If not, it should be. After all, wouldn't insurance rates be determined at least in part based upon these studies? And as such, wouldn't we be entitled to see why we have to pay XXX dollars for a policy?
On 6/2/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, I'd love to see an index per state/county/zip of the likelyhood > of a natural disaster occuring to an individual home in any given > year. This is essentially what actuaries do all day long for > insurance companies. I wonder if any of that is published? > > -Cameron > > > On 6/2/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yer absolutely right, and that's why I asked it as a question, and not a > > statement. > > > > I think there is a difference though, and it has to do with likelihood > and > > extent. How reasonably likely is the event to occurr, and how > catastrophic > > would it be if it did? > > > > When I looked at New Orleans, long before Katrina, I saw the disaster as > not > > only extremely likely, but almost inevitable. I see the same thing when > I > > look at parts of California. I also think the potential for destruction > is > > incredibly high in both cases. When you weigh in the likelihood and > extent > > of the destruction, I just wonder if you have to question your decision > to > > reside in that place. > > > > I know that I reside in a place that is prone to tornados. But > statistically > > speaking, a tornado is highly UNLIKELY to hit my house. If it did, you > know > > what, i'd have to accept the fact that I risked this scenario, and lost. > > > > I dunno, maybe there's nothing too all this, but I'm not sure. > > > > On 6/2/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Do the residents of Seattle share culpability Mount Rainier inevitably > > > erupts and destroys the city? Residents of California when "the big > > > one" hits? New York when a hurricane finally makes a direct landing? > > > Any coastal area during a tsunami? > > > > > > Yes, I have been watching Discovery channel. > > > > > > It would be an interesting statistic to find out how many Americans > > > (or humans worldwide) live in an area with greater risk of a > > > catastrophic event than New Orleans. I'd bet it's a surprisingly > > > large number. > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > On 6/2/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > lemme ask a question that may get me yelled at...... > > > > > > > > Do the residents who chose New orleans as their home, knowing full > well > > > the > > > > inevitability of this disaster scenario, share any culpability for > their > > > > situation? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208010 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
