Yeah, like them.....or on the Barrier Islands in South Carolina....
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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You mean like those idiots who keep rebuilding next to the Mississippi
River?

Scotty

"John Cairns" wrote in message
m...
That's weird. I remember looking at real estate prices in the are
the area
the first time we went to Sanibel and I was amazed at how much they
want for
property down there, especially on Sanibel and Captiva considering
the fact
that they are maybe 1 or 2 feet above sea level max (guessing) and
anyone
with half a brain could figure out, indeed, it's happened in the
past, that
if a big enough storm comes through it's just going to wash
everything,
island and all, away. The idea of a storm causing real estate prices
to go
up is ludicrous. So know you can start a new thread, should the
federal
government, through FEMA, subsidize the building of houses in
high-risk
areas?
John Cairns

"katysails" wrote in message
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No...in fact, I went to the Fort Myers paper the other night and
they had
storm pictures of Estero Island (where we stayed...) What a mess.
And
now
they're saying real estate is going to go up another 5% because of
the
unavailability of building supplies. At present, we're sticking
here and
making do. Can't sail our boat down there, anyway, so what's the
point?