I'm not sure why you didn't have hurricane insurance and instead had to rebuild out of your own pocket...
Let me explain. Back in those days we actually did have hurricane insurance, but there were clauses that precluded 'rising water.' We really didn't need rising water coverage because the houses, while beachfront, were far enough away from storm tides that the only damage prior to Carla was adding sand to the property. However, McFaddin's Pass, as it is called, caused the rapid erosion of the beach. By this time, 'rising water' costs had sky-rocketed so we simply couldn't afford it.
Understand also that I'm not knocking Jeb Bush. My contention is with little bureaucrats hundred or thousands of miles away who only think they know better than the locals who have the experience and knowledge to not "poop in their own beds," so to speak.
I wish I had the wordpower and knowledge to explain just how communistic the so-called "environmentalists" have become.
They erroneously assume property owners care nothing about their property, the preservation of it, or respect for the creatures that live on or near it. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Obviously, I cannot speak for the property owners in Florida, just as I couldn't for the Klamath Falls farmers when enviro-nazis cut off their water supply. But I could see the injustice of outsiders dictating how and what property owners do with their property. Just as I resent the enviro-nazis telling me I can no longer build on my property because I may damage it!
My family did more to protect and save our property and the creatures on it than the mindless bureaucrats think they do.
I realize what happened in your case is different.
True. However it is the same group of people telling the Florida property owners how and what they can do with their own property.