Re: OT: followup on New Orleans - disgraceful


"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bMGRe.150$ua1.21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello Winfield,
>
> >>All persons moving back into the affected area should be required to
sign
> >>a release form stating that they know the area is potentially
dangerous and
> >>relinquishing any and all rights to request Federal assistance in
any form.
> >
> > You're proposing to extend that hard-line position to the entire
> > coastline from say North Carolina to the Mexican border, I assume?
>
> Jim has a point. It does not make sense to rebuild when you know that
> the same thing could (or rather, will) happen again. When most of the
> houses too close to the water flooded down the American river out here
I
> could not believe my eyes when residents elected to rebuild at the
very
> same spot. I hope that at least the insurance companies socked them
> since I do not wish to pay for the foolish decisions of other. It is
> time that people take responsibility for their own decisions.

You and Jim are incredible. Neither of you seem to know anything about
the National Flood Insurance Program and how it works. Rates are set
based upon the flood plain you live in, not by how many times you've
been flooded, so nobody socks it to them for rebuilding. People that
don't purchase flood insurance aren't covered for flood damage.
Homeowners insurance does not pay for rising water damage. You rant and
rave about the "foolish" locations that people have homes in, yet you
apparently live in southern CA; a place destined for a massive
earthquake. Why the dichotomy? What upsets me is that my homeowners
insurance IS affected by people like you that choose to live in an
earthquake zone, yet your insurance is not affected in any way by people
living in a flood plain. Perhaps you should rethink some of your
comments.

.

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