A dear friend of Tony's lives in Santa Rosa, one of the communities in Northern California that were devastated by wildfires earlier this month. Thankfully, Nancie; her husband, Frank; their beloved standard poodle, Cosmo; and their home are all safe and sound.
Yesterday, I read a good story at all-things-alcoholic website Punch about the effects of the fires on California's wine industry. This sentence stood out for me because of the monetary figures in it:
It’s not simply that economic losses are projected at anywhere from $3 to $6 billion, but also that the fires came during Napa and Sonoma’s busiest time of year, when the small restaurants and shops that rely on tourists finally start to turn a profit.
Another billion is absolutely needed after $3. Otherwise, that sentence is literally saying the economic losses could be as low as $3. Sure, readers could logically assume once they get to the billion that the word applies to both $3 and $6, but it's much better to use the word twice and not require readers to make that assumption.