question re: disaster costs
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Hi Adam - our NGO has calculated that $3.7B was spent in 2020 in suppressing western wildfires. From what we can figure out from previous studies, suppression costs are anywhere from only 5% to 20% of the true costs of the wildfires. How did you calculate the $16.5B you quoted? And the $103.2B in overall costs? Here's our (non-scientific analysis to date) https://confluence-west.org/recent Thanks! kimery@confluence-west.com