"Citing a recent study, CNN said that “some atheists and agnostics would pay money†to avoid having prayers sent their way after suffering a natural disaster such as a hurricane."
CNN is reporting a study and they did not do the study as the title seems to suggest.
I am not surprised that atheists do not want prayers from believers.
"...ending thoughts and prayers in the wake of disasters is “controversial,†said Linda Thunström, an economist at the University of Wyoming who co-authored the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."