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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel for the people. But I also hope it’s a wake up call in the land of climate change denialism. They need to rethink housing in the hurricane belt. Make it more reliant and build in different locations— that assume a hundred year storm every few years. Because I tired of FEMA bailing out people the 4th and 5th time they have massive hurricane distraction. The definition of insanity and all that. And expensive insanity. [/quote]

Well "the hurricane belt" now includes Asheville NC.

So I guess we stop building everywhere from Florida all the way up to New Jersey/New York, which have also been damaged by hurricanes. BTW, that includes DC area which has also been hit. [/quote]

Sure.  But there are places where things come together for true once in 100 year storms, which having lived in NC most of my life and in Asheville for a couple of years, appears to be what happened there. And, there are places that are getting hit for the 3rd time in a decade with a 100 year storm. Places where people aren’t done rebuilding before they get hit again.

But yes, I think climate change will eventually require most of us to stop denying it and start rethinking how we have always done things. Including WNC. If nothing else, this storm showed that large positions are S— outta luck if I-40 and/or I-29 are out of commission. And I would hope the rebuilding effort would start with looking at what went wrong, how much of it was freakishly bad luck vs a problem waiting to happen, and rebuild smarter, with an eye towards mitigating risks and creating better ingress and egress.

And yes, this also includes DC.  We might not like to think about it, but eventually the National Mall will be underwater. I think we are more prepared for a disaster in terms of evacuation and shelter Jin place than many places by virtue of living someplace planned with an eye towards terrorism, a nuclear threat, etc. but are in serious denial about the fact DC is basically a swamp. Current building codes should be revised with an eye towards 50 years from now.

And if your house in FL keeps getting destroyed, either pay out of pocket the full cost of the rebuild, carry market rate insurance, or let FEMA buy your property, which is in the long run cheaper than a rebuild. This is not sustainable. [/quote]

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