Re: Hurricane diversion.
From: Invid Fan (invid_at_localnet.com)
Date: 09/17/04
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:34:39 -0400
In article <41481d2e$0$54531$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>, Ian
Stirling <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Kevin Saff <google.com@kevin.saff.net> wrote:
> > "Ian Stirling" <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:41439ceb$0$83036$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
> >> I feel it's my duty to solve the hurricane problem once and forever.
> >> Or at least to handwave in a general manner.
> >>
> >> How hard is a hurricane to divert?
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> I see various numbers on the web for 3-5 billion a year damage to the US
> >> economy from hurricanes.
> >
> > What do you think of limiting the federal disaster relief offered every time
> > one hits? Free market forces can correct for people wanting to live in
>
> Personally I think there should be several solutions.
>
> I don't know the american market well, some of these may already occur.
>
> In disaster prone areas, insurance companies should be forced not to
> blanket refuse coverage, but to go property by property.
> This would mean that a mobile home in a hurricane prone location
> essentially does not get coverage, but if it's inside an earth berm,
> adequately constructed, it does.
Main problem would be that the poorer people living in the one place
they can afford would lose everything whenever a hurricane hits, while
those more well off get insurance money. Your now broke homeless poor
are going to get a bit angry, and get some weapons...
Now, I have no sympathy for someone building a $1 million house on a
floodplain. They should get no insurance money :)
> Planning decisions should have a bias towards survivability of the
> structure.
> For example, if in a flood area, it'll be much easier to get permission
> to build if the house is built on stilts, or on a polystyrene raft.
> If in a hurricane area, buildings that can survive 180mph winds, perhaps
> partially underground.
> In a fire area, the house has to actually be fireproof, so that it
> does not catch on fire even if the surroundings do.
Only giving insurance to those who's houses won't be damaged does seem
like a good way to go :)
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