Canada to flood victims: Move somewhere that doesn't flood.

Did they at least say please?

Imagine the backlash if trump said something like this. I'm laughing just thinking about it.

No flood zone wrote:

Imagine the backlash if trump said something like this. I'm laughing just thinking about it.

The backlash would only be from the 1%

oh canada wrote:

Another common sense lesson we should learn from our neighbors to the north. Continuous rebuilding along the coast is so stupid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/climate/canada-flood-homes-buyout.html

That's awesome

I'm looking at you, New Orleans!

I remember after one recent flooding in Houston that some house that was appraised for something like $100K had been rebuilt some crazy number of times where the total cost far, far exceeded the value.

rich people suck wrote:

No flood zone wrote:

Imagine the backlash if trump said something like this. I'm laughing just thinking about it.

The backlash would only be from the 1%

More like 99% of the media. Good luck with your free $hit, dude. Those "rich people" are paying for it.

Lost in translation wrote:

rich people suck wrote:

The backlash would only be from the 1%

More like 99% of the media. Good luck with your free $hit, dude. Those "rich people" are paying for it.

I do believe you're right about the media reaction if Trump said something like that. The thing is, he probably never would because people in the US who have houses next to the ocean are at least reasonably wealthy and Donny doesn't go after them. And the people around here who have houses on the ocean can get pretty whiny when their houses by the ocean get damaged in storm and it's suggested that maybe they should foot the whole repair bill.

Change "flood" to "fire" and the point is the same. The fire last year in Paradise, CA that killed 85 people followed the same path that burned down part of the city in 2008. I remember seeing a photo of a guy standing in the wreckage of his home last year, built in the same spot where his home burned down in 2008.

Nature's giving you a hint people; take it.

Common sense is rarely popular. It reminds me of when Warren Buffett provided reinsurance to the state of California after the Northridge Earthquake for $590 million (which there was about a 1/20 chance one would occur in the 4 year period he was covering). He made them implement a true pricing system on insurance that took into account soil conditions, location next to fault lines, etc. and charged an appropriate amount for those houses. The pricing system was thrown out as racist because there were high numbers of ethnic minorities living in the compromised areas and he was able to walk away with over a half billion dollars and provided nothing but a little peace of mind by capitalizing off of overblown fear that the big one was going to hit in the aftermath of a large quake.

On a side note, a lot of countries like to complain about US policies until a disaster hits. Take for instance the Bahamas after Dorian or Haiti after pretty much every disaster. The Bahamas shelters all kinds of off shore accounts (30% of their GDP is attributable to the offshore banking industry) yet they are eager for the US Coast Guard (paid for with the very tax dollars those accounts are avoiding) to lend a hand when they have a disaster strike.

The funny thing about ocean front property is if there is a big storm and your property ends up below the tide mark after the fact. It then becomes the government's property (this happens in Texas a lot). A lot of high dollar real estate in places like Miami will be worthless in the next 50 years as seas rise.

Yes, people are dumber than a rock and having more money doesn't change that.

The correct fix would be to have NO insurance or bail out of any kind for idiots that build next to an ocean.

You already did learn the lesson. Back in 1997. Grand Forks,North Dakota. National news up here so I am assuming it was big news south of 49. Checkout what the city did to properties adjacent to the flood prone Red River.

Lol. It’s like Liz Taylor getting wed again for the 8th or 9th time.

No flood zone wrote:

Imagine the backlash if trump said something like this. I'm laughing just thinking about it.

He should move them up in Trump Towers.

Lost in translation wrote:

Good luck with your free $hit, dude. Those "rich people" are paying for it.

Where do you think they got their riches from -- $dude.

CommonCents wrote:

Change "flood" to "fire" and the point is the same. The fire last year in Paradise, CA that killed 85 people followed the same path that burned down part of the city in 2008. I remember seeing a photo of a guy standing in the wreckage of his home last year, built in the same spot where his home burned down in 2008. Nature's giving you a hint people; take it.

This is why we need to have homes made of concrete, instead of building more wood tinder boxes.

joedirt wrote:

The funny thing about ocean front property is if there is a big storm and your property ends up below the tide mark after the fact. It then becomes the government's property (this happens in Texas a lot). A lot of high dollar real estate in places like Miami will be worthless in the next 50 years as seas rise.

Like Mar-A-Lago?

BernieSandals wrote:

joedirt wrote:

The funny thing about ocean front property is if there is a big storm and your property ends up below the tide mark after the fact. It then becomes the government's property (this happens in Texas a lot). A lot of high dollar real estate in places like Miami will be worthless in the next 50 years as seas rise.

Like Mar-A-Lago?

A good argument against these climate alarmist:

BernieSandals wrote:

joedirt wrote:

The funny thing about ocean front property is if there is a big storm and your property ends up below the tide mark after the fact. It then becomes the government's property (this happens in Texas a lot). A lot of high dollar real estate in places like Miami will be worthless in the next 50 years as seas rise.

Like Mar-A-Lago?

Exactly. One of my favorite restaurants on Ambergris Caye got permantly closed by a tropical storm a couple years ago. It was sad to see because it had the best Key Lime Pie, but it is the nature of low lying coastal areas. With increased thermal expansion of the ocean and increased glacial melt it is only a matter of time unless Trump builds a wall around Mar-a-Lago.