I have heard people say "I lost my first house to a flood, now It's happened again, or this is the second time a hurricane hit".
Since they are given federal aid, shouldn't the county planning commissions refuse building permits.
Example: Tornado Alley, Florida beach fronts, homes near creeks and rivers known to rise in rainstorms.
All the taxpayers keep rebuilding the homes of people that refuse to move.
2007-04-15 13:05:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
I think it depends on the circumstances.
If it was a freak occurence, like the tsunami, and it is unlikely to happen again, then I don't see what is wrong with rebuilding in that area.
But if it is an area that is prone to that particular type of disaster (such as regular fires, floods, tornadoes etc), then I do think there comes a point where you have to classify that area unviable for living. Sure, people can live there at their own risk, but I don't think those areas should be covered by insurance or funded by tax payers.
2007-04-16 01:37:15 · answer #1 · answered by Simone C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the livable space on this planet is about 13% of the total surface area, so unless you think the people hit by these events should be pitching a tent at the base camp of Mt. Everest?? where will they go? after living a lifetime in a community are they expected to relocate to another and be subjected to the task of rebuilding and assimilating into a foreign comminuty, foreign doesn't have to be another country, but it may be the next township along, the customs and beliefs may vary anyway.
2007-04-15 18:29:19 · answer #2 · answered by colddogznose 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I stay in FL and that i've got a cinder block domicile and have purely had to rebuild my roof... so a techniques as people who build on the sand... and FEMA enables... it rather is a no no ... the rest human beings pay coverage, they ought to pay some too... yet they cant by fact no person will insure something it rather is absolute to flush away for the time of a typhoon. I even have lived here sixteen years and it on no account fails to amaze me.
2016-12-29 14:33:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people should be allowed to rebuild in disaster areas. Although it is expensive to clean up the disaster area and rebuild what used to be there. All in all people should be able to rebuild in disaster areas depending on the cost situation of it all.
2007-04-15 13:11:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One may restrict vast portions of Florida and California if one did; to say nothing of the New orleans area still.
2007-04-16 07:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-15 15:50:52 · answer #6 · answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Waste of our tax money. Let the ins. companies take the losses and not the taxpayers.
2007-04-15 21:47:54 · answer #7 · answered by scott p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not at a cost to the tax payer no and i dont think any insurance company should cover them either.
2007-04-15 13:11:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋