Re:Hurricane Ian damages in Southeast estimated at $100B to ...
by ceejayoz on Friday September 30, 2022 @01:42PM
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> People don't live in hurricane zones because it's fun.
People absolutely live in Florida for that reason; people flock there for retirement.
> Under that rule, what exactly is your plan for replacing all the life-critical logistics infrastructure across the entire Gulf coast?
Strict building codes, no more building below sea level as with New Orleans. Even a few miles from the ocean can often be enough to change "my house swam away" into "we had some trees downed".
Just abandon the whole thing as a sacrifice zone? How exactly are you going to do any international shipping? Get goods down the Mississippi? Refine half the gasoline the country uses?
People don't live in hurricane zones because it's fun. People live there because that's where the jobs are. Many of them aren't bullshit jobs, and are far more critical to life and limb than yet another dogwalking mobile app.