XPost: or.politics   
      
   On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:18:20 -0900, "jbohren"   
    wrote:   
      
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   >"Don Homuth"  wrote in message   
   >news:5q0r03pth91240snp7r5ocue2lm7u3aeq6@4ax.com...   
      
   >> People ought not to be (a) allowed to build where the river chooses to   
   >> run, even if infrequently, and (b) ought not to get Public Insurance   
   >> when or if they do.   
   >   
   >Tell that to the people in Tillamook County...   
      
   Happily, if given the chance.  Though doncha think Someone ought to   
   have told them that earlier?  Like back Before they started building   
   on the flood plain?   
      
   This nation is full of properties where folks built where they Knew   
   damned well that the floods would come on a regular basis.  That's   
   sorta just plain stupid.   
      
   What's even More stupid is that they demand Public Assistance in   
   Rebuilding in the same place, thereby compounding the mistake.   
      
   We'd save money and rationalize public policy if we limited rebuild   
   assistance only to areas Not on the flood plain.  That way, in a   
   reasonably short time, we'd not have to throw good money after bad   
   endlessly.   
      
   >FEMA has helped a couple businesses move out off of the flood plain,   
      
   That's a start, certainly.   
      
   >... but wouldn't help pay for the levee that broke because it was on private   
   land.   
      
   Why should FEMA pay for a Private levy?   
      
   >And nobody seems to want to help with the necessary permitting needed for   
   >dredging the Wilson River and upper Tillamook Bay.   
      
   Why should the river be dredged on a periodic basis, just to protect   
   folks who don't know where they ought to build?   
      
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