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Natural disasters are not equal opportunity calamities. A Small Business Administration analysis found that about 90 percent of the country\u2019s damage costs from natural disasters happen in ZIP codes with less than 20 percent of the country\u2019s population. If you\u2019re in the mood to see what that looks like on a map \u2014 or want advice of where not to move \u2014 the New York Times has done yeoman\u2019s work in compiling more than a decade of disaster data. [The New York Times<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n If you put this info together with Reason Two (why people might have voted for Trump)…well, maybe being thumped repeatedly with natural disasters has had an effect on their amygdalas.<\/p>\n All of the above I laid out more or less tongue-in-cheek but now I’m thinking: could<\/em> a hypervigilant brain — one that reacts more easily to fear-mongering — be related to where these people, i.e., Trump voters, live?<\/p>\n Fortunately for me, I haven’t the resources or the desire to launch a scientific study. Whew.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From 538 Significant Digits: 90 percent Natural disasters are not equal opportunity calamities. A Small Business Administration analysis found that about 90 percent of the country\u2019s damage costs from natural disasters happen in ZIP codes with less than 20 percent … Continue reading