08-24-2018, 10:16 AM
... and speaking of heavy rains and flooding (who?) (me), I saw this segment recently about the National Flood Insurance program on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It’s an eye opener, with many examples showing people who’ve built homes, repeatedly, in dangerous flood prone locations. Because they keep getting washed away, they keep collecting insurance payouts.
The owners of those homes make every single one of us in Puna District look like upper bell curve Mensa geniuses. Compared to the repeated flood aficionados in the video we’re a regular community of Albert Einsteins, Marie Curies, and Elon Musks living down here on a volcano. If I had to pick my house or any one of the examples shown in the story based on safety, I’d stay in Puna, hands down:
https://youtu.be/pf1t7cs9dkc
The owners of those homes make every single one of us in Puna District look like upper bell curve Mensa geniuses. Compared to the repeated flood aficionados in the video we’re a regular community of Albert Einsteins, Marie Curies, and Elon Musks living down here on a volcano. If I had to pick my house or any one of the examples shown in the story based on safety, I’d stay in Puna, hands down:
https://youtu.be/pf1t7cs9dkc
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves