Monthly Archives: April 2013

Like taxes, we can always be sure that there will be another disaster.   What follows are some data on 2012 but, as I write, the 2013 tally seems on its way with the increasing number of communities in Canada declaring disasters due to rising water levels from the thaw.   The sad, and somewhat irritating, fact is that many of these events are predictable with predictable consequences.   It is notoriously difficult to maintain sustained public (and, therefore, political) interest in high-consequence, low-probability events.   However,  something like the annual thaw flooding or the annual hurricane season should not have anyone, least of all politicians, looking wide-eyed in shock. We can … Continue reading →