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Originally Posted by AlexMack
The government owes these people their homes because they fucked it up in the goddamn first place and then when the inevitable happened, they fucked up with FEMA.
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The government cause a category 5 storm to hit New Orleans? I think FEMA did a terrible job in the initial response, but the local response, etc. were pretty pitiful there as well. Lack of an evacuation and all.
The people there knew the hurricane was coming yet they didn't get the hell out. Most also did not insure their homes against something which was pretty much inevitable. In my opinion, it sucks to be them. They got free trailers to live in, big FEMA checks, etc. Many have gone on and made decent lives for themselves elsewhere, others continue to wallow in squalor after blowing all of their money on plasma tvs. I figure the government has done more than its fair share to bail these folks out. It would be even more inefficient to set the stage for a repeat of this catastrophe (which apparently is what you're arguing in favor of).
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You live in Oklahoma. If your home gets torn apart by a tornado I won't be sympathetic, I'll just think, 'well you shouldn't have lived there in the first place because you know tornadoes happen all the time. You won't get a dime for rebuilding.'
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You're right. Unless a large area is wiped out, I probably won't get a dime. Typically, tornadoes don't do damage to large areas. They hit a few houses, ruin a few roofs, maybe destroy a few things, that's it. While there are those big F5 tornadoes, they are extremely rare. There are only 2 or 3 of them recorded (ever) and they only affect an area about a mile wide. That's okay though because I am insured. If a tornado hits I'm definitely not going to put myself into the position of relying on the government for anything.
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