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mark twain

When yuppies have vacation homes on an island sandbar in the Atlantic, I really can’t get too upset that the ocean continues to do what it’s been doing for a million or more years: constantly shift the sandbar around.

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4 Responses to “mark twain”

  1. SRC Says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 11:03 am

    Am I the only one that was surprised to get to the end of the article without reading “global warming” or “climate change”…not even the obligatory reference.

  2. tjic Says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 11:37 am

    [quote comment="117396"]Am I the only one that was surprised to get to the end of the article without reading “global warming” or “climate change”…not even the obligatory reference.[/quote]

    No, I was amazed as well.

  3. Jim K Says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    I was also amazed to read that the house was deemed “uninsurable” after being destroyed in 1991. Since so much flood prone development has been subsidized by the National Flood Insurance Program, I figured taxpayers would be on the hook for this one as well.

  4. HTRN Says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Jim K is on the money.

    Since no Insurance company in their right mind would insure houses on a beach, especially on the NE coast, Joe Taxpayer picks up the tab, usually with rates so far below the market rate, it will leave your jaw on the floor.

    This one of the things that really makes me crazy. It’s not even Government helping poor people(which I don’t suscribe much to either), but government helping rich people, who can obviously pay for it, get a whopping break(often 10% or less of market rate) on their insurance for their weekend homes. John Stossel did a story on it:
    http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Insurance/story?id=94181

    GRAAAAHHHH!

    As for people who decide to live on the beach in general, I offer this: Millions of years ago, our ancestors dragged themselves up out of the surf, up onto the beach. They then promptly evolved, headed inland, and eventually turned into us. Therefore, anyone who stays at the beach, is basically a lower order of lifeform. :)