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hunter

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31. Netherlands is a first world nation.

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #29)

Fri Nov 11, 2022, 07:25 PM

Nov 2022

The same can't be said of Florida.

The people in Nederland talk openly of the €100 billion they're likely to spend this century resisting rising sea levels.

What's Ron Desantis talking about?

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Shocking drone video shows storm destruction along Volusia County coastline [View all] Brenda Nov 2022 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Nov 2022 #1

Wow! It says something about having concrete storm walls. The metal ones just broke apart. TheBlackAdder Nov 2022 #42

Billions in damages...some luxury beach houses teetering... brush Nov 2022 #2

THIS malaise Nov 2022 #3

Yes, and it did that much damage. brush Nov 2022 #6

It did genxlib Nov 2022 #16

No sympathy, empathy or anypathy Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #5

Not true malaise Nov 2022 #9

Ah, that's right! I've been out of the Commercial underwriting world for too long Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #11

I only remember because I live in the Atlantic hurricane malaise Nov 2022 #13

What is the hurricane poem? panader0 Nov 2022 #14

Well the poem actually vindicates Better Days Ahoy😀 malaise Nov 2022 #21

thanks panader0 Nov 2022 #22

I started my underwriting career in New Orleans. Yeah. Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #24

And yes the old mariners poem does say October malaise Nov 2022 #25

I think we're both cool for even having this nerdy chat Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #35

LOL- now that is cool malaise Nov 2022 #36

Great! Let's go! Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #37

Ha😀 malaise Nov 2022 #38

I Guess There Are 3 Strategies modrepub Nov 2022 #10

Yes, private insurance is fed up. Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #27

Four dead, 49 properties deemed unsafe including four malaise Nov 2022 #4

That's the point, isn't it? It will only get worse Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #8

No sympathy Deminpenn Nov 2022 #12

Ian did a lot of that - Nicole finished what Ian began Blues Heron Nov 2022 #15

Interesting that the homes with fortified sea walls or rip rap Bristlecone Nov 2022 #17

Sea walls and rip rap are temporary solutions. hunter Nov 2022 #20

See the Netherlands. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #29

Netherlands is a first world nation. hunter Nov 2022 #31

Good point. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #32

My first thought was "I'll bet those walls cost a ton" Bristlecone Nov 2022 #33

look at how narrow the strip of land is onethatcares Nov 2022 #18

Looks like every property with a sea wall failure was destroyed. mn9driver Nov 2022 #19

Lots more here malaise Nov 2022 #23

Sea level there has risen 1 foot in past century with most of that just in last 30 years wishstar Nov 2022 #26

I don't care how many billions of dollars drmeow Nov 2022 #28

At that link there is another video from treestar Nov 2022 #39

Socialism for the "worthy" drmeow Nov 2022 #43

How many have insurance premiums higher than the mortgage? Stinky The Clown Nov 2022 #30

Probably quite a few. Xolodno Nov 2022 #34

That's my old stomping grounds Ahpook Nov 2022 #40

I think rebuilding on site is crazy. Ilsa Nov 2022 #41