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Originally Posted by aceventura3
My take is that over time man can not overcome nature and that the best use of money would be to not rebuild. Those who most want to rebuild would be better off if they took a share of the rebuilding money and moved to higher ground or at least above sea level.
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The only problem with this philosophy is that if we start abandoning our cities based on the possibility that they might fall victim to natural catastrophe, we’ll wind up abandoning most of america. should we abandon california because of the prospect of earthquakes? should all the people near the mt. st. helens volcano move? what about the floods that plague the midwest? should everyone clear out of there? i live in washington, should i move because the risk of terrorist attack here is so high?