Reply #45: the big question for me [View All]

[northzax]

most important, of course, are fatalities and injuries, but after that is property damage. a good 'cane is actually, in the mid-term, GOOD for the economy, the rebuilding boom creates jobs. And the rest of the nation pays for it. I say you get one federal Emergency support every 20 years. they're already reducing support for people in floodplains, hurricane alley should be next. You want to build a house in a hurricane zone that isn't built to survive? bad luck. get insurance. The rest of the taxpayers shouldn't be rebuilding sections of florida every 5 years.

I say a 20 year window allows for some amortisation of the costs of rebuilding, and frankly, a natural disaster every 20 years is a reasonable thing to plan for. If LA was hit by a major earthquake every 5 years, we wouldn't be rebuilding it every time, would we?