With all the beauty that exists on the Gulf Coast, it must be pretty eye opening to realize how much of danger exists living in Hurricane Alley. As we've crowded our population, economy (oil & construction concerns) and vacation spots south and west, each storm becomes more and more costly to cleanup.I duly hope - but I am realist about it - that whatever rebuilding project accounts for future hurricanes.

But what has been 'mentioned' but not 'tactically addressed' is the continued global warming caused or 'assisted' by using all the fossil fuels in manufacturing and transportation. Surprisely little will be done to combat it until our reliance on petroleum abates. I guess the example the U.S. would have to set would be so drastic many of us would be unable to comply with it. Global warming has been more than 'casually linked' to the increased occurrence and intensity of hurricanes.

A 'fact':The kinetic energy (in kilojoules) produced in a hurricane is more than the entire US output of electricity produced in one year.

Though entirely impossible as of yet, it would be 'unique' if we could somehow harness the wind produced in hurricanes to turn turbines to generate electricity.  If we can build enormous platforms to pump fuel out of the ocean, why not build giant wind turbines? (Extreme Sunk Cost, stability of such a device and variability of storms...) But it is an idea... Even 'wave action' might be a thought...