Can Roads Double as Shelters During Evacuations?

[WWGD]

So nobody should live in the Caribbean? Countries should be completely erased, because no one should be allowed to live there?

Don't you think this is an overreaction? There are way worst catastrophes happening in other (less developed) parts of the world, yet no one say such statements. These kind of things have happened for as long as humanity has existed and people adapt and live with it. Welcome to planet Earth.

If one doesn't want to live there, fine. If one wants to share his/her concerns with others, fine. If one doesn't want to help them, fine by me as well. But if one wants to force someone to do something because he/she wants to calm his/her fears, or doesn't want to help if something goes wrong and doesn't want to feel the guilt that may come with it, I think nobody has that right.

Part of the problem, at least in the U.S is that few people want to pay the price ( insurance- and otherwise) for their choice of living in a high-risk place. These people end up often being subsidized by others, which does not seem fair.

 

[jack action]

Part of the problem, at least in the U.S is that few people want to pay the price ( insurance- and otherwise) for their choice of living in a high-risk place. These people end up often being subsidized by others, which does not seem fair.

That is true. But I prefer people having the choice to help others up to their means, rather than forcing others to do things the «accepted» way, because we fear it will cost too much when they will need help. With the former, everybody has freedom of choice, with the latter, only the ones following the norm (willingly) have that privilege.

 

[Dr. Courtney]

Dunno bout public policy. But if I lived in New Orleans, points south, or coastal Mississippi, I'd be headed for higher ground by now.