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I think you have a very limited understanding of American geography, weather, climate, and geology. All coastal areas along the Atlantic and Gulf are subject to hurricanes. The midwest is subject to tornadoes. The west coast is subject to earthquakes and coastal storms. Mountain areas and the northern half of the nation are subject to blizzards. Flooding is a major issue along many American rivers.
I could go on, but hopefully you get the point.
The blizzard we had back in March caused a lot less damage than any of the hurricanes of recent years. Unless you are counting all the people in Albany who got towed for ignoring the "odd side, even side" parking restrictions for plowing the streets. Thankfully my city doesn't do that, you only have to move your car when you see the plow coming down the block, and you can put it right back once the plow passes through.
I'll take snow over high winds, rain and flooding. The only storm in my lifetime that ever came close to being a flood threat for me, personally, was Irene, and my neighborhood was only under a voluntary evacuation. Thankfully the Hudson stayed in its banks where it flowed past my place, which was only 4 blocks away.
Seriously? Do you really think it is that simple?! Please don't ever run for any type of political office.
I won't, I totally hate politics because they often make the basic most common sense things convoluted and screw it up.
If you can spend billions on a wall that will not work, you can spend the money to help someone get back on their feet.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...mn/619926001/# Earthquakes are pretty hard to predict. Building in a flood plain or right on the water is asking for it. Any trip along the Gulf Coast or Florida coast shows that thousands of homes are in high risk areas. Reading this article shows that in-lander taxpayers are subsidizing the construction of these homes. Many times they have been rebuilt over and over!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...mn/619926001/# Earthquakes are pretty hard to predict. Building in a flood plain or right on the water is asking for it. Any trip along the Gulf Coast or Florida coast shows that thousands of homes are in high risk areas. Reading this article shows that in-lander taxpayers are subsidizing the construction of these homes. Many times they have been rebuilt over and over!
There are several cities along the gulf coast from SE Texas to South Florida that were built in a hurricane heavy zone below sea level. There's a simple reason for this, access to a large body of water. Wherever there is an abundant natural resource more often than not a town or city is built next to it for easy access to said resource.
Earthquakes don't do near the damage of floods/hurricanes/tornado's.
Proof of that is looking at the video footage of Fukishima after that mega quake of 9.2. Look carefully, many of the buildings remained intact. The biggest damage came from the tsunami!
Seattle had a 7.1 back in 2000? and the only damage was to the dome of the Capital Building in Tacoma, built in the 30's, never seismically retrofitted.
The 1906 quake in San Francisco, most of the damage came from the resultant fires, and after the Quake, city leaders insisted henceforth, all structures to be built of concrete or steel. That didn't last long! Too many homeless crowded into the Tenderloin district, crying out for housing, and what goes up the fastest? Wooden construction!
If any country knows how to build earthquake proof structures it's Japan. Any damage in Tokyo due to the Fukishima quake?
Chile has had some mega-quakes over the years (8.0-9.0) and what major damage was there?
Yes, the big worry on the West Coast is the resultant tsunami's.
That mega-quake in Alaska (1964) sent a wall of water 40 feet high crashing into the southern coastal areas.
How much in taxpayer dollars do you think it costs to get enough water to a desert to supply a good sized city and numerous golf courses?
It's better than giving money away to foreign countries.
It may not be better, in many cases, we are usually getting something we want or need in return. It’s better to call it foreign aid than to say we are paying for favors.
It may not be better, in many cases, we are usually getting something we want or need in return. We just call it foreign aid.
Exactly. Foreign aid is an important component of diplomacy, i.e. politics. Furthermore, the way the rules for dispensing foreign aid are set up, a good chunk of the money actually gets spent on US-owned services and contractors. For example, when travel is involved, it's required to use US airlines, unless there are none serving a given area. This gets taken to ridiculous extremes, sometimes.
The people complaining about money being spent on foreign aid know nothing about it, that much is clear.
There are people in Houston that never flooded before and this time they did. So let's don't punish them!
I know people that were not in a flood zone and their neighborhood flooded.
And we could also ask Floridians to move to another state.
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Thankfully my city doesn't do that, you only have to move your car when you see the plow coming down the block, and you can put it right back once the plow passes through. 
