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U.S. may make hurricane-protection zone

The federal government is considering buying out as many as 17,000 homes along the Mississippi coast and remaking the land into a vast hurricane-protection zone, raising anxieties that it could destroy the ...

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“Are the martinis ready yet?”

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Oct 10, 2007
 
At what cost?????
Tommy

Highland, IL

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Oct 10, 2007
 
Sounds like all they're going to do is turn the area into one big theme park, and the taxpayers are going to get soaked for it while PRIVATE developers make a bundle.

What's next, flood protection zones, earthquake protection zones?

There's more to this than meets the eye. I smell eminent domain in all it's glory.
Fed UP

Birmingham, AL

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Oct 12, 2007
 
This makes no sence. The government pays to rebuild homes, and now they want to pay for them again. Building new homes to current codes is the correct thing to do.
NO BUY OUT!
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