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Originally Posted by Tippiechick
Why people choose to live, build, and rebuild homes in these areas is beyond me...
You know at some point, a hurricane is probably gonna do serious damage. Yet, people continue to do it over and over. If you are gonna live there and take a chance, don't make a big fuss when one comes your way.
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This response is not inteded to provoke anything... it's just a response to your statement. And, before Katrina I never made a big fuss, but it's still so fresh in my mind that it's hard not to. Camille was the only one close to that magnitude and that actually hit the year before I was born ... so it was 35 years between major hurricanes hardly a reason to completely desert an entire region.
We rebuilt after Katrina because this is our home. We love our small town, our neighbors and location. Just because I worry about hurricanes now doesnt mean I dont want to live here... and we pay a pretty penny for our insurance to do it. Although my husband said after Katrina if it ever happens again we are gone... but I dont believe him. The chances of these disasters happening over and over are slim, and I love this area, it's my home and thats why we choose to rebuild. It's not like we do it over and over... it's happened once in my lifetime. Twice in the older people (people 60+) so it's not a common occurance.
When I see a Cat 3 coming straight up the Gulf (and know that it will intensify in those warm waters) it worries me... I am not only worried for myself but any city or country in its path. We may be spared this time, but someone is going to get hit and I am still going to worry for those people and their homes. Just like I worried about all the people in IA who were flooded out and lost everything they owned earlier this summer.
California has had more earthquakes in the last 200 years than New Orleans has had thunder storms. Southern California burns each summer and millions of dollars of homes are destroyed and people die. Alaska has had terrible earthquakes. All the states along the mighty Mississippi River have experienced horrible flooding. Florida has had several horrible hurricanes in the last 10 years. The snow storms in the north east kill and damage property every year. ND, SD, IA, NE, KS, MO, AR, OK, TN, TX, LA and parts of OH, IN, and IL are all considered "Tornado alley". So where really, is it safe to live? We cant all live in Idaho....
