On 9/13/17 11:43 AM, justan wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message:
On 9/13/2017 8:53 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 9/13/17 8:32 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/13/2017 8:22 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 9/13/17 7:58 AM, justan wrote:


Governor Rick Scott has been getting high marks for his efforts to
prepare Florida for the disaster.


Does that make up for the huge criminal enterprise Scott ran prior to
being governor? You know, the one that earned a $1.7 billion fine for
Medicare fraud?

Florida is not prepared. If Scott really were concerned about
Florida, he'd be spearheading a statewide effort to stop development
in low-lying coastal areas, and begin a process of condemning and
tearing down susceptible structures in those areas, outlawing mobile
homes, and slowing growth generally. Florida is going to get hit
again and again and again by these large summer and fall hurricanes,
and everyone is going to pace the price for them.

We have a low-lying area a few miles north of here, called Chesapeake
Beach, a quaint little nameplace full of old cottages and a growing
amount of new construction. Nice place, except when Chesapeake Bay
overflows and floods homes and businesses for four blocks up from the
high water line. That area is a foot or two above sea level. Maybe.
Why construction in these places is allowed is beyond my comprehension.

I think the national flood insurance program ought to be dropped and
replaced by a state-by-state funded program for those states that
want it. Let Floridians, Texas, Louisianians, et cetera, pay the
price for their folly of never-ending construction along low-lying
waterfronts, typically built on "reclaimed" land. Alternately, if the
states won't provide flood insurance and mortage companies won't
finance homes without flood insurance, well, that eventually will
solve the problem.

Oh, we're close to the Bay, but...we're about 115' above sea level
here. If the Bay floods us, it is the end of the world.


You won't flood but a direct hit of a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane would do
some serious damage to your famous red barn.



Flooding of low-lying seashore areas during a hurricane from Florida to
Texas is pretty much inevitable. Cat 4 or 5 hurricane winds up here
would be a rarity, but a possibility. We have some large trees that if
uprooted could certainly smash through the roof. We've had a few storms
with high winds...70-90 mph...but so far our big trees have survived.
I've had a few cut down over the years, but we still have a few that
make me nervous.

The point is, federal flood insurance should NOT be available to
property owners in shore areas that keep getting hit. The states should
be restricting growth in those areas and funding state flood insurance.
Building a home in the Keys, for example, is the height of arrogance and
stupidity.

Well, this is a rare occasion where I agree with you. Not sure I'd go
as far as prohibiting development of privately held land in those areas
but it should be solely at the owner's risk with no state or federal aid
available to rebuild following a hurricane. Next comes the question of
the use of state or federal rescue resources should a resident find
him/herself trapped after being warned to evacuate. Is the
progressive-liberal mentality ready to just let them die?



Spoke to a fellow who lives on Sattelite Beach with his son. He
said they don't carry flood insurance because it's too expensive.
Aparently he isn't poor enough to get it for free, or well
subsidized.


Subsidized flood insurance should be eliminated. Let the property owners
bear the burden of living at a low-lying beach or in a flood plain.