Track_Shovel to NewsEnglish • 4 days agoThousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Firewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square222fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1725arrow-down1external-linkThousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Firewww.cbsnews.comTrack_Shovel to NewsEnglish • 4 days agomessage-square222fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 day agoThe cost of insurance needs to equal the risk though. If a house is going to get burned down every year, who pays to re-build it? It isn’t practical to expect everyone to move out of florida, but climate change is impractical.
minus-square@Modern_medicine_isntlink1•9 hours agoThats why i pointed at building codes. Require building that will survive the threat. Then people will have to pay more for them which discourages people from building in those areas at least.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 hours agoMaybe. That doesn’t really help all of the existing buildings though.
The cost of insurance needs to equal the risk though.
If a house is going to get burned down every year, who pays to re-build it?
It isn’t practical to expect everyone to move out of florida, but climate change is impractical.
Thats why i pointed at building codes. Require building that will survive the threat. Then people will have to pay more for them which discourages people from building in those areas at least.
Maybe. That doesn’t really help all of the existing buildings though.