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"chibiabos" |
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11 Jan 2005 08:27:41 AM |
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OT: California rains |
If you'd like to see what we're dealing with out here on the left coast
of the USA, go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ , click on the IMAGES link.
The mudslide in La Conchita is about a half hour away from me.
Of course, it's nothing like the South Asian disaster, but we're
pussies out here when it rains like this.
-chib
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Member of S.M.A.S.H.
Sarcastic Middle-aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
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| User: "JPG" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
11 Jan 2005 09:38:25 AM |
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:27:41 -0800, chibiabos <chib@nospam.com> wrote:
If you'd like to see what we're dealing with out here on the left coast
of the USA, go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ , click on the IMAGES link.
The mudslide in La Conchita is about a half hour away from me.
Of course, it's nothing like the South Asian disaster, but we're
pussies out here when it rains like this.
I presume you mean "pussies" in the feline sense!
-chib
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| User: "chibiabos" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
11 Jan 2005 10:56:46 AM |
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In article <ils7u0h11d7so76tn9n85ub7dinq9oqrm7@4ax.com>, JPG
<me@privacy.net> wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:27:41 -0800, chibiabos <chib@nospam.com> wrote:
If you'd like to see what we're dealing with out here on the left coast
of the USA, go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ , click on the IMAGES link.
The mudslide in La Conchita is about a half hour away from me.
Of course, it's nothing like the South Asian disaster, but we're
pussies out here when it rains like this.
I presume you mean "pussies" in the feline sense!
No, in the chickenshit, run around in circles and scream, why did I
build my home in an alluvial flood plain (or hillside, or coastal
bluff)? sense.
-chib
--
Member of SMASH
Sarcastic Middle-aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
(email: change out to in)
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
11 Jan 2005 11:32:56 AM |
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on 11 Jan 2005 in alt.atheism, chibiabos dropped trou, farted, whirled,
then shouted:
In article <ils7u0h11d7so76tn9n85ub7dinq9oqrm7@4ax.com>, JPG
<me@privacy.net> wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:27:41 -0800, chibiabos <chib@nospam.com> wrote:
If you'd like to see what we're dealing with out here on the left coast
of the USA, go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ , click on the IMAGES link.
The mudslide in La Conchita is about a half hour away from me.
Of course, it's nothing like the South Asian disaster, but we're
pussies out here when it rains like this.
I presume you mean "pussies" in the feline sense!
No, in the chickenshit, run around in circles and scream, why did I
build my home in an alluvial flood plain (or hillside, or coastal
bluff)? sense.
I heard about a house on stilts in the Laurel Canyon area that slid down.
Those people are almost as stupid as the ones that build on the beach at
Malibu.
Clear skies this morning, so I rode the bike to work. Good thing, too.
One lousy lane closure in the Newhall Pass backed up traffic all the way
beyond Magic Mountain.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
11 Jan 2005 11:18:43 PM |
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In our last episode <Xns95DB6154235F8vicman@127.0.0.1>, Vic Sagerquist
lept out of the bushes shouting:
I heard about a house on stilts in the Laurel Canyon area that slid down.
Those people are almost as stupid as the ones that build on the beach at
Malibu.
My mind never failed to boggle on seeing rich folks with houses sticking
out *over a cliff in an earthquake zone...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
14 Jan 2005 01:37:21 AM |
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In article <lbydnTzTN6CLL3ncRVn-ug@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <Xns95DB6154235F8vicman@127.0.0.1>, Vic Sagerquist
lept out of the bushes shouting:
I heard about a house on stilts in the Laurel Canyon area that slid down.
Those people are almost as stupid as the ones that build on the beach at
Malibu.
My mind never failed to boggle on seeing rich folks with houses sticking
out *over a cliff in an earthquake zone...
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding
and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the
owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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14 Jan 2005 06:23:49 AM |
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In our last episode <jhachm-BB7F86.23372113012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <lbydnTzTN6CLL3ncRVn-ug@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <Xns95DB6154235F8vicman@127.0.0.1>, Vic Sagerquist
lept out of the bushes shouting:
I heard about a house on stilts in the Laurel Canyon area that slid
down. Those people are almost as stupid as the ones that build on the
beach at Malibu.
My mind never failed to boggle on seeing rich folks with houses sticking
out *over a cliff in an earthquake zone...
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding and
every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the owners do?
Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Not to mention they rush to the various governments demanding somebody fix
it!
The amount of money being spent out in SoCal to keep multimillion dollar
homes built in stupid locations from falling into the ocean is really
quite breathtaking...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
15 Jan 2005 02:15:20 AM |
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In article <zPadnUEyhcAvJXrcRVn-tA@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <jhachm-BB7F86.23372113012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <lbydnTzTN6CLL3ncRVn-ug@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <Xns95DB6154235F8vicman@127.0.0.1>, Vic Sagerquist
lept out of the bushes shouting:
I heard about a house on stilts in the Laurel Canyon area that slid
down. Those people are almost as stupid as the ones that build on the
beach at Malibu.
My mind never failed to boggle on seeing rich folks with houses sticking
out *over a cliff in an earthquake zone...
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding and
every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the owners do?
Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Not to mention they rush to the various governments demanding somebody fix
it!
The amount of money being spent out in SoCal to keep multimillion dollar
homes built in stupid locations from falling into the ocean is really
quite breathtaking...
In San Diego County alone, they are spending millions to build sea
walls to protect the cliffs on which the houses are. What a waste. If
these people want to see the ocean, why don't they just go to the beach?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
15 Jan 2005 07:57:29 AM |
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In our last episode <jhachm-330250.00152015012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <zPadnUEyhcAvJXrcRVn-tA@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <jhachm-BB7F86.23372113012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <lbydnTzTN6CLL3ncRVn-ug@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <Xns95DB6154235F8vicman@127.0.0.1>, Vic
Sagerquist lept out of the bushes shouting:
I heard about a house on stilts in the Laurel Canyon area that slid
down. Those people are almost as stupid as the ones that build on
the beach at Malibu.
My mind never failed to boggle on seeing rich folks with houses
sticking out *over a cliff in an earthquake zone...
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful
houses on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are
eroding and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do
the owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Not to mention they rush to the various governments demanding somebody
fix it!
The amount of money being spent out in SoCal to keep multimillion dollar
homes built in stupid locations from falling into the ocean is really
quite breathtaking...
In San Diego County alone, they are spending millions to build sea walls
to protect the cliffs on which the houses are. What a waste. If these
people want to see the ocean, why don't they just go to the beach?
When you're rich, you don't "go" to the beach, you order the beach to come
to you...
(Then stay a proper distance away behind lovely windows with exquisite
window treatments)
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
16 Jan 2005 02:15:43 AM |
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In article <AOOdnf5kPZK_vXTcRVn-hw@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <jhachm-330250.00152015012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <zPadnUEyhcAvJXrcRVn-tA@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <jhachm-BB7F86.23372113012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <lbydnTzTN6CLL3ncRVn-ug@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <Xns95DB6154235F8vicman@127.0.0.1>, Vic
Sagerquist lept out of the bushes shouting:
I heard about a house on stilts in the Laurel Canyon area that slid
down. Those people are almost as stupid as the ones that build on
the beach at Malibu.
My mind never failed to boggle on seeing rich folks with houses
sticking out *over a cliff in an earthquake zone...
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful
houses on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are
eroding and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do
the owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Not to mention they rush to the various governments demanding somebody
fix it!
The amount of money being spent out in SoCal to keep multimillion dollar
homes built in stupid locations from falling into the ocean is really
quite breathtaking...
In San Diego County alone, they are spending millions to build sea walls
to protect the cliffs on which the houses are. What a waste. If these
people want to see the ocean, why don't they just go to the beach?
When you're rich, you don't "go" to the beach, you order the beach to come
to you...
(Then stay a proper distance away behind lovely windows with exquisite
window treatments)
I guess if you are Bill Gates rich you could build a big swimming pool,
get one of those wave machines, some sand, get a surf board and
cowabunga right in your own back yard.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
14 Jan 2005 03:45:47 PM |
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:37:21 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding
and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the
owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Same thing here on the south shore of Long Island. They build on the
beach. Then a storm comes along and moves the beach to a few feet
inland of the house. Then they rebuild a few feet further inland of
the high tide mark. And scream that they want the beaches 'fixed' so
that it doesn't happen again. Not realizing that one of the
properties of a barrier beach is that it moves.
--
"If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, mother, wife, brothers, and sisters and even himself, he cannot be my disciple."
Luke 14:26
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at verizon dot net
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
15 Jan 2005 02:08:30 AM |
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In article <l8fgu0he816rvnt33862cb4jjhhro8drmm@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:37:21 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding
and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the
owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Same thing here on the south shore of Long Island. They build on the
beach. Then a storm comes along and moves the beach to a few feet
inland of the house. Then they rebuild a few feet further inland of
the high tide mark. And scream that they want the beaches 'fixed' so
that it doesn't happen again. Not realizing that one of the
properties of a barrier beach is that it moves.
I know. I used to live on Long Island. They want the beach 'fixed' so
the sands don't shift? Perhaps they should see if old king Canute is
still available.
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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16 Jan 2005 04:32:08 PM |
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
--
"They laughed at Newton, they laughed at Einstein, but they also laughed at
Bozo the Clown."
- Carl Sagan
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at verizon dot net
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| User: "Walter Bushell" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
16 Jan 2005 05:31:39 PM |
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In article <mqqlu0drhad3ccpqti78cdof2oismr2cfk@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you expect
the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.) Cape Hatteras
seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger though.
--
Guns don't kill people; automobiles kill people.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
16 Jan 2005 11:54:46 PM |
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In article <proto-8CF3D2.18313916012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <mqqlu0drhad3ccpqti78cdof2oismr2cfk@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you expect
the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.) Cape Hatteras
seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger though.
That's the problem. The insurance Cos. or the government keeps on
bailing them out each time. The way it should be is that they paid once,
with the stipulation that they build somewhere else. If they insist on
building on the old site, the then it should be fully at the property
owner's risk.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "Walter Bushell" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
17 Jan 2005 01:11:30 AM |
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In article <jhachm-F57994.21544616012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <proto-8CF3D2.18313916012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <mqqlu0drhad3ccpqti78cdof2oismr2cfk@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you expect
the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.) Cape Hatteras
seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger though.
That's the problem. The insurance Cos. or the government keeps on
bailing them out each time. The way it should be is that they paid once,
with the stipulation that they build somewhere else. If they insist on
building on the old site, the then it should be fully at the property
owner's risk.
Ok, we got the best government money can buy. :(
--
Guns don't kill people; automobiles kill people.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
19 Jan 2005 12:35:23 AM |
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In article <proto-10230E.02113017012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <jhachm-F57994.21544616012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <proto-8CF3D2.18313916012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <mqqlu0drhad3ccpqti78cdof2oismr2cfk@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses
in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you expect
the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.) Cape Hatteras
seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger though.
That's the problem. The insurance Cos. or the government keeps on
bailing them out each time. The way it should be is that they paid once,
with the stipulation that they build somewhere else. If they insist on
building on the old site, the then it should be fully at the property
owner's risk.
Ok, we got the best government money can buy. :(
The problem is that the government is getting so expensive that only the
top 1% can afford to buy some these days.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
19 Jan 2005 07:19:45 AM |
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In our last episode <jhachm-65E7AA.22352318012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <proto-10230E.02113017012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <jhachm-F57994.21544616012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <proto-8CF3D2.18313916012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <mqqlu0drhad3ccpqti78cdof2oismr2cfk@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said
in alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They
build their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less.
Every year or two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see
some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you
expect the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.)
Cape Hatteras seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger
though.
That's the problem. The insurance Cos. or the government keeps on
bailing them out each time. The way it should be is that they paid
once, with the stipulation that they build somewhere else. If they
insist on building on the old site, the then it should be fully at the
property owner's risk.
Ok, we got the best government money can buy. :(
The problem is that the government is getting so expensive that only the
top 1% can afford to buy some these days.
Well, people should plan ahead! Make sure they're born into a wealthy
family!
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "Walter Bushell" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
21 Jan 2005 06:02:14 AM |
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In article <hq2dnTjXrbCjwHPcRVn-pg@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <jhachm-65E7AA.22352318012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <proto-10230E.02113017012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <jhachm-F57994.21544616012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <proto-8CF3D2.18313916012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <mqqlu0drhad3ccpqti78cdof2oismr2cfk@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said
in alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They
build their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less.
Every year or two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see
some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you
expect the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.)
Cape Hatteras seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger
though.
That's the problem. The insurance Cos. or the government keeps on
bailing them out each time. The way it should be is that they paid
once, with the stipulation that they build somewhere else. If they
insist on building on the old site, the then it should be fully at the
property owner's risk.
Ok, we got the best government money can buy. :(
The problem is that the government is getting so expensive that only the
top 1% can afford to buy some these days.
Well, people should plan ahead! Make sure they're born into a wealthy
family!
Yes, its good to see people stressing personal responsibility.
--
Guns don't kill people; automobiles kill people.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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21 Jan 2005 08:22:42 AM |
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In our last episode <proto-34A1DF.07021421012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell lumbered into the room and mumbled:
In article <hq2dnTjXrbCjwHPcRVn-pg@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <jhachm-65E7AA.22352318012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <proto-10230E.02113017012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <jhachm-F57994.21544616012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <proto-8CF3D2.18313916012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <mqqlu0drhad3ccpqti78cdof2oismr2cfk@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com>
said in alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They
build their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less.
Every year or two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you
see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand
the probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course,
you expect the insurance industry or the government to bail you
out.) Cape Hatteras seems much too far, to bug out in case of
danger though.
That's the problem. The insurance Cos. or the government keeps on
bailing them out each time. The way it should be is that they paid
once, with the stipulation that they build somewhere else. If they
insist on building on the old site, the then it should be fully at
the property owner's risk.
Ok, we got the best government money can buy. :(
The problem is that the government is getting so expensive that only
the top 1% can afford to buy some these days.
Well, people should plan ahead! Make sure they're born into a wealthy
family!
Yes, its good to see people stressing personal responsibility.
Yeah! It's not like you can't control the circumstances of your birth or
something! What a lubril idea that is!
Harumph!
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-- Seneca the Younger
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
20 Jan 2005 12:15:32 AM |
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In article <hq2dnTjXrbCjwHPcRVn-pg@megapath.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <jhachm-65E7AA.22352318012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac lept out of the bushes shouting:
In article <proto-10230E.02113017012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <jhachm-F57994.21544616012005@news.giganews.com>,
johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <proto-8CF3D2.18313916012005@reader2.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <mqqlu0drhad3ccpqti78cdof2oismr2cfk@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:08:30 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said
in alt.atheism:
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They
build their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less.
Every year or two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see
some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
The 12th of Never?
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you
expect the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.)
Cape Hatteras seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger
though.
That's the problem. The insurance Cos. or the government keeps on
bailing them out each time. The way it should be is that they paid
once, with the stipulation that they build somewhere else. If they
insist on building on the old site, the then it should be fully at the
property owner's risk.
Ok, we got the best government money can buy. :(
The problem is that the government is getting so expensive that only the
top 1% can afford to buy some these days.
Well, people should plan ahead! Make sure they're born into a wealthy
family!
You might even get to be president, even if you don't deserve it.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
17 Jan 2005 03:25:30 PM |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:31:39 -0500, Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com>
said in alt.atheism:
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you expect
the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.) Cape Hatteras
seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger though.
Oh, there's usually not too much danger to people, unless you don't
like getting wet. The danger is to the houses - getting washed out -
and the government having to back all that flood insurance.
If they'd stop subsidizing flood insurance (building on barrier
beaches isn't what it was designed to cover), people would stop
building on barrier beaches. Sometimes the government just encourages
stupidity.
--
"I am a deeply religious nonbeliever.... This is a somewhat new kind of religion."
- Letter to Hans Muehsam March 30, 1954; Einstein Archive 38-434
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at verizon dot net
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| User: "Walter Bushell" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
21 Jan 2005 06:05:25 AM |
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In article <o6bou0lq6bcaddv1r85ur1k9josmd5jje8@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:31:39 -0500, Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com>
said in alt.atheism:
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you expect
the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.) Cape Hatteras
seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger though.
Oh, there's usually not too much danger to people, unless you don't
like getting wet. The danger is to the houses - getting washed out -
and the government having to back all that flood insurance.
If they'd stop subsidizing flood insurance (building on barrier
beaches isn't what it was designed to cover), people would stop
building on barrier beaches. Sometimes the government just encourages
stupidity.
It's not stupidity if you can get the government to pay for it, is it?
--
Guns don't kill people; automobiles kill people.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
21 Jan 2005 03:52:17 PM |
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:05:25 -0500, Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com>
said in alt.atheism:
In article <o6bou0lq6bcaddv1r85ur1k9josmd5jje8@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
If they'd stop subsidizing flood insurance (building on barrier
beaches isn't what it was designed to cover), people would stop
building on barrier beaches. Sometimes the government just encourages
stupidity.
It's not stupidity if you can get the government to pay for it, is it?
I guess i misspelled "greed".
--
"Damn. Looks like all of usenet agrees that you don't have the logical
faculties to prove the statement 'dogshit is not peanut butter' if we
gave you a jar of each and a box of crackers" - John Hattan to Tichy
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at verizon dot net
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| User: "Kate " |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
21 Jan 2005 02:48:05 PM |
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:25:30 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:31:39 -0500, Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com>
said in alt.atheism:
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you expect
the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.) Cape Hatteras
seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger though.
Oh, there's usually not too much danger to people, unless you don't
like getting wet. The danger is to the houses - getting washed out -
and the government having to back all that flood insurance.
If they'd stop subsidizing flood insurance (building on barrier
beaches isn't what it was designed to cover), people would stop
building on barrier beaches. Sometimes the government just encourages
stupidity.
I live in a flood prone area. People aren't allowed to rebuild a
flood damaged house anymore unless they fix it so the house is built
higher. Government has been known to make good decisions.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
21 Jan 2005 08:54:11 PM |
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On 21 Jan 2005 14:48:05 -0600, (Kate ) said in
alt.atheism:
I live in a flood prone area. People aren't allowed to rebuild a
flood damaged house anymore unless they fix it so the house is built
higher. Government has been known to make good decisions.
Yes, despite everything, accidents DO happen. :)
--
"I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the
type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who should survive his
physical death is also beyond my comprehension,...; such notions are for the fears or
absurd egoism of feeble souls."
- Albert Einstein
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at verizon dot net
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
21 Jan 2005 06:23:03 PM |
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On 21 Jan 2005 14:48:05 -0600, (Kate ) wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:25:30 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:31:39 -0500, Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com>
said in alt.atheism:
You build like that if you expect to lose, and if you understand the
probability is high, what's the problem. (Unless, of course, you expect
the insurance industry or the government to bail you out.) Cape Hatteras
seems much too far, to bug out in case of danger though.
Oh, there's usually not too much danger to people, unless you don't
like getting wet. The danger is to the houses - getting washed out -
and the government having to back all that flood insurance.
If they'd stop subsidizing flood insurance (building on barrier
beaches isn't what it was designed to cover), people would stop
building on barrier beaches. Sometimes the government just encourages
stupidity.
I live in a flood prone area. People aren't allowed to rebuild a
flood damaged house anymore unless they fix it so the house is built
higher. Government has been known to make good decisions.
...in spite of itself, but not often.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "Sam" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
15 Jan 2005 02:12:03 AM |
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johac wrote:
In article <l8fgu0he816rvnt33862cb4jjhhro8drmm@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:37:21 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding
and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the
owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Same thing here on the south shore of Long Island. They build on the
beach. Then a storm comes along and moves the beach to a few feet
inland of the house. Then they rebuild a few feet further inland of
the high tide mark. And scream that they want the beaches 'fixed' so
that it doesn't happen again. Not realizing that one of the
properties of a barrier beach is that it moves.
I know. I used to live on Long Island. They want the beach 'fixed' so
the sands don't shift? Perhaps they should see if old king Canute is
still available.
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
to breathe water, you mean?
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
16 Jan 2005 11:51:21 PM |
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In article <nf4Gd.10720$wZ2.4006@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
Sam <srcarruth@yahoo.NO.SPAM.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <l8fgu0he816rvnt33862cb4jjhhro8drmm@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:37:21 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding
and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the
owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Same thing here on the south shore of Long Island. They build on the
beach. Then a storm comes along and moves the beach to a few feet
inland of the house. Then they rebuild a few feet further inland of
the high tide mark. And scream that they want the beaches 'fixed' so
that it doesn't happen again. Not realizing that one of the
properties of a barrier beach is that it moves.
I know. I used to live on Long Island. They want the beach 'fixed' so
the sands don't shift? Perhaps they should see if old king Canute is
still available.
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
to breathe water, you mean?
Yeah. Keep an aqua lung in every room of the house.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
18 Jan 2005 02:35:57 PM |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:51:21 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <nf4Gd.10720$wZ2.4006@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
Sam <srcarruth@yahoo.NO.SPAM.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <l8fgu0he816rvnt33862cb4jjhhro8drmm@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:37:21 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding
and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the
owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Same thing here on the south shore of Long Island. They build on the
beach. Then a storm comes along and moves the beach to a few feet
inland of the house. Then they rebuild a few feet further inland of
the high tide mark. And scream that they want the beaches 'fixed' so
that it doesn't happen again. Not realizing that one of the
properties of a barrier beach is that it moves.
I know. I used to live on Long Island. They want the beach 'fixed' so
the sands don't shift? Perhaps they should see if old king Canute is
still available.
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
to breathe water, you mean?
Yeah. Keep an aqua lung in every room of the house.
Jethro Tull smiles...
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: California rains |
19 Jan 2005 12:36:20 AM |
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In article <3psqu0do23m46dfvugq0un78jcp8nl81p5@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:51:21 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <nf4Gd.10720$wZ2.4006@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
Sam <srcarruth@yahoo.NO.SPAM.com> wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <l8fgu0he816rvnt33862cb4jjhhro8drmm@4ax.com>,
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:37:21 -0800, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> said in
alt.atheism:
They are just as bad around San Diego. They build these beautiful
houses
on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Nice view but the cliffs are eroding
and every few years a house drops into the Pacific. So what do the
owners do? Build a new one a few feet back. How stupid.
Same thing here on the south shore of Long Island. They build on the
beach. Then a storm comes along and moves the beach to a few feet
inland of the house. Then they rebuild a few feet further inland of
the high tide mark. And scream that they want the beaches 'fixed' so
that it doesn't happen again. Not realizing that one of the
properties of a barrier beach is that it moves.
I know. I used to live on Long Island. They want the beach 'fixed' so
the sands don't shift? Perhaps they should see if old king Canute is
still available.
Just as bad, I visited Cape Hatteras, NC some years back. They build
their houses right on the waters edge on stilts no less. Every year or
two after a hurricane or a good nor'easter you see some of the houses in
the drink again.
When will they ever learn?
to breathe water, you mean?
Yeah. Keep an aqua lung in every room of the house.
Jethro Tull smiles...
Either that or start growing gills.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
Intelligent Design has as much to do with science as reality
television has to do with reality. - Barry Lynn on CNN 12/25/04
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