That's yesterday in Wragg time.
That is, hurricanes are more "destructive" than they were fifty years
ago because there has been a growth of population, buildings,
and infrastructure in hurricane-prone areas in the last fifty years.
There's more to destroy...
So, water rationing? Less rainfall, or more people and
consumption?
The beach-front homes that see waves breaking on the door step -
were they there fifty years ago, or were the beach-bum shacks
just washed away and rebuilt with the what the next tide
brought in?
&c., &c., &c.