Because 2011 isn’t over yet.
UPDATE
Some suggest that the increase in U.S. disasters is only a ruse, the attempt by bureaucracy to expand. I think that goes far beyond cynicism, bordering on the state of denial.
Here’s another opinion: not from a government or disaster relief agency, but from a giant in the re-insurance industry:
 | MarkR on Don’t Settle for Easy An… |
 | Jim Hunt on Don’t Settle for Easy An… |
 | jgnfld on New Prediction Paper |
 | Al Rodger on Don’t Settle for Easy An… |
 | Martin Smith on Don’t Settle for Easy An… |
 | AndyM on Don’t Settle for Easy An… |
 | Pariah Sojourner on New Prediction Paper |
 | Dan Miller on Don’t Settle for Easy An… |
 | John Donovan on Don’t Settle for Easy An… |
 | smallbluemike on New Prediction Paper |
 | Philippe Chantreau on Year of Wildfires |
 | Doc Snow on Year of Wildfires |
| MarkR on Statistics: not for Cliff… |
| jgnfld on Year of Wildfires |
| jgnfld on Year of Wildfires |
