Disaster Relief Funding Skyrocketing

[DaShuckster]

Given what I've been reading about the taxpayer funding for Hurricane Ida relief, I went online and found this article from a year ago interesting.

You'd think that with the skyrocketing cost of disaster relief funding, we might consider taking some proactive steps. Oops, did I just trigger our climate-change deniers?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/04/22/taxpayer-spending-us-disaster-fund-explodes-amid-climate-change-population-trends/

 

[Crazyhole]

Given what I've been reading about the taxpayer funding for Hurricane Ida relief, I went online and found this article from a year ago interesting.

You'd think that with the skyrocketing cost of disaster relief funding, we might consider taking some proactive steps. Oops, did I just trigger our climate-change deniers?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/04/22/taxpayer-spending-us-disaster-fund-explodes-amid-climate-change-population-trends/

Proactive steps, like not building more and more expensive properties in areas likely to be affected by natural disasters?

 

[NinjaKnight]

Guys, climate change is a hoax. Big Oil told me so. It will be over and forgotten about in a couple weeks, just like covid.

 

[DaShuckster]

Every time I hear something to the effect of "it's too big of a problem for us to tackle alone," I think of all the amazing structures built by the ancient Egyptians, putting a man on the moon, and returning three astronauts back home alive when their space ship exploded far out in space.

I firmly believe mankind has the power to accomplish supposed 'miracles' -- if we want it bad enough.

 

[goodknightfl]

Climate change is real and always happens. Global warming people deny that fact and assume it is new and caused by man.

 

[NinjaKnight]

Climate change is real and always happens. Global warming people deny that fact and assume it is new and caused by man.

How are you able to be so consistently wrong, 100% of the time? I am honestly almost impressed.

I feel like we might be able to solve all the mysteries of the universe if we ask you a question: the correct answer will be 180° opposite of whatever insane retarded drivel you spew.

 

[DaShuckster]

Chat with China and India the biggest pollution countries and see how that goes.

Maybe it starts with cleaning up our own act first before lecturing other countries about polluting.

 

[DaShuckster]

Yeah that also means we have to spend more with our consumers and businesses while china and India continue. Brilliant

Yeah, DO NOTHING, that's the answer!!!! Continuing to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS more each and every year on disaster relief is the way to go, baby!!!*

 

[Crazyhole]

Yeah, DO NOTHING, that's the answer!!!! Continuing to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS more each and every year on disaster relief is the way to go, baby!!!*

Why is it a requirement that we spend money on disaster relief?

 

[Cubs79]

Why is it a requirement that we spend money on disaster relief?

I mean it isnt, but if you dont then many coastal towns/states would end up being almost uninhabited. I mean, who is going to live in Florida, Louisiana, even east Texas knowing they could lose everything because of a hurricane and/or Flooding? But it isnt just coastal towns, Nashville flooded about 10 years ago causing millions upon millions in damages, fires in east TN mountains destroyed homes and businesses, parts of Iowa flooded not long ago, etc etc. And before someone says anything about insurance, insurance premiums would go through the roof places prone to disasters.

 

[Crazyhole]

I mean it isnt, but if you dont then many coastal towns/states would end up being almost uninhabited. I mean, who is going to live in Florida, Louisiana, even east Texas knowing they could lose everything because of a hurricane and/or Flooding? But it isnt just coastal towns, Nashville flooded about 10 years ago causing millions upon millions in damages, fires in east TN mountains destroyed homes and businesses, parts of Iowa flooded not long ago, etc etc. And before someone says anything about insurance, insurance premiums would go through the roof places prone to disasters.

They existed before the federal government was bailing them out when a natural disaster hit, so where is the disconnect?

 

[Cubs79]

Yeah that also means we have to spend more with our consumers and businesses while china and India continue. Brilliant. Another lib idea. I could possibly get behind massive sanctions if we believe climate change is man made.

The US is a bigger polluter than India, and China certainly isnt great, but they have taken steps for less pollution. But you are also leaving out that a lot of the pollution in China is due to countries like the US, who buy their products. The US is at fault for this as much as anyone, we are second behind China in pollution, and we make up about 20% of China's exports, so this isnt just a China problem by any stretch.

 

[Cubs79]

They existed before the federal government was bailing them out when a natural disaster hit, so where is the disconnect?

They didnt exist with anywhere near the populations. Florida for example, had less than 2 million population in the 1940s, it now has over to 20 million. If you told 20 million people that they had to pay all costs associated with hurricane and flood disaster relief, you would see a mass exodus for sure.

 

[Crazyhole]

They didnt exist with anywhere near the populations. Florida for example, had less than 2 million population in the 1940s, it now has over to 20 million. If you told 20 million people that they had to pay all costs associated with hurricane and flood disaster relief, you would see a mass exodus for sure.

Lol. Yeah, that would be terrible. The concept of not living in a place where you are susceptible of death and property loss due to regularly occurring natural disasters is inconceivable.

 

[Cubs79]

Lol. Yeah, that would be terrible. The concept of not living in a place where you are susceptible of death and property loss due to regularly occurring natural disasters is inconceivable.

Natural disasters happen all over the place. There are fires in the west constantly, tornadoes in the midwest and south, Hurricane on the east coast and gulf. I mean hell, Texas had a disasterous winter storm this year. So where is this magical place you think can handle the population of millions of people looking to move there that has no natural disasters?

 

[Crazyhole]

Natural disasters happen all over the place. There are fires in the west constantly, tornadoes in the midwest and south, Hurricane on the east coast and gulf. I mean hell, Texas had a disasterous winter storm this year. So where is this magical place you think can handle the population of millions of people looking to move there that has no natural disasters?

Lol. Maybe in the vast majority of the continental US, where natural disasters of any significant magnitude are extremely rare.

 

[Cubs79]

Lol. Maybe in the vast majority of the continental US, where natural disasters of any significant magnitude are extremely rare.

I just named disasters that happened in all parts of the country. So Ill ask again, So where is this magical place you think can handle the population of millions of people looking to move there that has no natural disasters?

 

[DaShuckster]

Natural disasters happen all over the place. There are fires in the west constantly, tornadoes in the midwest and south, Hurricane on the east coast and gulf. I mean hell, Texas had a disasterous winter storm this year. So where is this magical place...?

Label me one of "those bleeding heart libs" but you'd think everyone would support reaching out to help fellow Americans who've suffered greatly from a weather disaster.

 

[Crazyhole]

I just named disasters that happened in all parts of the country. So Ill ask again, So where is this magical place you think can handle the population of millions of people looking to move there that has no natural disasters?

I answered. The vast majority of the continental US.

The fact that it's easier to name places that more at risk of major natural disasters than those which rarely experience them should be enough.

 

[Crazyhole]

Label me one of "those bleeding heart libs" but you'd think everyone would support reaching out to help fellow Americans who've suffered greatly from a weather disaster.

^^^ believes unvaccinated people shouldn't receive medical treatment.

 

[Cubs79]

I answered. The vast majority of the continental US.

The fact that it's easier to name places that more at risk of major natural disasters than those which rarely experience them should be enough.

Dude, the Southeast, Northeast, Texas, and California all have natural disasters constantly, and that is a significant part of the country. Many parts of the Southwest are running out of water, so wont be able to live there, and tornados are a frequent thing in the midwest. So that leaves us with what? The Dakotas and Idaho maybe?

 

[DaShuckster]

Dude, the Southeast, Northeast, Texas, and California all have natural disasters constantly, and that is a significant part of the country. Many parts of the Southwest are running out of water, so wont be able to live there, and tornados are a frequent thing in the midwest. So that leaves us with what? The Dakotas and Idaho maybe?

Exactly -- as if where you live really protects you from disaster anyway.

One would think Nebraska, smack dab in the middle of the country, was about as safe, disaster-wise, as it gets. But the 2019 floods in the State did more than 19 million dollars worth of damage.

I'm guessing here, but I'm guessing the folks who lost everything in that flood and received FEMA help plus volunteer support from many business and churches in the area are a tad bit more sympathetic of those suffering due to Hurricane Ida.

 

[Crazyhole]

Exactly -- as if where you live really protects you from disaster anyway.

One would think Nebraska, smack dab in the middle of the country, was about as safe, disaster-wise, as it gets. But the 2019 floods in the State did more than 19 million dollars worth of damage.

I'm guessing here, but I'm guessing the folks who lost everything in that flood and received FEMA help plus volunteer support from many business and churches in the area are a tad bit more sympathetic of those suffering due to Hurricane Ida.

^^^comparing a hundred year flood to biannual hurricanes.