Statistically, yes, sir.

It seems to me that one of the--one of the real values of the public model, where emphasis really ought to be placed is on what the public values are, here.

I recall a huge part of economic loss that we've gotten better at preventing is by having FEMA ready...

To what degree do the insurance companies and reinsurance companies use the public model to determine loss and therefore to determine what the premiums are?

A decade ago, European insurance companies were getting more interested in the effects upon their economic activities more so than were American insurance companies.

Earlier, Dr. Spinrad, you were talking about the importance of measuring the winds at the surface of the ocean as a means of trying to predict the direction and intensity of hurricanes.

What is the relationship, if any, between climate change and hurricanes?

I think this has tremendous impact on what we want to do in the future, as we think about what sort of mitigating steps we're going to take.

I think there is a clear need for advanced and increased research in many areas.

There is no civilization there, except mangroves. But, that's right, across that moist Everglades, it kept up its speed, and by the time it got to Miami and Fort Lauderdale, it did some real damage.

Hurricanes are amongst the most destructive natural phenomena on earth.