HEY, FROM BERNANKE’S STANDPOINT IT’LL BE “STIMULUS!” How Much Will the Frankenstorm Cost? “If the storm is actually as bad as people are suggesting it might be, then it will probably do much, much more damage than that. No, not because global warming is generating superstorms. The reason is much simpler that that: there’s more stuff in the way, especially beachfront property. Hurricanes hitting the gulf coast can do fantastic amounts of damage, but the area is sparsely populated compared to the northeast corridor. . . . This is the downside of density: when something goes wrong, it happens to a lot more people.”