[Diddle E. Squat]

Andrew meets Agnes.

What will the economic impact be? Not good.

[mewzilla]

Well, a lot of the folks who got nailed by Agnes in the Souther Tier NY/Northern Tier PA would be protected by the Tioga-Hammond Dam. Still some localized flooding, but nothing like before. Ground's not saturated, either, which should help.

[TommyDale]

"What will the economic impact be?"

I don't know about economic impact, but I'm more than just a bit upset that our golf tournament may be rained out!

[varon]

What will the economic impact be? Not good.

Look on the bright side. Just think of all the replacement merchandise that will need to be purchased which should get rid of any and all excess inventory laying around.
Also, the building trades will have guaranteed work for years to repair and rebuild.

It will be good for the economy but I still haven't figured out how George Bush managed to arrange it ;-)

[dep]

What will the economic impact be? Not good.

now would for sure be a good time to unload any stock you have in casualty insurance companies.

dep

[jobedo]

The economic impact in Charleston after Hugo was unbelievable. Everything that year boomed afterwards. Car sales, housing, furniture sales, etc, with everything that had to be replaced. It's depressing losing most of your stuff, but generally we replace it with nicer stuff. The people that get slammed are the ones without insurance, but hey--here comes HUD. What is most devastating is the intial shock of losing your personal things. My only advise to those up the cost is to take your photos and items that can not be replaced.