Hurricane victims face new dilemma

Are these the folks who would not evacuate when told to?
 
I know it's sad -- very unfortunate for them. Do hope that they will change their location for a safety place instead of near the coast or island.
 
Wokamuka said:
They're beachfront property owners. Think about it.
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In that case, this is probably a big reason why they haven't arrived at a correct death toll. Those who didn't listen and evacuate got sucked out to sea, never to be heard from again, and foiling attempts to get accurate information. Gonna be a lot of, "presumed dead". And that's sad....
 
Tousi said:
In that case, this is probably a big reason why they haven't arrived at a correct death toll. Those who didn't listen and evacuate got sucked out to sea, never to be heard from again, and foiling attempts to get accurate information. Gonna be a lot of, "presumed dead". And that's sad....
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Yeah! Wouldn't be surprised if it did.

Remember the powerful tsunami sucked hundreds into the ocean somewhere in the south Asia (forgot its country name) few years ago. Quiet a sight, wow!
 
web730 said:
Yeah! Wouldn't be surprised if it did.

Remember the powerful tsunami sucked hundreds into the ocean somewhere in the south Asia (forgot its country name) few years ago. Quiet a sight, wow!
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That's right, it was such a terrible storm that it changed the face of the landscape, forcing cartographers to re do the area, right?
 
I think that anyone that buys home where hurricane will happen, or earthquake will happen, should accept it and move on. You know the risks to buy there, it was 100% chance that it would happen someday.

I was born in CA but grew up in IL. I used to joke that I want to buy property on east side of San Andreas fault so that when the big earthquake comes, then I'd have beachfront property.

It reminds me of after hurricane Katrina. Everyone blames the federal government for not acting fast enough, even though the problem was actually the New Orleans city government and the state of Louisiana government, if anything, that was the problem (FYI: Mississippi got hit just as hard but didn't complain, and we didn't hear about them).

This time in Texas, there was many deaths even though they were told to 'leave or face certain death'. Maybe they came back and they're home was gone, but that is what happens when you buy a home where you know a hurricane will hit someday.

It's the same as if you life next to a volcano, you can't blame anyone but yourself when it erupts and destroys your home.

As for eroding land, I now live in AR between 2 large lakes, and I know that the Corps of Engineers owns so-many-feet from the waterline. This year we had a lot of rain so the lakes levels were higher and many people lost some of their land from erosion, or their docks got washed away. They cannot blame anyone, and must accept that it will happen.
 
Tousi said:
In that case, this is probably a big reason why they haven't arrived at a correct death toll. Those who didn't listen and evacuate got sucked out to sea, never to be heard from again, and foiling attempts to get accurate information. Gonna be a lot of, "presumed dead". And that's sad....
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You are so off the mark that it makes me believe that you are, intentionally, being so.

Wealthy people are complaining that they can't get state funding because, by state standards, they are wealthy.

BEACHFRONT PROPERTY . . . or are you gonna do a "Tousi" and prefer to be disillussioned?
 
SimpleMan said:
I think that anyone that buys home where hurricane will happen, or earthquake will happen, should accept it and move on. You know the risks to buy there, it was 100% chance that it would happen someday.

I was born in CA but grew up in IL. I used to joke that I want to buy property on east side of San Andreas fault so that when the big earthquake comes, then I'd have beachfront property.

It reminds me of after hurricane Katrina. Everyone blames the federal government for not acting fast enough, even though the problem was actually the New Orleans city government and the state of Louisiana government, if anything, that was the problem (FYI: Mississippi got hit just as hard but didn't complain, and we didn't hear about them).

This time in Texas, there was many deaths even though they were told to 'leave or face certain death'. Maybe they came back and they're home was gone, but that is what happens when you buy a home where you know a hurricane will hit someday.

It's the same as if you life next to a volcano, you can't blame anyone but yourself when it erupts and destroys your home.

As for eroding land, I now live in AR between 2 large lakes, and I know that the Corps of Engineers owns so-many-feet from the waterline. This year we had a lot of rain so the lakes levels were higher and many people lost some of their land from erosion, or their docks got washed away. They cannot blame anyone, and must accept that it will happen.
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couldnt have said it any better. You should know the risks before you invest into something like that. Obviously anything can happen anywhere but you can always forsee disaster in certain situations and be accountable for what very easily MIGHT/COULD happen. Personally i wouldnt get a house on the beach when its prone to hurricanes, a house on the side a cliff exposed to potential mudslides, avalanches, or earthqakes. Or like simpleman said, a house at the base of mount st. helens for example. Just fucking retarded.
 
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