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VT Headlines: Vt. Emergency Management: How to prepare for potential flooding
The Northeast Kingdom was ravaged by an outlier national disaster event, 8 inches of rain is unnatural. Vermont leadership could easily coordinate efforts of fellow Vermonters to assist. Just like doing dishes after a big feast, many hands make light work. People could come in for a day’s work, multiple people at a time and get this done quickly efficiently and better than any government funded program.
However, part of Washington Counties issue is towns are built in a flood plain, so it’s going to flood. There is a one in a 100 chance of flooding every year. We had over 100 years where we got incredibly lucky, thinking this luck is normal, it’s not.
Flood insurance is completely subsidized by the taxpayer, because they under insure the risk and have been for decades. IF people had to pay for what flood insurance truly cost nobody would build in a flood zone, which would save lives, money, time and tragedy, it would solve the problem we’ve created.
Would not wish flooding on my worst enemy, my heart goes out to all these people.
The way to prepare for flooding is to head for the hills, which are in large supply in Vermont. I grew up on (as in, across the street from) the Merrimac River, and I will never, ever live in a flood plain again, let alone build or invest in one. We used to play “flood” when we were kids, based on old stories about how our house was swamped up to the second story in 1936, and even wish for an exciting deluge. A cruel and thoughtless game in retrospect. Wouldn’t Vermont save on federal disaster money in the long run if moves to higher ground were subsidized? I would love to see some of my favorite floody restaurants move to Westmore, which makes sense since it is largely a resort town (with a lake that pretty much stays where it is).
Witchcraft wordcraft. Today’s word is “unprecedented.” A tropical storm hugging the Southeastern coastline for a week. A raging wildfire in California burning over 400,000 acres. An urban sprawl community in Sarasota sitting in standing water for a week, watching the adjoining neighborhood drain and dry. Ohio struck with tornadic storms and over 400,000 without power for days. The list goes on and on. Isn’t odd how and where these contained disasters unfold, yet hit every and all States week after week? Not only here – globally the disasters are unfolding each day and all under the description of “unprecedented.” My bet is it has happened before. My bet is it is being helped along. My bet is the government (here and abroad) is well aware of what is unfolding and will capitalize and profit from it accordingly. The laboring taxpayer will be wiped out – one way or another. It is baked into the cake – albeit the cake is made of mud and assorted debris. Prepare to be eliminated….that is what is actually going on.