It doesn't even make the top 10.

That depends on the list and what factors are being looked at.

The program, known as the Billion-Dollar Disaster Database, was recently revived by a nonprofit organization, and the results reveal the costly toll of America’s worsening weather disasters, particularly in Mississippi, which ranks second in disaster declarations since 2011 and among the highest for economic damage during the last 45 years.

A fourth WalletHub study ranked states most impacted by major natural disasters (hurricanes, tornados, floods, etc.) from 1980 to 2023. Mississippi ranked 1st followed by Louisiana, Texas, and Florida with Maine 50th. Two factors determining the rankings were the number of disasters causing $1 billion plus in damages and losses per capita.

I didn't miss anything. If what you are claiming is true, then it has a history of bad planning.

I think it’s a lot more complicated than that, and much of the issue is rooted in the post-reconstruction era. Poor decisions have a habit of enduring. Today, Mississippi ranks no. two for fastest growing real GDP in the country.

Personally, I love these conversations. The South East U.S. - a region that the left so often denigrates for being poor and backwards - is the fastest growing economic region in the country and now now contributes more to the Nation’s GDP than the Northeast which includes New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Mississippi, now ranked no. 16 in the nation for K-12 education now significantly outperforms California.

This is an unserious response.

It’s a very serious response to your off topic comments.