> Katrina used to be a once-in-a-lifetime event, now hurricanes of similar size occur every few years
Factually that's simply not accurate at all. The post 2005 era of hurricanes was docile by historical standards until 2017-2018. From 2005 to 2017 zero category 3 (or worse) hurricanes made landfall in the US. Most of those that did, were weak category 1 hurricanes. There was no increase in frequency either.
Texas got hit by four category 3 hurricanes and one category 4 hurricane, in the span of just 22 years, from 1961 to 1983. Nothing like that stretch has been seen by Texas since. Texas also got hit by five category 4 hurricanes in just the span of six years from 1944 to 1950.
Florida went 11 years between hurricanes, from 2005 to 2016, something that is exceptionally rare. They were hit / impacted by four in 2004 and 2005 by comparison.
Katrina also wasn't a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane. It was a category 3, those have never been that rare. The disaster in New Orleans was overwhelmingly caused by people and their neglect of infrastructure.
Factually that's simply not accurate at all. The post 2005 era of hurricanes was docile by historical standards until 2017-2018. From 2005 to 2017 zero category 3 (or worse) hurricanes made landfall in the US. Most of those that did, were weak category 1 hurricanes. There was no increase in frequency either.
Texas got hit by four category 3 hurricanes and one category 4 hurricane, in the span of just 22 years, from 1961 to 1983. Nothing like that stretch has been seen by Texas since. Texas also got hit by five category 4 hurricanes in just the span of six years from 1944 to 1950.
Florida went 11 years between hurricanes, from 2005 to 2016, something that is exceptionally rare. They were hit / impacted by four in 2004 and 2005 by comparison.
Katrina also wasn't a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane. It was a category 3, those have never been that rare. The disaster in New Orleans was overwhelmingly caused by people and their neglect of infrastructure.