
I think that band of red around the Gulf of Mexico is long lasting effects of increased hurricanes.
There is increased awareness of how the background death rate massively increases for decades after each major storm
So more long term care, more hospice and more benefits being paid out








That and labor organizing, environmental awareness, and many other things where the absence helps the rich get wealthier .
It’s also just a blatant theft; there is a lot of money to be made here however it goes down , and that money goes to connected arseholes