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4. FEMA helps replace lost infrastructure, but to qualify, it has to be built back to withstand what destroyed it. Example:

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Sat Oct 19, 2024, 05:57 PM

Oct 2024

The storm surge from Hurricane Harvey was 12' and flooded the electrical controls of a sewage pump station that existed at 9'. FEMA paid for the replacement, but the new electrical controls had to be elevated higher than 12'.

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As hurricane seasons worsen, taxpayers subsidize people to live in risky areas - WaPo Editorial [View all] question everything Oct 2024 OP

80 billion. Katrina cost 125 billion. jimfields33 Oct 2024 #1

so far,,,, KarenS Oct 2024 #3

True. But they wrote this story as if it's the worst ever. jimfields33 Oct 2024 #9

Here's another take on it. A more socialist take. bullimiami Oct 2024 #2

I don't think that all of us should pay for self centered homeowners who keep building in the same question everything Oct 2024 #6

Where is there no risk? Are you at risk of Flood? Hurricane? Tornado? Wildfire? Landslide? Earthquake? Volcano? bullimiami Oct 2024 #7

Yup, that's got to stop. If you live in a questionable area then pay the obscene insurance rates. You can afford it..nt mitch96 Oct 2024 #8

FEMA helps replace lost infrastructure, but to qualify, it has to be built back to withstand what destroyed it. Example: surfered Oct 2024 #4

FEMA uses our money MotownPgh Oct 2024 #5