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Are you also calling me oversensitive Damookster for I had the same complaint? Roland00 Send a noteboard - 24/10/2019 05:30:59 AM

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Federally funded storm insurance for hurricane prone areas primarily benefits real estate developers. I’m surprised you support it.

All of this is true, but here is the thing we are not talking about rationality here for there are all forms of arbitrage opportunities and people do not consult an investment table when they make these emotional claims. These same people do not understand Downtown Houston, or Katy, is not in the same floodplain as Galveston or Texas City. No people just want to talk and talk smack. People want to scapegoat.

Saying you are wasting my money, except it isn't there money, and if they were really caring about this rationality instead of emotionally they would have have dozens of other wastes of money they could list off hand. Hell these people can't even get the order of magnitude right how much a specific city got in repair money, or the amount of money nationally a program costs per year.

Pure scapegoating and complaining for the sake of complaining. I bet those same people can't even list the capital gains tax rate, or the various tax brackets. Do they know about the employer part of the social security tax or medicare?

Why should I care about people wanting to complain just to complain?

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Furthermore the cost to relocate a city like Houston or any major coastal city is orders of magnitude the cost for a small fraction of the city that is damaged or destroyed by hurricane flooding.

People are literally just connecting their mouth to their asshole with the language they use without knowing a damn thing about the thing they are complaining about.

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Have y'all seen this? Qatar is air conditioning their open-air markets and stadiums. TyrReborn - 19/10/2019 06:06:47 AM 748 Views
This is nothing new. Qatar has had indoor ski slopes for years. *NM* damookster - 19/10/2019 11:32:07 PM 188 Views
cold air remains low to the ground or something? *NM* Roland00 - 19/10/2019 11:32:28 PM 189 Views
Right, but... surely an enclosed stadium would be more efficient. *NM* TyrReborn - 21/10/2019 10:49:37 PM 180 Views
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Excuse Me? *NM* Roland00 - 20/10/2019 11:30:28 PM 252 Views
Yeah, I get that people don't want to move. But... TyrReborn - 21/10/2019 10:52:03 PM 350 Views
I think the extravagance is the point *NM* aerocontrols - 21/10/2019 11:51:53 PM 187 Views
Speculating here, but... fionwe1987 - 23/10/2019 09:45:23 PM 388 Views
Why is it always the Gulf Coast that gets complained about when we rebuild? Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 07:50:35 AM 396 Views
huh? aerocontrols - 23/10/2019 12:37:50 PM 372 Views
Re: huh? Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 08:52:29 PM 379 Views
That may simply be because earthquakes are less frequent than hurricanes, especially now *NM* fionwe1987 - 23/10/2019 09:46:47 PM 182 Views
They're less frequent, but we know where they're going to happen. Ghavrel - 24/10/2019 04:42:15 AM 394 Views
No one is sneering... fionwe1987 - 24/10/2019 02:05:19 PM 402 Views
You did use the word, idiocy. damookster - 24/10/2019 02:09:45 PM 416 Views
Fair. But I don't mean it at an individual level. I think... fionwe1987 - 24/10/2019 08:46:06 PM 443 Views
Re: huh? aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 06:01:36 PM 382 Views
That means we need to abandon places where millions of people live. Just in the US. Ghavrel - 28/10/2019 02:24:36 AM 424 Views
Please read my 2nd paragraph again aerocontrols - 28/10/2019 04:06:32 PM 344 Views
Aerocontrols do you think Augusta Kansas should not exist? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 05:35:22 AM 384 Views
I think there's an argument to be made aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 05:50:26 PM 381 Views
But the Halloween flood of 98 was not like that Roland00 - 24/10/2019 06:41:28 PM 324 Views
Augusta flooded again last spring. aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 08:24:39 PM 388 Views
A little over sensitive? damookster - 23/10/2019 08:21:39 PM 364 Views
Very. I had enough of people blaming us for Katrina to last a lifetime. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 08:53:44 PM 188 Views
to my point, however.... damookster - 23/10/2019 10:27:04 PM 389 Views
I don't really know how that's relevant though. I'm not talking about insurance. Ghavrel - 24/10/2019 04:40:58 AM 381 Views
I guess my point damookster - 24/10/2019 02:03:08 PM 457 Views
Mookie why aren't you using the same logic about the California fires? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 07:53:19 PM 398 Views
because to the best of my knowledge, homeowners insurance in California is not unobtainable damookster - 25/10/2019 03:07:57 AM 408 Views
California Insurance for Fire is becoming a Market Failure Roland00 - 25/10/2019 06:35:28 AM 374 Views
As someone who *lives* in California Jeordam - 25/10/2019 04:38:49 PM 408 Views
Sigh you are missing my point I was saying about Scapegoating Roland00 - 25/10/2019 09:45:48 PM 433 Views
I didn't miss what you said.... Jeordam - 25/10/2019 11:35:23 PM 399 Views
Let me see if we are on the same page here. Roland00 - 26/10/2019 01:08:45 AM 398 Views
*nods* I knew what you were saying. Jeordam - 29/10/2019 09:53:30 PM 372 Views
Are you also calling me oversensitive Damookster for I had the same complaint? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 05:30:59 AM 367 Views
I was teasing Gabe. damookster - 24/10/2019 02:06:17 PM 355 Views
Sorry for misunderstanding Roland00 - 24/10/2019 06:43:36 PM 526 Views
You do realize that all of Qatar is desert? Legolas - 21/10/2019 07:53:24 PM 383 Views
What I was really commenting on is, wouldn't it be more efficient to enclose those areas? TyrReborn - 21/10/2019 10:51:00 PM 405 Views
Probably. For the stadiums, I thought they did do that, not sure about the markets... Legolas - 22/10/2019 05:57:11 PM 342 Views
Most of Antarctica is desert aerocontrols - 21/10/2019 11:51:04 PM 367 Views
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