Comments by "Life\x27s Adventures" (@bigphillyed) on "Life After Hurricane Florence in North Carolina | NYT News" video.

  1. Maybe people will become more prepared after these past few years of hurricanes. The most important idea of emergency disaster preparedness is to first accept the fact that it can happen. Next is to prepare, extra food, water, batteries, light sources, and insurance. After that find ways to prepare your property for flooding, create more permanent water breaks, install pump's, generators, etc. We can no longer be complacent with mother nature and her wrath. These storms and natural disasters are only going to become worst each and every year.
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  2. scasey1960 listen before you start pointing fingers and tooting your own horn. Flood insurance is very reasonably priced and is affordable by most families in average cost homes. In fact I only pay $300.00 per year for 130% coverage, small price to pay for security and comfort of mind. Climate is not just the only cause, in fact most places that flood this bad, are due mostly to rain unless you are within a few miles of the shoreline. The problem is municipalities have relaxed their storm building codes and allow builders and homeowners to create problems by building to much. Adding an addition to your home can change your properties flood characteristics. A small town allowing home owners to expand drive ways with concrete or black top completely changes drainage mechanics in an area. Small towns with poor maintenance budgets that never clear ravines or flood ways. You would be surprised what affects flooding, and by allowing new homes and new communities in an area can completely change flood planes, but towns want the additional population for tax revenue so they stretch building codes to their limits. The biggest problem here in the south is with new home developments that put large structures on smaller property then before. Builders attempt to optimize profits but putting more homes in a development without considering the ramifications from rain, flooding, fire, etc. Look at these new homes over the last 10 years! Look how close they are, how bigger the roofs are, how bigger the driveways are and then think where does all the rain go?
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  3. Old Atlanta renters insurance can be a little expensive in coastal areas, enough that in very poverty stricken places like South Carolina it can be hard for some households to cover the costs. Luckily this is hurricane related and should be covered by the apartments complex insurance. And being on the second floor it's not flood damage and should be covered for this guy. He will most likely need to get someone to help out some pressure on the property owner, but hopefully they just take care of him.
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  4. rabit818 that gentlemen probably has a very poor paying job and secondly the poverty level in South Carolina is extremely bad and it could take that man a year just to replace personal effects, not to mention furniture. It will take that many over a year just to get back to a livable life, not to mention if he loses work and pay from the storm. Please do not assume what or how other people live.
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