Yeah, you're just a punk kid who doesn't remember anything ... like waiting in line for three hours to buy 5 gallons of gas ... or listening to Jimmy Carter ... back before Big Oil sold out the American economy to the Saudis ... [giggle] ...
It's only been a "long time" when we think in human terms ... for climate study using 100-year averages, this is the part of the white noise we're trying to average out ... as it is irrelevant to climate, when studied at 100-year intervals ...
If this is a 50-year event ... then the actuaries have already included the costs in our insurance premiums ... capitalism at it's finest ...