I wonder why the Enemy Media never dwells on the price tag on the disasters that befall us? I mean, insurance claims need to be paid - people need to rebuild...and we ALL end up paying for it in the end.
Wisconsin had some SERIOUS problems with flooding this season and last. Lots of damage, but it seems someone from Mother Government just comes along and writes us a check! Thanks!
Is there a way to actually SEE how much natural and/or man-made (I don't mean Global Warming, relax!) disasters cost, 'We The People' every year? ALL OF US are paying for the CA wildfires, the tornadoes, the hurricanes, the flooding, etc.
I've honestly never thought about it...
(Charts referred to are at the link; I couldn't get them to post. Sorry!)
Over 10,000 structures in Paradise are destroyed, likely 3,000 or so remain in either a partially damaged state or untouched.
And the answer, according to some in California, is simply sue PG&E out of existence and sell off all the assets to pay for the damages. ‘course, that really doesn’t work, but that’s their current plan.
Serious consideration needs to be paid in this country to actually implementing disaster planning including evacuation routes and how to make that information accessible to multiple agencies on an instantaneous basis during an emergency.
LOL... this kinda thing used to bother me. But since Ocasio -Cortez got elected things don’t seem so complicated. All we have to do is “just pay for it”. The answer was right there under our noses all along.
I can’t wait to see what else we learn from her.
Ask that retromingent jackass Moonbeam who vetoed a bill allowing clearance of more than 100 million dead trees. Sue that phony “christian” bastard first.
Mud slides, wildfires, mud slides, wildfires, mud slides, .... Do we really need CA?
It’s not all a liability. New construction means jobs. Americans bounce back and build it better than it was before, or we used to. What is the alternative, just give up and let the land return to a natural state?
Besides, the premise of global warming as being responsible for the uptick in fires already puts the judgement of the writer in serious question. How about we look at the watermelon policies that prohibit controlled burns, firebreaks and clearing undergrowth when you decide that pristine conditions for some turtle are worth roasting a few score citizens for.
Relax, we are paying for each others healthcare and retirement. That cost makes the natural disaster costs puny by comparison.
The real estate in United States is valued at 31.8 TRILLION. Our GDP is $19.4 Trillion EVERY YEAR. That $1 Trillion cost of natural disasters over several years is nothing to lose sleep over.
That is the problem with bloggers. They exaggerate to draw attention. My blog would actually quote real numbers and my conclusion would say no worries. I am afraid no one is going to read my blogs.
But there is much more serious danger really lurking out there, which is debt world wide. China alone has debt = 4 X their GDP which is not puny being the world’s second biggest economy at the moment. Then add debt by all governments (Japan takes the cake there), add debts by nearly bankrupt states like Illinois and others, add debts by counties and cities.
Natural disaters? Meh!
its “whack-a-doodle” until it happens. We are nearly $22 Trillion in debt. That will only get repaid by severely reducing it via inflation or default.
Re: “But after a 70% devaluation the numbers might work.”
I always shake my head in disbelief when the Federal Reserve says its “Target” inflation rate is 2%.
At a 2% compounded inflation rate, the US Dollar loses one half of its value every 35 years.
Some other root causes of the problem beyond population growth:
From the serious Leftists at Mother Jones from 2017:
A Century of Fire Suppression Is Why California Is in Flames
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/12/a-century-of-fire-suppression-is-why-california-is-in-flames/
Archive in case they disappear the article:
http://archive.today/0Qai2
How Feminism Wrecked the U.S. Forest Service
https://www.thinkinghousewife.com/2012/06/how-feminism-wrecked-the-u-s-forest-service/
On Zillow, you can still see the houses that were for sale.
That whirling sound of California going down the blackhole of abyss is getting louder and louder....buh bye.