http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/co...05/02/21/c1c_B
ermuda_0221.html


To the folks in Florida and the rest of the south east....
Crap.....

You may need to past the link in pieces.

Dave

Dave Fouchey wrote:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/co...05/02/21/c1c_B
ermuda_0221.html


To the folks in Florida and the rest of the south east....
Crap.....

You may need to past the link in pieces.

Dave

Well, I read the article. Sort of a pain because the linked part jumped
to another page before I had time to paste in the 2nd line tail.
Not very good news in the last several lines of the article. One
possibility for my future is to retire some day and buy a place in
Florida. I really don't think I can hold out a thousand years or more. :-(

Steve

I'm wondering when the US will get smart and stop building stick homes in
hurricane zones and start building with concrete like they do in the
typhoon areas of Japan. Also I have never seen any buildings built as close
to the ocean as we do. Maybe they have some sort of laws preventing it or
their builders are just smarter than ours.

First of all, while there are likely national laws in many countries that
mandate such issues, there is no such case in the U.S. That is left to
local municipalities to manage through their building codes.

Second, Japan has the admirable (IMO) approach that any improvement is worth
investing in, while American culture has been too long been focused on the
"cost-benefit" relationship, or looking at it another way, the
"cost-associated risk" assessment. Unfortunately, in many situations, the
added cost of building a concrete structure is considered to outweigh the
potential risk, and its likelihood of happening. (I guess we're gamblers at
heart, as a society.)

Then there's also the attitude difference related to individual rights
versus the good of society. In Japan, the wellbeing of society as a whole
outweighs the individual. That's why, for example, it's common to see folks
with colds walking around with masks. If that concrete structure is well
built, it is a one-time cost, period. Here, "who in hell are you to tell me
what I can and cannot do" (individual rights ain't all that bad, by itself,
even if ours are being tromped on these days - let's not go there, though.),
but if the tornado tears down my place, you all will pay for it in higher
taxes funneled through FEMA, and in higher insurance rates.

But that cash flow is good for the economy, right???

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


"dusty" wrote in message
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I'm wondering when the US will get smart and stop building stick homes in
hurricane zones and start building with concrete like they do in the
typhoon areas of Japan. Also I have never seen any buildings built as
close
to the ocean as we do. Maybe they have some sort of laws preventing it or
their builders are just smarter than ours.

"Ray" wrote in news:EqOdnavsVu2z_oHfRVn-
:

higher
taxes funneled through FEMA, and in higher insurance rates.


Hummm, just thinking how many more orchids I could buy without the
higher taxes funneled through FEMA, and the higher insurance rates.
Or maybe we all could afford a bigger greenhouse eh?

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:49:59 GMT, dusty wrote:

"Ray" wrote in news:EqOdnavsVu2z_oHfRVn-
:

higher
taxes funneled through FEMA, and in higher insurance rates.


Hummm, just thinking how many more orchids I could buy without the
higher taxes funneled through FEMA, and the higher insurance rates.
Or maybe we all could afford a bigger greenhouse eh?
Or the costs associated with higher strength buildings would be such
you couldn't afford any Orchids. That old Cost Benefit thing rears
it's ugly head again..;-)

This is a debate that will go on as long as people have to make
decisions on allocating finite resources in an infinite set of
choices.

Tarp's I tell ya Tarp's I will be the Tarp Mogul!

Dave

Low bid contracting gets you what you pay for...


Tarp's I tell ya Tarp's I will be the Tarp Mogul!

All Hail the Tarp Mogul! Long may the benevolent despot reign!


--
Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit

LittlefrogFarm - Growing the plants Rob likes. )

Dave Fouchey wrote:
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:49:59 GMT, dusty wrote:



Tarp's I tell ya Tarp's I will be the Tarp Mogul!

Dave

There once was a guy named Dave,
Declared as the Tarp Mogul to save.
But with taxes, insurance a to do,
He covered is orchids & plants in blue.

Gotta go, the sun is coming out! Yippee!
Feel free to edit my attempts.
Cheers Wendy