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One thing for sure is that the FEMA budget is broken, there need to be changes to the Federal Flood Isurance Program. We are still paying interest from Katrina and the other hurricanes 7 years ago. They cannot continuiously build in these areas in Texas, Louisiana, NJ, NY that are flooded every few years.
One thing for sure is that the FEMA budget is broken, there need to be changes to the Federal Flood Isurance Program. We are still paying interest from Katrina and the other hurricanes 7 years ago. They cannot continuiously build in these areas in Texas, Louisiana, NJ, NY that are flooded every few years.
NY and NJ don't flood flood "every few years". Why build on any coast line at all? Why build in earthquake prone areas. Should we tear down San Fran, Seattle, LA? What about tornadoes? Should we all just build in Vermont, or do snow storms count?
NY and NJ don't flood flood "every few years". Why build on any coast line at all? Why build in earthquake prone areas. Should we tear down San Fran, Seattle, LA? What about tornadoes? Should we all just build in Vermont, or do snow storms count?
Moreover, let's also abandon Florida, that gets frequent hurricanes.
If a foreign nation invaded California, would the conservatives refuse to intercede because it wasn't their state?
The fact is that disaster relief underscores the divide in this nation. The conservative side thinks that you are on your own and should deal with disasters on your own and suffer if you can't afford it, tough. Don't burden me. The progressive side looks at this as we are one country and we help each other out for the common good of the nation.
Each area of the nation has disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, drought, floods, earthquakes and volcanoes. We are a stronger nation when we pull together.
NY and NJ don't flood flood "every few years". Why build on any coast line at all? Why build in earthquake prone areas. Should we tear down San Fran, Seattle, LA? What about tornadoes? Should we all just build in Vermont, or do snow storms count?
Some properties were flooded for the first time, those are not the issue, but many properties are flooded in multiple years in all thoses states I mentioned. Tornadoes are not that predictable, hurricanes and flooding is very predictable. Over the years local governments have allowed new construction in places it does not belong. Taxpayers have invested $1.5M for a $183,000 property, this needs to change.
"At every turn, politics have stymied its goals. Structures have been built and insured where they should not have been allowed. Premiums have been kept artificially low: When policy holders see their premiums skyrocket thanks to new flood maps, they balk -- and elected officials step in, and low prices are maintained. This happened as recently as 2010 in several places on Long Island. Properties in some areas flood repeatedly. One property in Mississippi valued at $183,000 flooded 15 times in 10 years, and the owner received almost $1.5 million in reimbursements. Another Texas property has garnered more than $2 million in payouts. It is valued at $116,000. Thousands of properties have received multiple payouts and used them to repair the same waterlogged structures."
And the waters are rising."
Flood and destruction of public infrastructure; in a home, flood insurance doesn't cover everything and doesn't pay replacement value; just to name a few.
How about Obama's $1.3 trillion dollar deficits year after year?
I also have no interest in rebuilding Iraq, but I have even less interest in bailing out fat cats by rebuilding their high dollar beach houses.
And on Long Island, there were homes miles from the water that are damaged. Homes that working class people live in year round. We aren't talking about some multi-million dollar vacation homes.
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