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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did I say get rid of mortgage interest deductions?  No.  Do they get casualty deductions.  Yes.  But we should never be supporting allowing construction in certain types of areas.

San Fran and earthquakes could happen.  We know it rains and we get flooding ever year circling the Gulf.   A tsunamai could hit Hawaii.  Acts of nature that are not expected but could happen.   Not regular annual or semi-annual events like the 4rth of July.  People expect government to perform some functions like zoning, building codes, etc.

A reasonable expectation that careful thought and prudence went into the existence of a structure on a specific location.  And that is not Houston.   This woman in Port Arthur went to a shelter and that is now flooded:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/aug/30/harvey-tropical-storm-houston-shelter-is-flooded-video[/quote]

Did I specify mortgage interest deductions?  It is not that an Earthquake could happen in SF or the PNW, or that a Tsunami could inundate Hawaii.  All of those things WILL happen.  Scientists and government planners expect them to happen, the only question is when. And with the earthquakes, the devastation will be on a much bigger scale than the flooding in Houston or in NOLA.

All you are hanging your argument on is frequency while ignoring severity.

If you don't want to support construction in disaster prone areas, by all means, don't support it. But it makes no sense to not support construction in one disaster prone area (flooding) while supporting it in others (earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, etc...).  [/quote]

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