Moreover, as businesses transfer more of their internal operations online, the potential toll rises.
An official with the Indonesian Health Ministry estimated that more than 600 people could have been buried by the landslides, raising the potential toll beyond the United Nations' estimate of 1,100.
Tom Ridge, the secretary for homeland security, said he believes the final cost will end up being much lower than that, but he acknowledged that the potential toll on people day to day is a real concern.
Musk's emotional candor about his long hours and frank discussions about its potential toll on his health did little to calm investors, already jittery after his take-the-company-private tweets.
But while the expense may be growing, the main cause for concern is the potential toll on our health and environment of using and flushing away so many industrial chemicals.
Prosecutors at the trials said the plot, if successful, would have caused deaths on a scale comparable to the 9/11 attacks, and most of the potential toll of 1,500 to 2,000 victims were likely to have been Americans.
At the White House, Obama cited the potential toll on the economy as he urged lawmakers to find a way out of gridlock, declaring that "we're almost out of time".
Cleary said that she worried about the potential toll the race could have on volunteers and city workers and would be in favor of postponing the marathon or diverting runners and volunteers to storm relief efforts.
But the report does detail the potential toll on more than 1,200 agencies and programs, like the $4 million the Library of Congress stands to lose for its books for the blind and handicapped.
Some would agree for very short lease periods while others part with a chunk of their potential toll earnings.
