From: "Daniel Terhell" 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.real-estate
Subject: Re: Buying property in Florida now?
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:51:54 +0200

"According to a simulation study by a group of scientists at NOAA's 
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), a 5-12% increase in wind 
speeds for the strongest hurricanes (typhoons) is projected if tropical sea 
surfaces warm by a little over 2 degrees"

http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~tk/glob_warm_hurr.html

/Daniel





"JJ"  wrote in message 
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> More global warming B.S.
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> "Most scientists don't see global warming as likely cause for surge in
> hurricanes"
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> http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cwarmingsep22,0,7122030.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
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> "Daniel Terhell"  wrote in message
> news:41586f39$0$559$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
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>> "oparr"  wrote in message
>> news:43650b7.0409270609.eb18c81@posting.google.com...
>> > Hi,
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>> > My wife and I had planned on buying some property in Florida solely
>> > for investment purposes long before this hurricane season. However,
>> > we're now having second thoughts as to whether this is still a good
>> > idea based on reports that 1 in 5 Florida homes were affected by the
>> > hurricanes. Even if exaggerated, we're thinking that property values
>> > may be affected negatively over time even in areas that were not hit
>> > by the hurricanes. Does this make sense or are our fears baseless?
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>> Your fears are not baseless. Extreme weather is a direct result of global
>> warning. Given that your government and the american population either
>> denies or  ignores the problem, it really does not take a prophet to
>> understand that the worst is yet to come.
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>> /Daniel
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