Discussion 2 - What is the strongest hurricane that has happened

Discussion 2

Let's discuss: What is the strongest hurricane that has happened in the United States? Why did it happen? How many people died? What was the cost of the hurricane? Is there anything that humans could have done to lessen the impact of this hurricane? Can it happen again in the same place, or in a different place? Why, or why not? What was the most important cause for this specific hurricane? Was the cause climate change or global warming? How was its strength measured? Are we better prepared to sustain a hurricane of that magnitude if it would happen again, or are we in a worse situation? Could we have deflected this hurricane? How? Are hurricanes of this strength becoming more common in the last decades?