age that has pushed them to the mountains. So you can't blame that person exiting on climate change.

Let me say this about that. I have a house in the lower Keys, and the only exodus here is millions of dollars being spent on new construction of waterfront homes. I am amazed at the money coming in and the extravagance of the houses being built.

The price of existing houses being sold is sky high so there are still a good number of folks that want to be here. Also the amount of building permits are fixed and will drive prices higher for those who can afford new construction. But people are still buying.

Irma chased some away but that has been replenished. Now the amount of normal folks like myself are finding the price of common goods damn high right now. Tourism is booming and they don’t really care how expensive restaurants are and spend money like it’s going out of style.

The American Indians were smart enough not to live on the coast...with a view.

Do you believe the climate change nonsense?

Check out the Kranenkawas.

The Galveston disaster was not only due to a storm, but lack of ability to track the storm. They lost it after it passed the Caribbean’s and an idiot meteorologist gave the warnings no mind. Galveston had no idea it was heading to them until to late. Communication was also poor. During the aftermath resources were slow to arrive due to not being able let people know. Transportation was a limiting factor. The storm knocked out rail cars, roads, etc. another factor was lack of ownership between local, state, and federal governments. Lots of finger pointing. All this to say I don’t believe the Galveston hurricane to be an appropriate barometer to determine the power of hurricanes.

Edit: forgot about lack of building codes…

Isn't Sea Level always at Sea Level?

But if Sea Level was rising, wouldn't we be able to see it somewhere like the Dry Tortugas?

Every year there are about two really bad storms. When these make make landfall, all you hear about is climate change. When the other dozen or occur, none of this is brought up. Hurricane Betsy and Camille were two of the nastiest storms that impacted my family and people I know, and no one talked about climate change back then. If those two storms would happen today, that’s all you would be hearing about.