[sweet_diane]

"And now that Rita and Ike have come and gone, taking most of these coastal dwellings and structures with them, it is time to consider turning a 10 to 15 mile strip of our hurricane prone coastal areas into RV parks or campgrounds "

So should the federal gov just come and take that land via immient domain? Or should taxpayers buy it from us? Or should we just give it away outright? For 70 years my family has paid property tax on coastal property and we have no desire to run an RV park or campground.

Hurricanes may get more media coverage but they are not the only natural disaster out there.

[Dick Bachert]

Ahh, but, my dear Diane, thanks to the National Flood Insurance program and federal “assistance” in the aftermath of these INEVITABLE storms, ALL of us have been subsidizing your beach lifestyle.

I also have property insurance and pay some mighty premiums — made mighty by the insurors having to spread the costs of YOUR frequent coastal losses to the rest of us — but my chances of being destroyed by a tornado or a flood are infinitely smaller than you being wiped out every 10 years less by a hurricane.