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06-30-2008, 01:25 PM | #21 | |
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06-30-2008, 01:25 PM | #22 | |
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Earthquake insurance for same home = $800/year That is why most people in the Salt Lake Valley don't have earthquake assurance and Cali is generally correct in that most don't have it. |
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06-30-2008, 01:57 PM | #23 | |
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Flooding on the Mississippi is a disaster waiting to happen. That is why it happens so frequently. The total destruction of SLC is a disaster waiting to happen. A massive earthquake in California is a disaster waiting to happen. A hurricane that smashes through Florida is a disaster waiting to happen. Memphis and St. Louis are situated on the largest fault line in the US; the last huge earthquake that hit the region caused the Mississippi river to flow backwards and permanently altered the landscape of the area. The next one would level most of St. Louis and Memphis (which use tons of brick in home building), and nobody in either city earthquake insurance. As for the Great Salt Lake "crushing" the homes in SLC, that is precisely what experts believe will occur. You need to brush up on your geography a bit. The SLC base is mostly sand which experts predict would liquify in the event of a major earthquake, causing the entire valley to sink substantially (and then the Great Salt Lake would rush in to fill the lower lying valley, thereby crushing the homes in its path and destroying what wasn't already destroyed). And nobody there has earthquake insurance. |
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06-30-2008, 02:01 PM | #24 | |
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Pack up and go to Jackson County. |
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06-30-2008, 02:07 PM | #25 | |
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You saw the same thing in France during the heat wave a few years back. Old people dying by the thousands in un-airconditioned nursing homes, and then the government gets blamed. People had given over care for their elderly to the government, wiping their hands of it, so I guess technically it was to blame. But where were the relatives of these people (all "en vacances" with many of the country's doctors). Where were local community organizations to assist? 40 people died in a nursing home around the corner from where we eventually lived and no one in the neighborhood lifted a finger. Societal norms broke down. The least that could have been done by the local city and state governments was to put people on buses out of town if they didn't have their own transportation. They gambled and lost.
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06-30-2008, 02:12 PM | #26 | |
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You want to say it is very much about race. I disagreed and laid out my case. I'm waiting for yours. Quote:
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06-30-2008, 02:18 PM | #28 |
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Apples and oranges, and you know it.
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06-30-2008, 02:23 PM | #30 |
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I can see why you want to change the subject on this one.
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