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Re:Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weath... by stop50 on Sunday March 17, 2024 @04:11AM (#39732782)
Isn't one reason that they build houses in dangerous regions, demolished any vegetation that reduces the severity and build with inferior materials, which increase the danger of the storm effectivly?
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Re:Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weath... by VK538FY on Sunday March 17, 2024 @08:05AM (#39733880)
Hey, that sounds like Florida.
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Re:Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weath... by stop50 on Sunday March 17, 2024 @11:30AM (#39735115)
Yes. When i think of houses that were destroyed in the us because of an storm, i think first on the typical florida houses, then to the newscenes from the disaster after katrina.
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