Classic: "Attempts to fix flood insurance have been derailed repeatedly by special interests, political expediency and powerful lobbies that have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into congressional campaigns, a three-month examination by the Houston Chronicle reveals. Banks, builders, insurers and real estate agents — supported by property owners and allies in Congress —have combined to thwart even the most practical changes." Yep, you are correct the moochers and looters are in control, and the politicians are just as corrupt as Ayn Rand portrayed, and no one listens. These are factual stories, not fiction and yet it goes on and on. Term limits is the only fix, which is why the collective is fighting the Convention of States so hard. Grapefruit, anyone?

Well, they discontinued their policies in Areas 1 and 2, and then were forced by the socialists running the joint, to provide it so they could do business at all, not very good.

Uh, yea, pretty much...

That is true, my frame of mind is, they already looted the money, so at least could they spend it on something to PREVENT needing to provide all kinds of stuff AFTER the shoe drops? The idea of having a survivable site set up, where people could congregat from a wide area AFTER the disaster and have shelter and resources to survive the unstoppable breakdown of society for the period after, is a better deal than just waiting and hoping a herd of corrupt government loons will know what to provide, when and how much. Too often they just show up with 400,000 bottles of water and three trucks of blankets and a bunch of old tents. It took over a year before the first trailers showed up after Katrina, and Cascadia is going to trash as much if not more. Spend the money on a large, earthquake proof facility, that can provide shelter and support AFTER the event, then they just need the water and blankets, and would know how many. Odd idea, thinking ahead, instead of reacting blindly.