I have been through two tornadoes and have yet to see them.
Poor state or not you choose to live there and you foot the bill. Take responsibilty.
I am not ill-informed enough to climb into my attic. I also do not run a hair dryer in the tub etc...
I actually agree with most of what your philosphy seems to be, but some things are not possible to do locally.
By your logic you couldn't live anywhere in Florida--nowhere in the state is immune from a hurricane. You couldn't live in about 75% of California because of the threat of mudslides, forest fires, El Nino or earthquakes sending it into the Pacific (can't come fast enough for me). Washington state--Mt. St Helens anyone?
Anywhere north of Salina is obviously prone to blizzards. The Mississipi Valley will probably experience one of the largest earthquakes in history sometime in the next 100 years. In the early 1800s one changed the course of the Mississippi.
Where are you not prone to a major disaster in North America? Texas, New Mexico and Arizona historically have been prone to centuries long droughts. There are a large group of swarthy guys who want to blow up New York.
The East Coast from Maryland down is prone to hurricanes--it isn't just the Gulf Coast. Alaska--blizzards and one of the strongest recorded earthquakes in US history. Hawaii--Volcanoes and damned if they don't have hurricanes (typhoons) and the occaisonal Jap sneak attack.
Where is this mythical safe zone that you could live without worry of destruction on at least a minor scale?
The damage for the bill in NOLA and LA in general far exceeds the capacity for the state and locals to pay for it.
The fact is NOLA and the rest of Louisiana got off easy. A direct hit on NOLA and you really would have seen 10,000 dead bodies like Governor MeeMaw kept ignorantly spouting about.
The damage for the bill in NOLA and LA in general far exceeds the capacity for the state and locals to pay for it. It's fine to say suck it up and deal with it, but not everyone can. I would prefer not to have my taxes go to fixing NOLA on the grounds that this could easily happen again next year or the year after that.
If there is going to be a New Orleans (a whole different argument) then help will have to come from outside LA.