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IEEE Spectrum August 2006	Modeling Toward Accurate Storm Forecasting For the time being, getting the weather right will still require a large dose of good fortune. But continued improvements in our weather predicting capabilities will eventually take the guessing out of storm prediction and bring us to the moment when wagering on the weather will be a safe bet indeed.
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Popular Mechanics August 21, 2008 Emily Gertz	Desert Storm Watch: Scientists Observe Saharan Dust to Predict the Next Big Hurricane Season A University of Wisconsin researcher and his team have connected the dry, windswept plains of the Sahara to the intensity of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Geotimes July 2003 Christina Reed	La Nina predicted to boost hurricane season This year's hurricane season is promising strong activity due to a confluence in time of La Nina, which is expected to arrive this summer, with a multidecadal pattern of tropical rainfall that supports hurricane activity.
Geotimes February 2007 Richard J. Murnane	Science, Catastrophe Risk Models and Insurance An appreciation of how scientific research is used in the insurance industry's catastrophe risk models provides some insight on the relationship between geoscience and insurance.
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IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Robert Gall & David Parsons	It's Hurricane Season: Do You Know Where Your Storm is? Souped-up satellites, supercomputers, and superior science might soon mean you really can trust the weather report.
Reason April 2007 Ronald Bailey	Bad Blow Hurricanes and global warming is a hotly debated area with no definitive conclusions.
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BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 Coy & Aston	Hurricane Ahead, But Lower Insurance Why the price of property coverage is going down in the face of dire predictions.
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The Motley Fool December 18, 2006 Brian Lawler	Nice: No Hurricanes Thankfully, we experienced nice weather in 2006. After the unprecedented losses incurred in 2005, almost anything would have been better for insurers this year. Investors, take note.
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Bank Systems & Technology January 31, 2006 Ivan Schneider	Vicious Hurricane Cycle Although one can hope that the upcoming hurricane season will defy the predictions that have accompanied the start of the decades-long hurricane cycle, the banks in the Gulf Coast must do more than hope. They must plan, and plan for the worst.
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Geotimes November 2005 Megan Sever	The Increasing Costs of U.S. Natural Disasters Population trends, mitigation efforts and federal disaster relief policies all contribute to encouraging high-risk land use and ultimately to making our society more vulnerable to the costs of natural disasters.
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BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Otis Port	Herding Hurricanes It can't be done yet, but one scientist's computer simulations point the way to tempering fierce weather in the future.
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Reason May 2007 Jacob Sullum	Hurricanes Happen Insurance price controls in Florida: The state legislature is ordering insurance companies to charge less for homeowner's policies.
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