The Official Weather Thread: Andy's Haven (5 Viewers)
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OK, lets travel from the West to the East along the coast in Hurricane Zones. Brownsville, Corpus Christie, Galveston, New Orleans, Gulfport, Mobile, Pascagoula, Pensacola, Panama City, Tampa, Sarasota, Miami all the way to Palm Bay, Savannah, Wilmington, Virginia Beach, and Ocean City are all cities over 50,000 people that sit in the midst of a hurricane threat. Some sit below sea level. To protect all these cities from erosion and storm surge by damming technology would be potentially the biggest project in US history.
This project would only be feasible in a few places, but in reality the entire coastline has residents who are subject to hurricanes. That's just one of the hazards we have to deal with.
You know that's not what I mean, so don't put words in my mouth.
This project would only be feasible in a few places, but in reality the entire coastline has residents who are subject to hurricanes. That's just one of the hazards we have to deal with.
You know that's not what I mean, so don't put words in my mouth.
That's all true, but you also have huge pieces of land in the US that barely have any inhabitants and are safer than those areas. If people are going to live there, you have to find a way to protect them. I feel there is too much confidence in well.. people who are less intelligent. I mean, it's not like you are going to buy a poorly structured house in a hurricane zone.
It's what I've said before, a lot of people in America are idiots and are being kept idiots. Now I don't know what it is, but almost every reportage we get on tv here of a state like Alabama for instance shows stupidity and violence. Now I can imagine some moron from Alabama, with presumeably no education whatsoever, moving to New Orleans (that is, if he would actually move from Alabama of course).
I don't know if it's his fault or not, but that's a reality you see. We have our fair share of idiots in Belgium, but I'd like to believe they get a lot of information when it comes to their safety.
It's what I've said before, a lot of people in America are idiots and are being kept idiots. Now I don't know what it is, but almost every reportage we get on tv here of a state like Alabama for instance shows stupidity and violence. Now I can imagine some moron from Alabama, with presumeably no education whatsoever, moving to New Orleans (that is, if he would actually move from Alabama of course).
I don't know if it's his fault or not, but that's a reality you see. We have our fair share of idiots in Belgium, but I'd like to believe they get a lot of information when it comes to their safety.
You're making this seem simpler than it is. For many people, they have to move where the jobs are, not because they want to. All the big jobs are in big cities of course, so that's where people flock to to earn a living. Hurricanes and other natural disasters is probably the last thing on your mind.
If we're going to bash the intelligence of Americans for having houses in hurricane zones, that means we could bash Americans and the Chinese for building houses along fault lines subject to shifts in tectonic plates, Africans and Southern Asians for building homes in places susceptible to plague and famine, and island inhabitants for building in spite of Tsunami fears. Anybody is subject to natural disasters.
While I know Americans have more means than many in the world, sometimes you can't choose where you live. A mass exodus from hurricane zones would not be feasible, neither would building all homes out of brick. Many Americans are indeed stupid, but a lot of what happens due to mother nature is beyond their control.
Sorry that our economy is doing so poorly right now that I object giving away contracts to even more foreign companies. By the year 2020 the whole United States will probably be owned by Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
If we're going to bash the intelligence of Americans for having houses in hurricane zones, that means we could bash Americans and the Chinese for building houses along fault lines subject to shifts in tectonic plates, Africans and Southern Asians for building homes in places susceptible to plague and famine, and island inhabitants for building in spite of Tsunami fears. Anybody is subject to natural disasters.
While I know Americans have more means than many in the world, sometimes you can't choose where you live. A mass exodus from hurricane zones would not be feasible, neither would building all homes out of brick. Many Americans are indeed stupid, but a lot of what happens due to mother nature is beyond their control.
Sorry that our economy is doing so poorly right now that I object giving away contracts to even more foreign companies. By the year 2020 the whole United States will probably be owned by Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
