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2024-09-30 17:20:22 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C89AF56D81B4AA02A34A6503AE3834E57BFCC0D2128AF359D620A3BDDE0C5A4C
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Just because two events are hurricanes there is no reason to believe they are the same Hurricane Matthew in 2017 is estimated to have done $1.5 billion in damages (see link) Hurricane Helene is very early estimated to be $95-110 billion (see link) Roughly 70 times worse. https://weather.com/news/news/hurricane-matthew-north-carolina-update https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/accuweather-estimates-hurricane-helene-s-damage-economic-loss-at-95-to-110-billion/ar-AA1rmAKV#:~:text=Preliminary%20estimates%20from%20AccuWeather%20place%20the%20total%20damage,of%20the%20most%20costly%20storms%20in%20U.S.%20history.
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