Irma and Harvey may not rank among the worst of the hurricanes to hit the US but compared to the noted hurricane of 1900 many other factors are worthy of note.  Advances in construction and communications have far outpaced any malevolence of Mother Nature due to global warming – to date. Comparatively, residents in forecasted/affected areas have both the means of escape or safe shelter not available in 1900 or even in previous decades. It is political. It might be less so if human ingenuity were not such a mitigating factor. We all need to get behind climate change. Our goal should not be to mitigate or avoid the effects of climate change but to stop it.