storm surge is calculated by how far inland the water moves and knowing the elevation and by buoys that measure it exactly.
So when the storm surge is 13 feet, it is 13 feet above what?
The report asserts nothing about the relief effort. It produces an estimate of all-cause excess mortality attributed to the hurricane. Cause of death on an individual basis is not necessary to produce an accurate estimate. Such factors are baked into the expected aggregate baseline mortality rate produced by historical data from the past 7 years.
above normal average sea level.
That includes the relief effort during the post hurricane period.
ok, now youāre almost on to something.
Whatās another word for ānormal average sea levelā?
How about baseline?
So a storm surge is measured as the increase in sea level over the baseline.
Now whatās the baseline for all deaths in Peurto Rico from 2010 to 2017?
How much did this baseline death rate increase in the wake of the hurricane?
The storm surge is actually measurable and the cause clearly defined.
Neither the causes nor manner of deaths have been considered nor has there been any relationship established between them and the storm.
If you are murdered walking to the store it cannot be attributed to the storm. if you commit suicide because you canāt find you wife, girlfriend, or kids that cannot be attributed to the storm.
If you died because you tripped and fell on the way to the store that cannot be attributed to the storm.
you were so close, and now youāre so far.
Hereās the study. The methods section starts at page 4. Have a good one.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16X9qtnPaD--2dPhpcwu7S53esafH59i9/preview
No point, he doesnāt understand statistics.
Cite your data. iām not going back through 69 pages on an Easter egg hunt.
Answer the very simple questions asked above if you can or are you going to again claim that means and manner of death donāt matter?
No absolutely do not matter when it comes to producing an accurate estimate of excess all-cause mortality rates. Thatās how statistics works. You donāt have to dive down in to individual cases. Thatās kind of the point of statistics.
You were saying.
Given that there was a 22+% spike in mortality in the months immediately following a major hurricane, with a high statistical confidence level, what alternative causation would you suggest could be responsible?
A murder spree, of course.
So are you suggesting that there was a spike of almost 3000 deaths from murders, suicides, and trips/falls that just happened to occur in the wake of a major hurricane, with no connection to it?
Mudslideā¦not hurricane.
You think a mudslide is the same as a hurricane?! SAD!
I literally said āMethods are on page 4ā. Are you so dead set on being wrong that you couldnāt click on a link and scroll to the ā ā ā ā ā ā ā indicated page?
Goodness, Iād be ashamed to be this pigheaded about something.
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