On Oct 24, 12:57 pm, HK wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:00:40 -0000, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Oct 22, 6:35 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
| Gene Kearns wrote:
| On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:14:20 -0400, HK penned the following well
| considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
| CNN had a feature on Lake Lanier this morning. Apparently water levels
| are way, way down, and if there isn't some serious protracted rain soon,
| a goodly portion of Georgia will be facing drought.
|
| Meanwhile, the video showed the shorelines of the lake line with dead
| shellfish and fish, left behind as the water receded.
|
| What's the impact on boating?
|
| Looks like it is getting tough on the Great Lakes, too....
| http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/ny.../22oswego.html
|
| Well, I am not going to let them come down to Lake Lanier and use our
| water, that is for sure. - Hide quoted text -
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|Now THAT'S funny! News report this morning says that the Corp will
|take 6 weeks to review the release of water from Lanier! WTF? They
|know damned well how much water they release, and how to fix the
|problems.

Seems to me that GA, as first steward in a serial path, is responsible
for controlling the amount of demand on a finite supply. They have
allowed expansion beyond what nature is willing to provide, on an
ongoing basis. They need to stop whining and address the *real*
problem..... allowing overpopulation in sensitive areas.

This is just as stoopid as building on the shoreline and wanting
somebody to buy you out of trouble when a hurricane makes your
dwelling disappear.

Indeed. It also annoys me that my homeowners' premium reflects the
losses for those who choose to live dangerously. I chose NOT to build my
house on the edge of insanity, and yet my premium covers some of the
cost of providing insurance for those who do.

If you live on a low shoreline, or in a flood plain, or in an area of
earthquakes or frequent hurricanes or forest fires, the cost of
providing you with insurance should be borne by you and others who live
in dangerous areas like yours, not by me.

I live next to Cheseapeake Bay, but my house is approximately 120' above
sea level. If we're flooded out by the Bay, well, so is the rest of the
east coast all the way to Ohio.- Hide quoted text -

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I agree that you and I shouldn't have to pay for someone else's
indescretions. But, in a free society, people are allowed to move and
build. Maybe you are causing my health care premiums to rise because
you're close to a body of water, and creating a greater risk of you
getting a disease from mosquitoes. There is no perfect place to live,
and no perfect solution. Where you live is, in fact in a higher wind
speed area, and that burden falls upon others in their insurance
premiums.