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Credit where credit is due

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:35 am
by Turdacious
If your seaside home or business washes away in a coastal storm, will you be allowed to rebuild? Or would sand dunes in place of buildings make the area more "resilient"?

The federal government announced on Monday that it is remapping storm-damaged areas of the East Coast, a move that will contribute to new "resilience standards" for the post-Hurricane Sandy rebuilding effort.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/govt-re ... evelopment

They're getting this one right. Let them pay insurance rates appropriate for the risk.