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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Except those things (and equivalents) are happening all the time, every year.
They may be new where they're happening *this* year but last year there were still people under drought (in the south east) getting flooded (the Dakotas), getting hurricaned...
(If anything, we've been lucky with hurricanes out in the Atlantic region.)
Disasters are only new when they happen to you.
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That's true but the effects are cumulative. Families don't recover from flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts overnight. It's been three years since Hurricane Sandy and many people still aren't back in their homes. They are trying to come up with the $100K to lift their homes. Those with limited means have walked away damaging their credit reports. Insurance premiums have doubled. After Sandy we had a couple of nor'easters and cold snowy winters, all affected our discretionary spending.
I'm not saying this is the cause of the drop in book sales but retailers often state when weather conditions are factors in sales reports.