mjp28 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 QUESTION: Should the US Government or others be in the business of rebuilding perennial flood plain, sand dune, barrier island and coastal hurricane damage areas? Is it just a losing cause and should other plans made for example just to secure certain highways and utilities and forgo beach front properties? It looks like they will need hundreds of billions of dollars just to repair damages in Texas, Louisiana and Florida alone this year. Your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted September 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 And related to the above questions would also be the massive developments in wildfire areas which can and do frequently burn to the ground. New national policies due? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted September 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Sunday 3 am, looks like Miami and the populated east coast miss the worst and the beautiful everglades, Marco Island, Naples and Sanibel island are going to be devistated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Interesting point. Why should the rest of us pay to replace/repair your property just because you wanted to live somewhere that you think is "nice"....yet is certain to be devastated from time to time by hurricanes etc. And this thread coincides with your other one: tell these people to move to Akron/Dayton/Cleveland where they are not very likely to suffer devastation. But no...its too cold for them here, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 If I could only pick one I'd prefer to help people during a natural disaster than to support deadbeats and illegals. Of course these people should have insurance whether or not it's expensive. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Westside Steve said: If I could only pick one I'd prefer to help people during a natural disaster than to support deadbeats and illegals. Of course these people should have insurance whether or not it's expensive. WSS If you can only pick one? Then why do you limit your choices to just those two. Perhaps you could list every government program there is. If I could only choose one I would rather have the roads fixed. If I could only choose one I would rather have them build stealth fighters. If I could only choose one I would rather have them fix bridges. If I could only choose one I would rather let people have their social security and medicare If I could only choose one I would rather give big tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy. If I could only choose one I would rather have the FBI catch serial killers. etc. etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted September 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Or spend hundreds of millions trying to repair sand dunes in relatively small areas that just get wiped out by the next storm? Rebuilding the same flooded out houses along oceans or rivers time after time? Nice but futile? At 18 trillion in debt our "want" choices are getting squeezed. $18,000,000,000,000, whoa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 People who knowingly live in a flood/hurricane/area without flood insurance don't have any sympathy from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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