This article shows insurance company data that indicates that costs from storms and floods are going up, but not so much from earthquakes, tsunamis or from temperature extremes.
It connects with CS's inquiry on frequency of extreme climatic events and my project on using the insurance industry to get beyond political posturing.
Are facts enough? Humans tend to ignore facts they don't like. Sometimes facts that disprove the legitimacy of one's beliefs only cause one to believe more strongly in their original (and demonstrably false) opinion.
This TED conversation led by Yu-An Chen in Jersey City question why there are not more "kitchen scientists" and why isn't the practice of science more accessible? The conversation runs for the next four days (Feb 9, 2012).