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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:02 AM Original message |
I think I just figured out WHY there is a Dis the California Fire attitude. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. We lose more people than that every single winter in New England. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. that's because the destruction of property is not as wide-spread |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Hmmm, maybe those of us in colder climes should winter in California |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
205. I lived in San Diego County (which is huge) and burning...as is Mexico.. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
152. people don't get the population density and scarcity of land in |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
204. NO but alot do LMAO in FL n/t |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. There is NO PLACE on this earth free from destruction caused |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Even a hole can have it's catastrophes, right? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. exactly |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. All hail deregulation! |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Go look at the profits that insurance companies realized |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:59 AM Original message |
Is it not also the taxpayers who foot the re-insurance bill? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
154. Oh sure, your tax dollars have gone to bail out those billion dollar |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
68. Unfortunatley, the insurance co's have their deck stacked. They |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #68 |
113. There needs to be, I think, a balance in any successful government |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
191. Hear, hear. |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It's not black and whilte ... and you're leaving it to insurance companies |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Bully for you - where do you live? |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. 'disaster free' is black and white thinking - there are parts of |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. There's some island off the coast of Africa that could have a landslide any moment... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. And it WILL happen. EVENTUALLY. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Michigan gets hit with more meteorites than any place on Earth. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I know that. and they are VERY SMALL. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Wait a minute...is that for real?? n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. You're thinking of an explosion of Cumbre Vieja |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. And the wave that hits the East Coast will be ENORMOUS. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. If chunks fell off that island every Fall and caused a major tsunami |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. You have small disasters distributed over a number of years compared to a large disaster... in a day |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I saw that Discovery Channel show, too. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
146. Ignore the numbers I posted. I made those up for the sake of illustration. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #146 |
165. I am telling you man, the southeast is where you ougtta be. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #165 |
170. But hurricanes, earthquakes, droughts, tornados... n/t |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #170 |
175. We are far enough in that the hurricanes |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:15 AM Response to Reply #175 |
193. Heat Waves are the single most deadly natural disaster. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Here's where your numbers are skewed. You can't consider all |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #64 |
106. for something worth Dissing re blame on California fires |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #55 |
77. You should post |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I never denied you that "right." We just don't understand you. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. My house wasn't built in a flood zone and had survived Camille |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. NOLA died from Levees breaking, not the storm. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
53. I've been to Michigan |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
96. Well, clearly your home was in a flood zone, it just wasn't in a |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #96 |
153. Bullshit, but thanks for playing |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
121. Hi Tyler |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. Thanks, Witchy. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #128 |
130. I hear ya! |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #130 |
137. Yeah Bullshit and you know it. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. But then, you understand that a hurricane is a natural possible consequence |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Thank you. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
71. Bravo. The only possible good that may come of all this, would |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. you got it !!- and... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
56. thanks for the good wishes |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. On the other hand, there's really no excuse for building tinderboxes |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. AFAIK, most of those are already required in new construction |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Not according to NPR. These exact codes failed in San Diego last year. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I heard that TOO. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. What do you mean "the codes failed last year"? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Rejected (i.e., not accepted) by the San Diego political process. (NT) |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
97. Not quite. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
78. Strawman... no place is risk free, but many places are too risky. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #78 |
168. Strawman - those "riskier" places pay the higher premiums |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
88. It's not the weather or earthquake that causes the catastrophe; |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
109. BOOOGUS. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #109 |
155. BOOOOGUS back at you |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #155 |
199. Ouch |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #199 |
202. Just as I was slain by your's. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #202 |
207. Ah, the old 'attack the method and avoid the message' ploy. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
174. i dunno... |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, I'm in Michigan, and building in San Diego isn't ALL bad.... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. You aren't getting my point. |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
89. Exactly how many do you say "rebuilt" after burning, and what are chances of re-fire? |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. I lived in LA for a while... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
142. Are you ever... |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
150. Years ago I visited back east & some people said how can you live in CA with all the earthquakes? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well, I do think they should stop building with wood, return to adobe and tile. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
166. We build in wood... |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #166 |
171. mud-brick construction: major cause of death in ME earthquakes |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #166 |
178. No, I believe it. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. Actually, some thought is being lent to this |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. Thanks for your post. I tried expressing such thoughts a few days |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. I think the insurance companies require rebuilding in the same spot |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
188. When I was in Florida |
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AnotherMother4Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
21. San Diego's Cedar fire was 4 years ago. They called it an anomaly, the perfect storm. These |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. I think a lot has to do with what you said about building practices and home protection |
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AnotherMother4Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. It takes $$ to be proactive, & some cities are strapped & have been negligent. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
82. Am I crazy( well that's beside the point), or didn't the California |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Part of it, of course, was artificial fire suppression. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. The reason people build in these areas. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
45. I don't live in Detroit |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. You know, you answered my question when you said were you live. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. You completely missed the point, of course. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
81. Doesn't matter if the disaster is natural or man made. If you know it's going |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
158. true to some extent...but |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. Our Florida hurricanes are all your fault for building so many cars in Michigan. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. I don't get why you continue to build in Michigan. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Cost me a max of $175/month for heating and cooling. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Yet you continue live there. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #52 |
59. You really aren't listening, are you? |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Oh I hear you fine; I have just become very tired of the attitude. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #69 |
91. I am so very glad you read minds. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
43. Who's "we"? I'm in Mich. and I have no problem feeling bad for |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. WHY is no one listening? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Dude, you said: "it's very hard to feel sorry for people..." |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. FINE, let's now play SEMANTICS, |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #62 |
75. Yes, quoting and parsing what you actually said is "playing semantics" |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
177. allow me to answer - why we keep living here |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
44. Like not feeling sorry for people who choose to live in economically depressed |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Oh for pete's sake, I give up. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Why not? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #48 |
73. No, you're in error. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #48 |
85. Conflating apples and oranges... don't let it get you off point. (nt) |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #85 |
179. yup, we grow those, too. Apples and oranges, that is. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
61. Oh, goodie! |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I'm going back to the lounge, as no one is really reading what I wrote. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:01 AM Original message |
We read it. We just found it full of shit. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
79. It's really not, though. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. We'll need to disagree. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #87 |
93. No, it's because it's economically feasible. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #93 |
98. Separate issue. The OP, IMO, posits that only so much sympathy |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Well if y'all want to argue about people's feelings, have at it. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Okay. Thank you. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #102 |
107. How is it inconsistent? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. The OP fails to apply his or her standard across all such choices. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. I see it differently, because no one bails anyone out of the |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #111 |
149. Ah, but we may see things more similarly than that. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #149 |
161. Okay, for standing structures, that works... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #107 |
112. Please don't bother. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Sorry but I will. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Have at it. I ran out of gas. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #118 |
123. Actually, watching how the cause is ignored... in favor of |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
103. *I* |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
63. I understand that you're trying to find someone to blame your economic woes on |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. NO I'M NOT. |
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Joanie Baloney (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #67 |
86. Sigh... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #86 |
129. Why stay here and take this abuse? |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #67 |
99. I feel your pain Tyler. I think I'm on just about everyone's "ignore" |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #99 |
117. Like I said up thread: |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. And really, why would anyone live in an area that has repeated economic downturns? |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
160. Holy Shit! It is the same D-bag! |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
70. i suppose we can start eradicating people to free up more space.. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
74. Much simpler. People act like assholes on the anonymous internet. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. I say it's much more complicated. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
76. Blame bills like the Homeowners’ Insurance Availability Act. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
83. This entire thread is about to collapse into a black hole of irony |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #83 |
92. show me a REBUILT house insurers failed to insure, and I'll buy the point |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Of course, that's totally not my point |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Insurers wouldn't be able to offer affordable insurance, if not for |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #95 |
115. Unless you're saying this act completely eliminates any incentive for insurers |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #115 |
120. Bush policy shares blame, too, of course, in this particular event. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
84. You are making a very common shortsighted assumtion |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #84 |
100. Why get nasty? Try and think harder? |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #100 |
119. me nasty ? Jeez, see post 104 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Yeah, I never said you were the only one... or the worst... |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Actually the most bothersome part is |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. What? |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. No, you said |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Okay, you didn't use "insult", you used "ragged on". |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #119 |
132. Nobody ragged on you. Certainly not ME. |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #132 |
156. I wonder how many of those "Californians" you can't understand are natives of the midwest, |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #84 |
108. California is a huge place. Desert, mountain forest, cropland... |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #108 |
116. So how many of these homes and businesses that were destroyed this time |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #116 |
135. We won't know yet. Lake Arrowhead burned 3 or 4 years ago. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
90. How's your state's economy doing? |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
104. Fuck you Tyler. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Fake sympathy? |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #105 |
131. Come on...the guy can't stand there, cover himself in gasoline, and flick his bic... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. I think people are reading into it based on other things they've read. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
133. i'm a native californian |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #133 |
140. Careful.... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #140 |
163. one clarification...i am talking more about malibu |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #133 |
181. Hi, fellow (rare) native. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
134. Thanks for proving once again my little theory |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. It's not like we aren't trying. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. I think it is time to work for secesion |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. Do what you fee you must... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. Thanks I knew you would |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. I wouldn't gloat. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #147 |
197. Except you forgot... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #134 |
145. Can't happen soon enough for me |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. We don't EITHER. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Huh? |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #148 |
183. Huh? The Czech and Slovak divorce was quite amicable. Unlike the Bosnian-Serbian- |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #183 |
187. As they both slowly slide into oblivion. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #134 |
167. No shit. 8th Largest economy in the world, 90% of the USA's produce. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
143. wow. such an outpouring of outrage your post has generated... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
157. Tyler, do you remember how US taxpayers bailed out Chrysler ????? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
159. He's right about one thing- Southern California has shit for land use planning |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
162. Having lived both in the Midwest and California, I think you all should fess up: It's Jealousy. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #162 |
169. San Diego was destroyed by fire? I'm so ignorant, I thought it |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #169 |
186. As long as you know who to hate, that's what's important. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. Who do I hate? I must've forgot. |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
164. I live here because of my job. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
172. Note to Tyler: #1 - It's different places that burn every year. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #172 |
184. But it's not different places. It's the over-developed So Cal |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #184 |
185. So, what do you propose to DO ABOUT IT right now? Evict the |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #185 |
190. Fireproof as possible is good. Will it be done? Smarter |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #190 |
194. The "surrounding chapparal" is already taken care of by regulations |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #184 |
198. How old are you... |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #198 |
201. That's certainly true. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #201 |
203. Or to be a bit more specific: time wise you are absolutely correct. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
173. tyler, seriously |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
176. Well I find it hard to care about your economic problems then. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
180. As for you folks who live in areas prone to blizzards, tornados, hurricanes, etc. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
182. But these places are people's "homes" |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #182 |
192. Oh my fucking GOD! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #192 |
196. I'll take a Heineken. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
195. Skirting The Edge Again, Are We, Mr. Durden? |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
200. And, finally, Tyler... |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
206. Overall, I think Californians know the risks. Fire is a given, as you say. |
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