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Are you sure the stupidity of flimsy housing in a hurricane hotspot wasn't a huge part of it? Shots of decimated trailer parks are usually the first things to h
by toxican 12y ago
Are you sure the stupidity of flimsy housing in a hurricane hotspot wasn't a huge part of it? Shots of decimated trailer parks are usually the first things to hit the national news when a big hurricane hits you all.
- CapitalistCartr 12y agoThat does get airplay but it's not accurate. Millions of people live in mobile homes, a few get damaged by storms, as do regular stick-built homes. Tornadoes trash a few every now and then. But none of that is why they're being cleaned out; it's arrogance. Pricing the poor out of housing altogether isn't improving their safety. Modern tie-down codes had already solved that problem years ago.