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applegrove

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16. So would you suggest they rebuild the cabins in the same place

Reply to CuriousSavage (Reply #15)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:28 AM

Jul 15

seeing as how with climate change the skies hold onto more water and then dump it all at once at the mountains in this part of Texas that are all stone so nothing gets absorbed and it all runs down to the river?

Would you do it again?

Maybe the partial point of high insurance is to encourage the market not to build there.

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Camp Mystic and some Christians: [View all] applegrove Jul 14 OP

they had those funky cabins and did not want to pay for new ones higher up the hillside msongs Jul 14 #1

Apparently Jesus works for FEMA BOSSHOG Jul 14 #2

How would having flood insurance prevented the flood 33taw Jul 14 #3

it likely would have priced them into a different location Skittles Jul 14 #4

Maybe they would have built the cabins up the hill to save on insurance. applegrove Jul 14 #5

I saw an interview and the guy said, his cabin is as atop a 30 foot bluff questionseverything Jul 14 #8

The Camp Mystic cabins up the hill were safer. People applegrove Jul 14 #9

I'm saying I think they were used to it being "high enough " questionseverything Jul 14 #10

Yes. Hot air holds more rain in the sky so when storms applegrove Jul 14 #11

they cannot imagine climate change, either Skittles Jul 15 #17

Poor kids, surrounded by fools. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 14 #6

It seems like every adult involved in their protection failed them FullySupportDems Jul 14 #7

The counselors were not allowed to have phones and they kept info hidden from them. kerry-is-my-prez Jul 14 #12

I have to agree, the counselors probably shouldn't be lumped in FullySupportDems Jul 15 #19

Without question, insurance companies would have required vanlassie Jul 14 #13

America was founded upon freedom OF and FROM religion. NoMoreRepugs Jul 14 #14

You'd be shocked to know how common this is CuriousSavage Jul 14 #15

So would you suggest they rebuild the cabins in the same place applegrove Jul 15 #16

I understand your point, CuriousSavage Jul 15 #20

I ran and won in Hunterdon County NJ JustAnotherGen Jul 15 #21

worthy of its own thread Skittles Jul 15 #18