Looking for someone to blame? Quit building on the darned rivers. Buy insurance to replace your home if you’re determined to build on the rivers. You can’t prevent major weather from damaging your real or personal property, and you don’t have to have someone to blame for natural disasters.
Amen. I don’t understand why everything that now happens has to have blame assigned to someone or something. And a solution ($) that involves everyone. Why should those that didn’t build on a river or shoreline have to contribute? We, as individuals, to often lack any sense of personal responsibility for our actions…
AMEN! AMEN! no more communities on rivers! no more goods delivered via those nasty rivers and nasty oceans! Anyone smart enough not to build on water can pay some sort of association fees to have ALL goods airlifted in. Yeah!
When we had hurricane Floyd, several towns that were in 100 year flood area became lakes. No one was insured, many were wiped out. But they did rebuild. and the towns along the little brook built new infrastructure to ensure less damage in event of future flooding. During recent major storms there was indeed far less damage. Building these retaining walls and such is not a private project; it requires civil engineering and planning and funding, but government felt it was worth it to ensure future viability of a few towns and protection to thriving homes and businesses. Got a problem with that? p.s. seems to me similar redesign plans were developed in Iowa and other midwestern cities. That is not “blaming” nature, it is called planning.
Looking for someone to blame? Quit building on the darned rivers. Buy insurance to replace your home if you’re determined to build on the rivers. You can’t prevent major weather from damaging your real or personal property, and you don’t have to have someone to blame for natural disasters.
Amen. I don’t understand why everything that now happens has to have blame assigned to someone or something. And a solution ($) that involves everyone. Why should those that didn’t build on a river or shoreline have to contribute? We, as individuals, to often lack any sense of personal responsibility for our actions…
AMEN! AMEN! no more communities on rivers! no more goods delivered via those nasty rivers and nasty oceans! Anyone smart enough not to build on water can pay some sort of association fees to have ALL goods airlifted in. Yeah!
Oh, never realized all those waterfront homes were built to deliver goods. Very interesting.
When we had hurricane Floyd, several towns that were in 100 year flood area became lakes. No one was insured, many were wiped out. But they did rebuild. and the towns along the little brook built new infrastructure to ensure less damage in event of future flooding. During recent major storms there was indeed far less damage. Building these retaining walls and such is not a private project; it requires civil engineering and planning and funding, but government felt it was worth it to ensure future viability of a few towns and protection to thriving homes and businesses. Got a problem with that? p.s. seems to me similar redesign plans were developed in Iowa and other midwestern cities. That is not “blaming” nature, it is called planning.