tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post6163622254573602489..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Natural DisastersCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-40354171008658371052017-08-31T13:11:44.880-04:002017-08-31T13:11:44.880-04:00@ Mark,
Galveston, right on the coast, has many h...@ Mark,<br /><br />Galveston, right on the coast, has many houses on pilings. There are incentives to do so such as lower insurance premiums or even the ability to get insurance at all. There is no need for government forcing conformity. Those who are willing to take the personal risk can do so.<br /><br />Look, I know there is a role for government. There is also a role for individual liberty. Where we draw the balance between the two is where we differ.<br /><br />What's frightening is when people from both sides of the aisle only consider one of them and dismiss the other as useless when making their arguments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-70836541871553459152017-08-30T23:56:06.294-04:002017-08-30T23:56:06.294-04:00I was goofing on Clinton's "It's the ...<br />I was goofing on Clinton's "It's the economy, stupid" <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-21314786513781338692017-08-30T22:46:10.337-04:002017-08-30T22:46:10.337-04:00No one is saying that 50 inches of rain would not ...No one is saying that 50 inches of rain would not cause a disaster. The question is whether the disaster had to be as big as it was. Here, let me give you an example of the type of thing that can help lessen flood damage from storms. Some coastal areas of Florida require homes to be built on pilings that put the living levels above flood level. It floods, but the damage is mitigated. I'm not suggesting that Houston be put on pilings; it's just an example of the fact that the effect of natural disasters can be mitigated, but then, of course, it did require Florida collectivists' big government to do it.<br /><br />But it doesn't matter. You can tell who's losing the argument by who first calls names.<br /><br />Mark Phttp://www.caniconfidimus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-73780021122445547492017-08-30T18:24:52.676-04:002017-08-30T18:24:52.676-04:00It's just weird to see collectivists politiciz...<br />It's just weird to see collectivists politicize this catastrophe claiming that lack of big government exacerbated the situation when there is no evidence whatsoever.<br /><br />The article cited came from Slate (need I say more) and when you drill down, it's all based upon articles from ProPublica, a "news" organization that funded by wealthy Democratic operatives that develop stories that are then released to other news organizations out of the goodness of their hearts.<br /><br />Here's what makes these arguments specious:<br /><br />Beaumont, Port Arthur, China and other smaller towns east of Houston that got pretty much the same amount of rain had the same catastrophic flooding. NO urban sprawl...NO massive amounts of development.<br /><br />These are all low lying areas near the coast. Even the areas that are not developed at all are also flooded.<br /><br />It's the 50 in of RAIN, stupid! <br /><br />Name one coastal city that you think would have not had a similar outcome with 50 in of rain within a couple of days.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-79780278206098799682017-08-30T16:46:19.887-04:002017-08-30T16:46:19.887-04:00About your mother, I feel for you. We went through...About your mother, I feel for you. We went through that with my mother and my wife's mother and father. It was no fun for them or us. My wife and I will find out what happens to the elderly who have no family members to help out. We're childless and far from any younger relatives who might possibly be willing to help.<br /><br />You can't plan for 50 inches of rainfall? Of course you can. You won't necessarily build the infrastructure to deal with an extremely unlikely event, but you can certainly plan and build for something of lesser magnitude and try to make sure that your planning at least mitigates some of the damage an unlikely event will cause. Of course, that presupposes some willingness to engage in social cooperation, which, as any Houston resident can tell you, is the next best thing to godless communism. But they will look to the rest of us to help them dig out of the hole they dug themselves into with their freedom-loving, self-reliant ways..Mark Phttp://www.caniconfidimus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-45768154783389514642017-08-29T15:22:24.326-04:002017-08-29T15:22:24.326-04:00BTW, I lived in Houston in 1983-84. The urban spra...BTW, I lived in Houston in 1983-84. The urban sprawl even then was unbelievable...horrible pollution, ugly buildings stretching on for miles in each direction with no geographical relief, but hey, some people like that. The fact that the Bushes have lived and worked there is enough to keep me away (from Kennebunkport, too).Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-42543550377595255442017-08-28T15:05:30.559-04:002017-08-28T15:05:30.559-04:00Oops, forgot to add my handle...I am not a pervers...Oops, forgot to add my handle...I am not a perverse idiot!Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-24579010434194098032017-08-28T15:04:13.524-04:002017-08-28T15:04:13.524-04:00Anonymous is a perverse idiot, as usual.
I lived ...Anonymous is a perverse idiot, as usual.<br /><br />I lived in Houston for almost a year. I was in Hurricane Alicia. It was a disaster. But yes, the horrible lack of zoning and disregard for nature has compounded the current disaster. It reminds me of Bush (jr.) and others in his administration saying, "Who could have predicted such a disaster?" about New Orleans years ago...when there was a National Geographic article THE YEAR BEFORE, describing exactly what would occur WHEN--not IF--a confluence of events occurred to create the disaster that did in fact happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-7406634899755201442017-08-28T12:44:43.682-04:002017-08-28T12:44:43.682-04:00
There is no planning for 50 in rainfall.
40-50 i...<br />There is no planning for 50 in rainfall.<br /><br />40-50 inches of rainfall within a short period of time would flood most any city.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com