When are people going to wake up?

Surely they can design a drainage / pump system that doesn't require electricity.

buckets?

 

Ah F IT, perhaps it better as a poo infested community pool. No, seriously, there are many ways use create power without the conventional methods of generating electricity and relying on the local power company. Wind power, water power, solar power, etc., think outside the box man.

 

North America has been submerged underwater 4 times in the past 100 million years. So all of your points are rather mute... Just saying

 

It's moot but whatever

 

I agree well said

 

i was joking man. cut me some slack i ve been wet and probably covered in poo for days. the fam evacked but i stayed and had a gas pump working that can spit out something like 10,000 gallons an hour after we lost power and the surge beat that too and rose about 6" on the first floor. 1st time the water hit living space since the house was built in 1947( its been in my family since then). and we have been completly surrounded by water at least five times i can remember. the structure is sound, wet sheetrock, insulation, and floors are out and the rest is drying out and will get a biological wash that kills organisms soon. after that we do the install. no need to get the govt involved except that my tax return will ft the bill.

by the way it takes a lot of solar panels to run a pump. it is possible and im interested in getting them but when it comes to energy efficiency im still a ways away ( probably get a solar water heater first). water power isn't something that happens house to house yet, utilities can use it to generate electricity but it still would have to go through a power line that will be down not through flooding but through a down tree due to wind. and where exactly am i going to put a 150 ft windmill that has 60 ft wingspan. again it would still need wires that a tree can fall on. being that my house has a winning record with these types of storms with only one failure, im going to stay pat with how i handle it. call me stubborn. for the recprd im on the bayside of the barrier islands i have forest and dunes between me and the ocean there is no jetties or groins. the ocean beat them all. if God wants to take my house he can have it. i just don't think the gov't should tell me not to live here anymore and i definitlly do not want tax payers to build me a sea wall they can refuse to provide assisitance but thats about it. and that is ok with me.

DPSUP. if you want to talk( debate) more about building science im in but lets keep it of this forum.

 

if you've got a problem with it, write your senator. saying stuff on here won't do sh*t.

 

whens everyone gonna wake up and vote from romney


oh my bad. thread hack

 

we get it, you have issues with rich people.

 

he must live in philadelphia

 

google haarp .not saying its true but its is interesting.

 

so i get cable/internet back just in time to watch political pundits forecast election returns and read this crap. The solution instead of rezoning 3 blocks would be to build less opulent beach front homes (in the old days there were shacks, easily replaceable and relatively inexpensive but you were at the beach), but then again no one will pay 8k a week to rent a shack with no cable to babysit the kids and no internet to rant on. Great pics in sandy thread nj42, to all you who think that because the people who own these homes have money (not all do, many saved there entire lives to retire to the beach and some of us just enjoy the islands, for 9 months anyway) and because of that they deserve less from the govt, that's stupid, we all contribute to these programs so we should all benefit! Don't hate cause they smarter/harder working than you!

 

Guess what. Most people that lost their homes are not millionaires. I did, and I'm not rich... If you had to pay insurance for your entire life and then when you needed to get your home rebuilt they wouldn't pay enough, you'd want help too... Their is no way insurance will pay for all the reapirs that will be needed. You think people should get screwed? That's cool.... Oh wait, you only think they should get screwed if they can afford it... If it takes Federal money to make EVERYONE whole, that's what it takes. Not just poor people. The US spends a lot of $ fixing other countries problems now it's time to help our own.
And millionaires have paid a lot of taxes over their lives too

 

First you go back to slavery, lol. Let's go back even a few hundred more years where many Irish and Scottish were slaves. Aren't we passed that now. No, we aren't because everyone still wants a free handout and doesn't want to work for anything. Free healthcare, welfare (even used by illegals), free cellpones, and many other freebies that everyone else pays for. No one takes personal responsibility for themselves. They want government to hold their hand with everything. Free circle jerks by the US govt coming soon to your area.

I'm talking about the law of the land. You can't use other people tax dollars to pay for a privilege. Other countries can do as they please but that is what makes this country unique. If you want free healthcare, you have the freedom to move to another country. For the record as I said previously, I don't believe in using tax dollars for rebuilidng of homes from disasters either. My community comes together and we help one another. You have no faith in people in the community, it's sad. People have been helping people for centuries before federal govt got involved. There are free clinics, red cross, church groups and many more originations that will always help people in need. Maybe you should try volunteering but someone like you just complains and have probably never helped another person in need. Talk bout having no empathy. Your comments right after this disaster speak volumes. You could have waited a few weeks to make your non-sympathetic comments after this disaster but you didn't. Now, you are saying other people have no empathy. Give me a break. How old are you? Let me guess you are attending college? Once you are old enough to work your ass off, you will see. Many young people start off with this mindset and definitely change once they start working and see so many others (illegals included) get things handed to them that they never worked for.

For the record, I'm not rich. My family has lived in the area their whole life. We just work hard for what we have and don't expect handouts.