[quote]lostinthought wrote:
LBRTRN wrote:
I say people should be allowed to own and/or build property wherever they want…they just shouldnt be surprised, or expect the government to rebuild for them, if a natural disaster destroys everything they own.
[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
Also, NO is a very important port of trade for the US - I think roughly 20%of our imports come through there.
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There are parts of it not under water, Couldn’t all the ships just pick a different dock?
I realize none of this is actually going to happen, just thinking about stuff. I’m tired of all the blame threads…
If you look at the pictures from Miss. everything is just gone, but alteast it is dry. The whole way NO was built seems wrong. I can’t believe anyone approved it.
[quote]There are parts of it not under water, Couldn’t all the ships just pick a different dock?
I realize none of this is actually going to happen, just thinking about stuff. I’m tired of all the blame threads…
If you look at the pictures from Miss. everything is just gone, but alteast it is dry. The whole way NO was built seems wrong. I can’t believe anyone approved it. [/quote]
[quote]MrWhite wrote:
There are parts of it not under water, Couldn’t all the ships just pick a different dock?
I realize none of this is actually going to happen, just thinking about stuff. I’m tired of all the blame threads…
If you look at the pictures from Miss. everything is just gone, but alteast it is dry. The whole way NO was built seems wrong. I can’t believe anyone approved it.
It was “approved” a couple hundred years ago.
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I dont remember the exact details but my history prof mentioned that the city planner was actually warned about the dangers of building on that location but chose to ignore the warnings.
[quote]LBRTRN wrote:
I say people should be allowed to own and/or build property wherever they want…they just shouldnt be surprised, or expect the government to rebuild for them, if a natural disaster destroys everything they own. [/quote]
Except I wonder how insurance companies would react. Scratch that… I wonder how they will react going forward. On that alone it might become prohibitively expensive to re-build New Orleans. I cannot even imagine the premiums for businesses, government, private residences, etc.
[quote]Kuz wrote:
LBRTRN wrote:
I say people should be allowed to own and/or build property wherever they want…they just shouldnt be surprised, or expect the government to rebuild for them, if a natural disaster destroys everything they own.
Except I wonder how insurance companies would react. Scratch that… I wonder how they will react going forward. On that alone it might become prohibitively expensive to re-build New Orleans. I cannot even imagine the premiums for businesses, government, private residences, etc.[/quote]
I heard on the news this morning that insurance co’s. will be determining if damage is due to wind or flooding. If it’s flooding, standard insurance won’t cover it. They also said that roughly only 20% of N.O. had flood insurance. Sound like a lot of people will recieve $0 reimbursment.