I agree. I leave near the beach. I don't expect any handouts from FEMA and I'll pay for any damage myself. I accept the risk myself and taxpayers shouldn't pay for huge payouts to people who choose to live near the water.
As surfer's, we all pray for hurricanes, but of course, not to make landfall and destroy people's homes. Sandy was a reminder to all of us how strong these storms can be when they make landfall, and show the results of living in coastal towns. Talk to the residents of the OBX about storms and flooding, it's an ongoing process of destroyed, rebuild down there. I agree with pumpmaster, when you live in a coastal town, you have to know the risks...it's like surfing, every time you paddle out, there are risks...you could get chopped in half by a hungry shark, fall face first onto the sandbar and break your neck...but with those risks comes rewards, What better reward than to be able to open your eyes from a good night sleep and see the ocean. I dream of making that a reality someday, whether it happens or not...I am still content to enjoy the ocean when my schedule permits. I realize that not wearing the shoe of a person who has lost everything they've worked for from a hurricane makes it hard to cultivate the feelings of not wanting storms, but, the storms are coming regardless of what we want. Mother Earth is in control. We are passengers along for the ride. Make the best of what she throws at us. And don't feel guilty for going out for a surf, life is too short and the only time that you are guaranteed is right now...keep the stoke!
There's basically near zero risk of that happening in the mid atlantic. You're not in South Africa. And shark attacks are risk that could be greatly reduced by netting beaches(proven to work) and fishing for sharks. And we are talking about lives here, not property. It's a different thing than hurricanes, which are a large scale climatic force.
I guess you missed OSearch and tracking the Great Whites on the east coast. Mary Lee would rip any of us to shreds if she got hungry enough, brother...
You obviously haven't read my other posts! I'm perfectly aware of the white situation that's recently occured in cape cod(which isn't the mid atlantic) When was the last GW attack in nj?
There doesn't have to be a last time, dude! All it takes is the first time. Shark-hunter, I don't have beef with you, man...but let's face it, the seal pop is shootin' through the roof, it's just a matter of time b4 you start hearing reports of people getting attacked by whites in your neck of the woods. Mary Lee was down by SC and swam all the way up to your parts, she's def swimming through the mid-Atlantic!
Or because congress keeps voting to reject rate increases that would make the program actuarial. Turns out people who live in flood prone area also vote.
It's going to be really good in a couple weeks, boys....i can feel it “Our confidence for an above-normal season is still high because the predicted atmospheric and oceanic conditions that are favorable for storm development have materialized,” “Also, two of the four named storms to-date formed in the deep tropical Atlantic, which historically is an indicator of an active season.” http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20130808_atlantichurricaneupdate.html apologies for derailing a perfectly good thread...
I thought this morning was really good! Honestly I'll take this morning's chest high hollow northeast windswell over long period tropical garbage any day of the week.
Yeah mitchell, that's good stuff! Good example of a little swell that's better on Delmarva than NJ. Hurricane Bill swell was big but pretty closed out...
Long period tropical is not garbage. But I would agree that a good NE is second only to a good tropical cyclone. Great pics! It was breaking that well at high tide? Today was a good day though, a lot better than I expected. I didn't get in until a little after noon at low tide, I'd call it thigh to stomach.
I love the thrill of surfing. No. According to my logic saying things such as what you did is insulting to property owners. Keep up.
Thanks! Yeah calling tropical groundswell garbage was not cool...it just seems like the beaches around here don't really break well with swell periods over 14 seconds. Those pics were shot at mid-tide outgoing...seems like we are blessed with good sand bars this summer...it tends to break through high and low tide with any swell over waist high.
Those pics look perfect. It was flat as a lake up here. Lucky bastards. Yeah short sand bars don't react well with swell 13 seconds or over. Head north boys where it's rocky.....or do a lot of looking around and maybe find a bar that can handle it.
You bring up a good point. But what about all the folks on the Mississippi and its tributaries that get flooded out every so often. They get bailed out if they have flood insurance, and eat it if they don't. If you live in Arizona you pay to subsidize it. But if there is a fire in Arizona who pays for the firefighters and the insurance subsidies? We do. So maybe a national catastrophe insurance fund is in order. It sounds communist though. So what happens when the too big to fail interests - the re-insurers, the banks, the underwriters - get left holding the bag on a big hit (financial or weather related catastrophe)? Who pays then. We do - the taxpayers who have no direct vested interest. But it is all interconnected, so maybe a national cat fund is in order. Just wondering.
2005, smart guy: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8144414/#.UhLG-7zcbKk it's pretty pathetic & hypocritical that you're advocating the culling of sharks to prevent attacks when you want to turn my home into a nature preserve.
Do you really think his foot would still be attached with a white shark attack? Just saying. Maybe a test bite. First attack in 30 years. How many did a certain area of Australia have just last few years alone? 5 fatalities or so. Really no comparison and the fact that you think NJ currently is big time gw shark attack risk shows incredible ignorance. Just look at the statistics. Last fatality was 1916 and millions are in the ocean vs very few people in central cali for example, which has had multiple fatalities the past couple of years. It's pathetic that you value the life of a few dead fish over a human being. Truly sick. I find your viewpoint disgusting. You live oceanfront? I said to turn the oceanfront into a nature preserve and not even all of it. Just a lot of it. The immediate coastal area's are too developed. I see nothing wrong with that. Somebody bitten in half is dead or maimed for life. A little different than you having to move a block or two. Get over yourself.
So, what about people that live in the Mid West and have tornado damage? Screw em, right? Or when there's an earthquake in Cali, screw them too? Forest fires? Let them suffer too? What happens when you have insurance and you've been paying for 30 years (like my parents)? And then when it's time to collect because your home floods and they don't even cover half. We have FEMA to help when we are in need... If you don't like it move somewhere else.
