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Originally Posted by Mack
Clearly god is punishing the midwest for the legalization of gay marriage in California.
*credit to the Daily Show
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I disagree, because God does not punish anyone until they attempt to join his kingdom.
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Originally Posted by JP5
I was living in Chesterfield, Missouri during the flood of 1993. It was devastating for a lot of people, but people helping people and, for the most part,nobody whining and crying about how the gov't wasn't taking care of them.
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93 was a bad year. I remember sandbagging everything. It was a rough time.
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I also question why people continue to build and re-build in these flood plain areas. They shouldn't be allowed to do so because it only costs ALL of us.
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I would have to attribute this to a few different things.
1. It is cheaper for them to build in the floodplain, because others do not want to, and as such the cost is less. Risk - cost + profit.
2. They are stupid and can easily move elsewhere.
3. Like the business that my father runs. The risk of flooding hitting the plants they own is less than the money they would spend moving said plants.