Sandy and The Billion Dollar Club

As Sandy hits the East Coast, this is a good reference organized by year for climate/weather disaster events in the United States that have caused more than a billion dollars worth of damage.  From the National Climatic Data Center.  This could be a interesting question as the Billion Dollar Club expands as extreme weather and climate change becomes a new reality - - "How hard will insurance companies push for public infrastructure programs and projects that deal with weather and climate change adaptation?"