Tallying Up The High Costs Of Extreme Weather (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Epic snows in my backyard lately, in Boston. Six feet-plus in a month, and it’s still coming. The most ever recorded coming down that fast. It’s been paralyzing. And very costly. Exposing all kinds of infrastructure problems you would never think of on a gentle day in May. That’s what extreme weather does, whether it’s blizzard or drought or hurricane or deluge. Paralyzes. Costs a lot. And can take apart an economy. Now American business is paying attention. To climate change. This hour On Point: extreme weather and its mounting consequences for the economic bottom line. /Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/02/12/extreme-weather-snow-hurricanes-boston