Long article about poor development choices and Sandy

[DRR]

cbelt3 wrote:
[quote=DRR]
It's easy to say "duh" in hindsight. It's difficult, arguably impossible, to both plan for, and allocate resources for, every possible outcome.

I'll diffidently disagree. You'll find that people in those areas argued AGAINST all that low lying permanent home development even before WWII, and were overruled by greedy bureaucrats eager to reap increased tax revenues and other benefits.

And when you say 'possible outcome' you really should have said "Probable Outcome":
In that case answer me two questions please.

1) When was the last time flooding occurred in the area at near Sandy-levels, (9.15 feet above high tide) and

2) Why bother rebuilding any other area after a natural disaster? NO will get hit with another hurricane eventually, and it much of it is being rebuilt still below sea level. A big quake will eventually hit both Northern and Southern California. The upper Mississippi will flood. These are all "probable." So with that logic - why bother.

Honest questions.