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15 Costliest Hurricanes or Tropical Storms - (Figures are in 2004 dollars.)
(All storms are hurricanes except Allison, which was a tropical storm.)
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Hurricane, Year, Category, Damage
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1. Andrew (South Florida, southeast Louisiana), 1992, 5, $43.67 billion
2. Charley (southwest and central Florida), 2004, 4, $15 billion
3. Ivan (Florida Panhandle and Alabama), 2004, 3, $14.2 billion
4. Hugo (South Carolina), 1989, 4, $12.25 billion
5. Agnes (Florida, Northeastern U.S.), 1972, 1, $11.29 billion
6. Betsy (South Florida, southeast Louisiana), 1965, 3, $10.8 billion
7. Frances (central Florida, Florida Panhandle) 2004, 2, $8.9 billion
8. Camille (Mississippi, southeast Louisiana, Virginia), 1969, 5, $8.89 billion
9. Diane (Northeastern United States), 1955, 1, $6.99 billion
10. Jeanne (central Florida), 2004, 3, $6.9 billion
11. Frederic (Alabama, Mississippi), 1979, 3, $6.29 billion
12. Unnamed, nicknamed "New England," (New York, Rhode Island), 1938, 3, $5.97 billion
13. Allison (Texas), 2001, $5.83 billion
14. Floyd (Mid-Atlantic & Northeastern U.S.), 1999, 2, $5.76 billion
15. Unnamed, nicknamed "Great Atlantic," (Northeastern U.S.), 1944, 3, $5.39 billion
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Some of the Top 10 Stupidest Lists!
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Reasons to Start a Cult.
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10). You're not getting the respect you deserve as fry guy.
9). You think it will look good on your resume.
8). Your current religion limits alcohol to just wine during services.
7). The SEC probably won't investigate you.
6). Everyone else is starting one.
5). Group health insurance.
4). Your pet monkey suggested it in your daily pep talk.
3). Group rates to amusement parks.
2). It's more cost effective to feed two hundred than just three or four.
1). You're not only a member, you're also a supreme being.
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Ways to make use of your Junkmail!
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10). Write RETURN TO SENDER on every piece and mail it back for free.
9). Bonfire.
8). Recycle.
7). Cut apart each and every letter, then make a threatening letter out of them and send it back to the company!
6). Make illegal copies and send it to the mafia!
5). Glue them together and then wax them shut to make a coaster.
4). Read it to improve your vocabulary.
3). Sneak up to your competitors dumpster at night, and fill it with all your company's junk mail!
2). Use it in a movie as a prop.
1). Make it into paper airplanes.
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Reasons to give for missing the Toilet!
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10). I was "distracted."
9). I fainted.
8). I forgot to put the cordless phone down!
7). The toilet moved!
6). I was trying to eat a taco!
5). I only have one hand!
4). I thought I was done!
3). I didn't miss, it's just your imagination!
2). I'm partially blind in my left eye.
1). I couldn't breathe, because SOMEONE stunk the bathroom up before me!
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Things to do with a burnt out light bulb!
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10). Don't change it, just say you are conserving energy.
9). Carry it to business meetings, and then when someone asks you a question, hold it over your head and say you are all out of fresh ideas.
8). Try to recharge it.
7). Collect a boxful, then sneak into a neighbors house and change all of their bulbs and tell them them their electricity was cut off.
6). Mount it and watch it instead of the TV.
5). Drop it in the community pond and see if it floats.
4). Take it to a rock concert and hold it in front of you and wave it around (because you are too cheap to buy a lighter).
3). Smash it with a hammer.
2). Sell it to a stupid kid on the street.
1). Hold it upside-down in the middle of a flat field during a thunderstorm, wait for lightning, and then watch it glow!
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Signs Your Spouse loves your Cat more than They Love You!
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10). The cat gets to sit in the front seat on long car rides.
9). Your cat gets taken out to dinner more often than you do.
8). On your answering machine, you're mailbox #3. (Your cat is #2.)
7). On your answering machine, you're mailbox #3. (Your cat is #1.)
6). There's never any toilet paper but there's always plenty of cat litter.
5). At Christmas, your spouse includes the cat's name on Christmas cards, but sometimes forgets to list your name.
4). When your spouse gets home, you always hear "Meow Meow Meow" before "Honey, I'm home!"
3). When your spouse leaves messages before they leave, they always place them at the very bottom of the fridge.
2). Your cat is in the will, but you're not. In the event of your cat's death, your cat's kittens are next on the list.
1). Your spouse left you... and the cat's gone, too.
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Reasons to Start a Cult.
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10). You're not getting the respect you deserve as fry guy.
9). You think it will look good on your resume.
8). Your current religion limits alcohol to just wine during services.
7). The SEC probably won't investigate you.
6). Everyone else is starting one.
5). Group health insurance.
4). Your pet monkey suggested it in your daily pep talk.
3). Group rates to amusement parks.
2). It's more cost effective to feed two hundred than just three or four.
1). You're not only a member, you're also a supreme being.
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