Katrina fall-out

I wonder if the insurance companies (and the federal government) will
FINALLY wake up to the fact that building permanent structures below
sea-level in a hurricane zone is folly?

Just in the last couple of years (after paying out billions to re-build
homes along the Mississippi -- again) these two entities have wised up and
essentially prohibited building homes and businesses in flood zones.

Seems like a good idea...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

We all hear ya Jay. Alot of the damage is from flooding and thats
"NOT" covered under a homeowners policy but from the Feds. How much do
ya want to bet the Ins companies will be crying poor mouth and wanting
to raise premiums tomorrow. On a different subject,, all the looters
need to be lined up and run over with a slow moving steam roller. If I
was a business owner in New Orleans there would be a pile of bodies the
cops would have to crawl over to get me to fill out a police report.


Ben Haas
www.haaspowerair.com


Jay Honeck wrote:
I wonder if the insurance companies (and the federal government) will
FINALLY wake up to the fact that building permanent structures below
sea-level in a hurricane zone is folly?

Just in the last couple of years (after paying out billions to re-build
homes along the Mississippi -- again) these two entities have wised up and
essentially prohibited building homes and businesses in flood zones.

Seems like a good idea...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

You'd probably have Police officers in the pile as well since it
appears that maybe some of them are joining in on the looting as well:

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/articl...50830150050234

The people looting for food and water - I'm ok with. The people looting
for fancy clothes, jewelry, etc, I'm all with the original poster on.

--
Guy

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I wonder if the insurance companies (and the federal government) will
FINALLY wake up to the fact that building permanent structures below
sea-level in a hurricane zone is folly?

No matter what common sense restrictions are enacted, developers will
buy enough politicians to see them removed. We have seen this time and
time again here on the Florida, Alabama and Mississippi coasts.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:13:26 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in
W1iRe.295446$_o.49447@attbi_s71::

I wonder if the insurance companies (and the federal government) will
FINALLY wake up to the fact that building permanent structures below
sea-level in a hurricane zone is folly?

I can understand how your computer malfunctions might be obliquely
construed as aviation related, on-topic, for this newsgroup, but I
completely fail to see how the subject of this article differs from
obnoxious spam. Or has this newsgroup become Jay's sandbox?

We all hear ya Jay. Alot of the damage is from flooding and thats
"NOT" covered under a homeowners policy but from the Feds. How much do
ya want to bet the Ins companies will be crying poor mouth and wanting
to raise premiums tomorrow.

We were just talking about that with our insurance agent this morning.
Obviously, some of the area is in a flood zone, so no insurance company
other than the FEDs will cover flood damage. But a lot of the damage, such
as blown out windows, roof damage, and water damage due to rain, isn't
caused from the flood. So these people will have to fight with their
adjusters over what is covered and what isn't, so there still will be huge
claims filed and the insurance companies will be crying poor mouth and will
raise premiums.

I think that would be the worst part. I think I could actually handle my
house being destroyed better than I could handle having to fight with the
insurance adjuster over what part was from the flood and what part was from
wind/rain.

Jim

bdl wrote:
You'd probably have Police officers in the pile as well since it
appears that maybe some of them are joining in on the looting as well:

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/articl...50830150050234

Good quotes:

“When they say take what you need, that doesn’t mean an f-ing TV,” the
officer shouted to a looter. “This is a hurricane, not a free-for-all.”

Sandra Smith of Baton Rouge walked through the parking lot with a
12-pack of Bud Light under each arm.
“I came down here to get my daughters,” she said, “but I can’t find
them.”

Toni Williams, 25, packed her trunk with essential supplies, such as
food and water, but said mass looting disgusted and frightened her.
“I didn’t feel safe. Some people are going overboard,” she said.

Inside the store, one woman was stocking up on make-up. She said she
took comfort in watching police load up their own carts.
“It must be legal,” she said. “The police are here taking stuff, too.”
(Staff writers Doug MacCash and Keith Spera assisted in this story.)

Larry Dighera wrote:
I can understand how your computer malfunctions might be obliquely
construed as aviation related, on-topic, for this newsgroup, but I
completely fail to see how the subject of this article differs from
obnoxious spam. Or has this newsgroup become Jay's sandbox?

Gee, Larry, is that the pot I hear calling the kettle black?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:W1iRe.295446$_o.49447@attbi_s71...
I wonder if the insurance companies (and the federal government) will
FINALLY wake up to the fact that building permanent structures below
sea-level in a hurricane zone is folly?

Just in the last couple of years (after paying out billions to re-build
homes along the Mississippi -- again) these two entities have wised up and
essentially prohibited building homes and businesses in flood zones.

Seems like a good idea...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Let's keep in mind that a good part of New Orleans was built before
insurance companies told us what we can and can not do.

What I don't understand is why the insurance companies let them keep
building houses on the sides of cliffs in California.