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We do not invest in infrastructure, as it is expensive, and disrupts, while going on. It is better for politicians to be able to point to expansion, rather than spending money upgrading large pipes below ground to possibly save from a disaster that might not strike.It seems that whatever the disaster is, fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, whatever, we are unprepared. Curious.
Incompetence.It seems that whatever the disaster is, fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, whatever, we are unprepared. Curious.
No matter how much the dems think we can fight mother nature, we can't.It seems that whatever the disaster is, fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, whatever, we are unprepared. Curious.
We can't let the homeowners off the hook. Many houses had asphalt (petroleum-based) shingled roofs, and other combustible materials laying around.We do not invest in infrastructure, as it is expensive, and disrupts, while going on. It is better for politicians to be able to point to expansion, rather than spending money upgrading large pipes below ground to possibly save from a disaster that might not strike.
It is government, developers, Realtors and the big money concerns in any and all communities. There is just a lack of political will to put money in the ground, while ripping up crowded streets and pristine lawns in and for upscale real estate.We can't let the homeowners off the hook. Many houses had asphalt (petroleum-based) shingled roofs, and other combustible materials laying around.
The State (here in Wisconsin) builds log buildings in our state forests for various uses. They have metal roofs, three-foot-wide gravel beds around the foundation, and the exterior log walls are treated with flame retardant. This because they are in a forest, and forests sometimes burn.
Covid: ApplesThe right are the same people who excused trumps unpreparedness for COVID-19 even as systems were created for him to deal with the pandemic that he destroyed. So, nobody wants to hear this right-wing garbage about California.
What would you like to do? Fine them for buying houses they had nothing to do with building? That's what building codes are for.We can't let the homeowners off the hook. Many houses had asphalt (petroleum-based) shingled roofs, and other combustible materials laying around.
Metal roofs are expensive. I agree, they fare much better in climate zones that get a lot of snow and water. But they aren't very pretty.The State (here in Wisconsin) builds log buildings in our state forests for various uses. They have metal roofs, three-foot-wide gravel beds around the foundation, and the exterior log walls are treated with flame retardant. This because they are in a forest, and forests sometimes burn.
But for most occupied dwellings, you don't want excess water accumulating around the foundation of the house. Water in the basement, flooding, etc.A friend of mine built a large home in a hardwood forest. He also has a gravel bed around the foundation and a metal roof. He has no rain gutters on the house because he "wants the rainwater off the roof to keep the ground around the house as wet as possible". The structures the State builds also don't have rain gutters for the same reason.
Sleepy Joe Biden ran on infrastructure improvement and enacted a lot of that part of his plan.We do not invest in infrastructure, as it is expensive, and disrupts, while going on. It is better for politicians to be able to point to expansion, rather than spending money upgrading large pipes below ground to possibly save from a disaster that might not strike.
It would be interesting to know,What would you like to do? Fine them for buying houses they had nothing to do with building? That's what building codes are for.
It's only in the last two decades or so that communities are starting to implement stricter building codes to limit the damage that a tornado, hurricane or earthquake can do.
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I second this. You can't fully prepare for certain things if life because you don't know how severe those things are going to be until after they have already happened.No matter how much the dems think we can fight mother nature, we can't.
No matter how much the dems think we can fight mother nature, we can't.
Looks like California did not want infrastructure dollars for improvement to water mains and fire line supply. Are you suggesting, he should have ruled over what the state wanted, forcing project on them? Is that what the next president should do for California? If so, should a President be allowed to force state projects within states, where the people living there or not? Personally, I don't think Joe could have gotten away with it, nor would trump.Sleepy Joe Biden ran on infrastructure improvement and enacted a lot of that part of his plan.
Republicans poo pooe'd it and attacked it all the way, but are the first ones screaming, bitching and moaning about "bad infrastructure" when the crap hits the fan, yet they never do a cotton-pickin' thing about it when they're able to.
That's just it. They want to spend 50 trillion dollars fighting mother nature and they don't realize that they're still going to lose the battle.Sure you can, with trillions of dollars...
LoL.
If you look at the history of our planet for the last 4.5 billion years up to now, nature has been a constant war zone.God told us to cooperate with nature. Instead, we fight it. Now it's fighting back.![]()
No, I'm not saying that at all. I'm just pointing out the dishonesty of Republicans suggesting that they're interested in infrastructure when they really aren't. In fact, they're historically against it.Looks like California did not want infrastructure dollars for improvement to water mains and fire line supply. Are you suggesting, he should have ruled over what the state wanted, forcing project on them? Is that what the next president should do for California? If so, should a President be allowed to force state projects within states, where the people living there or not? Personally, I don't think Joe could have gotten away with it, nor would trump.
There is a limit to how much it is practical to prepare for something that will never happen. If we all lived like stone age cavemen and put all our earnings in savings/safe investments we would all likely die millionaires. But who wants to sacrifice all quality of our current life for some distant time? So we spend enough to make us happy and satisfied as we have it even when we are responsible and save something for emergencies and for our future.It seems that whatever the disaster is, fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, whatever, we are unprepared. Curious.