Nope.
Just hype by the media trying to push an extremist environmental agenda. This chart from the Commons blog shows that total fatalities as well as death rates due to "weather-related extreme events" are on century-old down trend. Thanks to our technology and economic growth, we're better protected than ever from the vissitudes of Mother Nature.
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So what happened in 1920? and aren't you concerned that there is no where to go but back up again? It looks to me that if these graphs are on a cycle we're in trouble.
I think the data before 1930 is under-reported / suspect. I imagine that there wasn't very thorough collection of statistics back in the days when telephones and cars were rare, especially compared to todays numbers.
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