Friday, August 16, 2013

These Amazing Maps Show How Threatened Your Home Is by Fires, Floods, and Hurricanes

These Amazing Maps Show How Threatened Your Home Is by Fires, Floods, and Hurricanes | Wired Design | Wired.com:
"When people are shopping for homes, they look at the square footage and compare school districts, but few remember to ask the listing agent about the likelihood of their dream home being flattened by a nightmarish superstorm.
Trulia, the online real estate service, is trying to facilitate this uncomfortable conversation by providing buyers and renters a data visualization tool that maps the historical rate of wildfires, tornadoes, and hurricanes for a given zip code. 
Yesterday, they put the finishing touches on one of the most comprehensive sets of disaster maps available anywhere."

For West Michigan, click on Chicago, biggify and drag the map to see Muskegon.
Amazing!

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