Talk:Typhoon Betty (1980)

Costliest Philippine TC
The opening sentence reads "Typhoon Betty, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Aring was, at the time, the costliest typhoon to strike the Philippines". While appears to be true, the sourcing isn't as cut and dry as I would like. 1234 are my four sources, merely citing a list of damage totals from NDCC. Even though I think it's quite clear it is the costliest, and given how we mentioned how storms like Betsy, Agnes, and Andrew were the costliest Atlantic storms at the time, I think it's a reasonable inclusion (although due to hyperinflation common in the Philippines along with most counties in the world at the time, it's not as notable as it sounds). but the thing is, is the NDCC an adequate source? I find it largely correct for most damage totals for this country, but given it goes back only to 1970, there could be in theory be others more costly than Betty from the 1960's and 1950's, although there are no obvious candidates. Thoughts? (pinging knowledgeable editors since Hink just did the same. YE Pacific Hurricane  05:32, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Lets bear in mind that the NDCC (otherwise known as the NDRRMMC) is probably the best source for Philippine damages, however, i would like to see it sourced better.Jason Rees (talk) 09:32, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
 * - According to Typhoon2000, Kate and Joan in 1970 were both costlier. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 14:16, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Along with Rita 78. Most of the damage totals there seem to match or be slightly greater than NDCC, with the exception of those three. I generally trust NDCC more largely because their totals are derived from crop+property+private property although those three totals from Typhoon2000 seem to match up better with the level of impact those three storms caused. YE Pacific Hurricane  14:42, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
 * So there's your answer. Betty was not the costliest. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 15:07, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, removed the statement. I'll revisit those damage totals from Typhon2000 when I do Joan/Kate/Rita at some point. I just wanted to bring this up before I GAN this. YE Pacific Hurricane  23:18, 26 July 2017 (UTC)