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jberryhill

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6. In what way does that comparison make any sense?

Reply to scscholar (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 01:52 PM

Oct 2016

You are comparing some portion of 17 million to a billion.

Do you understand that a billion is a thousand millions?

http://www.beachapedia.org/Beach_Fill

These researchers estimated that the future 10-year costs of “renourishment” all the developed shorelines in New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida were $4.4 billion (1996 dollars). This study found that the average cost per mile in these states would be $5.5 million per mile.

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Trump took $17 million in insurance for damage few remember [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2016 OP

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One would imagine the insurance company would be most interested in this jberryhill Oct 2016 #2

He must have paid-off the adjuster scscholar Oct 2016 #3

Repairing a beach is not cheap jberryhill Oct 2016 #4

Not really, the Alaskan Way Seawall here in Seattle is only about a billion to update scscholar Oct 2016 #5

In what way does that comparison make any sense? jberryhill Oct 2016 #6

Yes. He must be lying because our seewall is about 7,200 feet long... scscholar Oct 2016 #7

So his insurance company is really, really stupid, correct? jberryhill Oct 2016 #8

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