Forced imminent domain

Are you sure you really want to write this. "See how stupid you sound now."

Because, you sound really stupid by writing it.

I have never stated we should or should not. I asked if we should.

But see, you wanted to find a reason to call someone stupid without bothering to read.

Then now what you wrote some of it is valid, most of it is not.

NY has been hit by a Sandy level storm how many times over the last 100 years?
San Fran has had an earthquake of serious magnitude how many times over the last 100 years?

Now . . . we have had Houston get flooded how many times over the last 100 years? The Mississippi has flooded how many times over the last 100 years?

You can build buildings to support 7's on the richter scale. You can't retrofit buildings to support a water line that is 10' above the ground. You can't retrofit roads . . . infrastructure . . .etc.

So, my take is that you are OK with your tax money going to pay for people to rebuild in flood prone areas. So you are ok if your taxes goes to liberal South Florida? Isn't that socialism?

Sure, we can claim imminent domain on places that are at risk from tropical storms. let's then force everyone out. That would include the entire gulf coast and the east coast including New York city. After all they were hit by Sandy. If they were hit once it could happen again.

But then we need to do the same to other areas of the country that can be affected by natural disasters. Parts of California have to be abandoned due to earthquakes. let's say from san Francisco to Las angelos should about to it. Better clear out the great plains while we're at it. Toronto alley.

We've now displaced about a 3rd of the country or so because they have been hit by some sort of natural disasters and are at risk of it happening again.

See how stupid you sound now.

I personally would never buy a house that was in a flood plain but a lot of people have family roots that go back generations. those same people might think that people that live near fault lines out west are bat shit crazy. They may also feel that because the people that choose to live near fault lines know the risk they shouldn't be allowed to rebuild if something happens.

It's about YOUR state Mickey. It's about NO being underwater. It's about it being flooded during hurricanes. It's about Miami Beach. It's about how we enable people to keep rebuilding when it's gonna be torn apart again.

Should we do that?

Should we claim imminent domain and not allow them to live there?

It's about our money we the taxpayers are seeing spent to rebuild private property that has been storm/natural catastrophe damaged even though there is all likelihood it will occur again and again.

What the fuck is this thread,,,really about? Just asking

Mickey

<<---- never a fan of that shit

I am curious how our wall loving do whatever it takes to protect our country crowd responds to this.

Southeast Texas is a shitshow . . . again . . . due to rain. You can argue for or against climate change all you want. That does not change the fact that they have been drenched to the point where it is not safe to rebuild because it is expected to occur again and again . . .

As flood insurance is a FEDERAL program . . . should the residents be allowed to rebuild? Should the underlying land that they are on be taken from them as condemned, not suitable for living?

Enjoy the box you are now in. Wait, what do I mean about that?

I mean that if I were to replace Texas with say, "Liberal South Florida" or "Liberal CA with fires" I suspect your answer would be yes. Hell, if I said, "New Orleans," you'd probably say the same. You know . . . blacks and all. But what if I say the people who keep rebuilding next to the Mississippi? On a weird tangent, my wife's family is from the area where Illinois, Iowa and Missouri meet. The first time we went there, we stopped at a gas station. The gas station was odd as the building was 2 stories, but had three or four bays, one story attached to the building. So it looked like an L on it's side. I noticed the paint job on the building. It had a 4" rust paint color line that was horizontal about 15% up from the bay height on the 2 story part. That spawned a question to the attendant. I asked what the line was. He said that was the water line. I looked confused. He said that was when the river flooded. I asked how far we were from the river. He said 8 miles. The line was roughly 14' up. That was in April of 1996.