Discussion»Questions»Legal» Could you live with a rule forbidding you to live within a mile of any body of water? Wouldn't being a mile away lessen flood danger?
Isn't life more important than a great view? I dunno O. We had Hurricane Harvey in Texas. We now have Irma pummeling Florida after it did much devastation on many islands. Jose and Katia are right behind and I think Jose is another Cat 4 hurricane and I read yesterday that Katia already did some damage in Mexico. It just seems that since we can't stop the ocean from coming ashore we should build father back where it is less likely to reach us. A wild thought. Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday! :)
The conversation about FREE WILL has been had many times on this site and is the reason behind much of human behavior. What is there to discuss? You can make unpopular rules and people will make ways to break them if those rules stop their FREE WILL.
This post was edited by O-uknow at September 10, 2017 2:20 PM MDT
No. The gov should not make laws telling people where they should live. They could pass a law stating that people who buy this property are not eligible for FEMA assistance and must acknowledge that fact at time of purchase. But regardless of where you live, everywhere has some sort of natural disaster that is common. West Coast..earthquakes, mud slides, fires, flooding East coast...hurricanes, flooding Middle of the country...tornadoes, flooding
Do we tell people in CA where they can build? Or other places where and what they can build?
Government is not even trying to. Many of our officials are the ones who own or at least enjoy beach front property. Just look at Chris Christie not long ago this year. I might add this is also a reason not to expect exclusion from disaster relief.
There are 95,471 miles of shore line in the US. One mile in, and you lose 95,471 square miles of the US (approximately) Where would these people go? Move them onto farm land?
O-uknow 