Long article about poor development choices and Sandy

[mrbigstuff]

Paul F. wrote:
One can build a house on a flood plain that will not get flooded.
One can build a house on a coast that will not be damaged by a hurricane.
One can build in a geologically active area that will not be damaged by an earthquake.

It's when they DON'T that the trouble starts.
And it's when insurers (and government) insures buildings that are NOT up to standards that the problem CONTINUES.

If you get told that if this house floods, YOU, and YOU alone are going to be paying to fix it, that's going to influence your buying decision unless you're rich, or a fool. And I favor letting fools suffer for their foolishness.

^ agree. In many cases along the coast of MA, this is true: no insurance for those houses built into the dunes, so when it washes away, it's gone for good. And no rebuilding, either. That last one is key if we're not going to repeat the mistakes.