That's the thinking which is why all of these people in New Orleans are still there, ...they did NOT evacuate as requested to because they feel they were going to be OK because just this
"for 40 years, went through 4
This one was different for them, now unfortunately ..some of them, cannot "live through it".
"Cato" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
I'm from NJ; lived in the North (Milwaukee, Toronto, Vancouver), liven in the SOuth (S.Carolina, MD, southern CA).
Can't take the North. Can't stand the Winters anymore.
Cold can also kill ya if ya aren't prepared for it or don't have the $$ to pay for heating.
Have to be prepared for your chosen environment. Problem is that it takes time, thought, proper desigin/engineering, and you get less square- footage for the same proce, for the added safety measures.
So it's a lottery, a gamble. One toss of the dice, and cheaper solutions work out just fine. but a different toss of the dice, and you're house is under water, burned down to the nubs, shaken apart, or whatever.
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