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People who choose to live by a river shouldn't cry a river of tears when it floods.
Mar 24, 2008 | 5:34 PM
Category: Weather
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Yet another aggrevation.

I don't know about the rest of you, but every spring when the snow thaws and the ice breaks and we turn on Cleveland news ... there's always some sobbing woman being interviewed, whining that either the Chagrin or Grand river flooded her house for the in "x" amount of years. And how all her furniture is ruined. And all her kids toys are covered in mud. And look at the mess. And where is she and her 10 kids going to live now because she's divorced and out of work. And then you get the angry guy wearing a Browns sweatshirt and an Indians ball cap ranting about how the city or county or state or Army Corps of Engineers need to do something to stop the river from flooding his home and wants the state to give him money to fix his flooded home. Then in the next breath, both say they wont move because they absolutely "love" the river running next to their backyard in the summer.

Okay - here is what I don't understand. These homeowners know the rivers always flood, yet they want to live right on top of them. Then they whine because their backyards and the first floors of their homes get inundated with a couple feet of water every spring ruining all their stuff. Then, they start demanding (on TV) the city, county, state, or federal government to give them money to clean up and rebuild ...

Why should these people get *any* compensation at all? It's like rewarding the village idiot for being ... well ... a village idiot.

I mean, they chose to live in a flood zone. They know they live in a flood zone. Yet, they stay there like lemmings. Because they absolutely "love" living next to the river.

The way I see it, they get the submerged basements and sunken living rooms they deserve ... and the total cost to cleanup and rebuild needs to come out of their own pockets. No more disaster area relief. No more local, state, or federal tax money assistance. No more low rate loans. No more blubbering on TV about "what am I going to do now?"

Move to higher ground or live on a houseboat dummy. :^) You chose to live next to a river, so don't complain about it flooding you out to us on TV and demanding flood damage compensation to rebuild in the same spot.


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sofakingdabest read my blog view my photos
Mar 25, 2008 | 4:31 PM

In the old days the peasants lived next to the river. The rich were always on high ground.
Mrrick read my blog
Mar 25, 2008 | 6:11 PM

David, even tho what you said is true, you will now most likely be branded as a non-feeling racist who is out to belittle someone or some creed. You make too much sense for any Liberal to deal with. I compare your "river folk" to the residents of New Orleans who were warned for YEARS about potential disaster if the area were struck by a major storm. Then, as now, someone wants a bailout. Good post.
JshBetz read my blog
Mar 29, 2008 | 5:31 PM

Hold up, the most expensive real estate out there is next to water. So I guess we are just suppose to abandon the west coast, East coast, and the south coast??????? Also the branch of insurance for flooding? The Midwest is known for tornadic activity, so don't go there either. WOW, so ya got idaho now. Try to fit the population of the USA into it.
The North gets terrible amounts of snow so that land is scratched off the sencible area for living too...... Jeeze whats left???? So u live in a non flood zone, and that makes u smarter and more suited for say a tornado(as we all know in this great state we get alot of) So when your house gets leveled by a F2 or F3, and U ARE ON THE NEWS saying everything is gone, there will be people judging U on where U deceided to call home.........
JshBetz read my blog
Mar 29, 2008 | 5:34 PM

The pot SHOULD NOT call the kettle black...
JshBetz read my blog
Mar 29, 2008 | 5:41 PM

U and your fingers doing the typing speaks bounds of your stupidity
caseyjones38 read my blog view my photos
Apr 1, 2008 | 1:57 AM

I know a village idiot that was elected president.
Buy a boat and keep it in your` back yard.
DavidDexter read my blog
Apr 27, 2008 | 1:15 PM

JshBetz: The pot SHOULD NOT call the kettle black...U and your fingers doing the typing speaks bounds of your stupidity

Wow ... talk about the pot calling the kettle black. You went wandering way out in left field. We're talking about two rivers, that flood EVERY year almost on the same day, and people build over and over again in the same spot they got flooded out the year before. This isn't the "chance" Tornado that touches down. These are fools who like to get flooded out, whine about it, and have YOU pay for getting a new home for THEM every year. I no, I have no sympathy for those who knowingly live out on the Outer Banks or along known disaster zones and get their homes destroyed by fires and hurricanes that come through those areas every year. If you want to live there, fine. But you foot the repair bill, don't demand money from the rest of us to pay for your stupidity.
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