Track_Shovel to NewsEnglish • 4 days agoThousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Firewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down111file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•4 days agoYeah. Insurance is for unexpected disasters. Building a house in a wildfire zone, tornado alley, or flood plain, those disasters are expected.
minus-square@sunbrrnslapperlink5•3 days agoThe challengee is (at least) two-fold: (1) existing homes that were once not in wildfire zones are now in them due to climate change, (2) some of the reason building is allowed into fire zones is to alleviate housing availability.
Yeah. Insurance is for unexpected disasters. Building a house in a wildfire zone, tornado alley, or flood plain, those disasters are expected.
The challengee is (at least) two-fold: (1) existing homes that were once not in wildfire zones are now in them due to climate change, (2) some of the reason building is allowed into fire zones is to alleviate housing availability.