paul walsh is at the forefront of helping companies prepare for upcoming weather events. he's the director of weather strategy at ibm global services. paul, thanks for being here. >> thanks, becky >> first, if we're talking about more destructive storms, is this because companies and people are building on floodplains. is it because we're building more expensive properties than we ever did before or is it because the storms and storm surges are that much worse than they used to be >> i think it's a combination of both obviously, the sea levels are rising when you have higher sea levels and storms on top of that, the destruction of the storms is increasing and when you have properties right along the coast, there's more properties at risk, so the problem just compounds itself. >> what we just saw about boston, is that a situation that's unique, or are there other cities facing the same situation? >> absolutely other cities miami, new orleans, norfolk, where the navy is looking very hard at having to move infrastructure >> after all the devastating storms we saw last year, d