HOUSE BILL: The Storm Surge, Coastal Flooding... (At Final Vote)

[Clyde1998]

This is certainly a necessary bill and I thank the President for bringing it forward. While the maximum reserve for this is a lot of money, it's something that will be required. It will help protect our citizens from natural disasters, while ensuring that money is always available to assist people who have been affected by them. Protecting against natural disasters will severely reduce our costs in the future, not just in monetary terms, but in human terms too.

[Clyde1998]

Clyde1998: 15 hrs late

[Clyde1998]

I'm, personally, happy with the $800bn fund. I feel that this wouldn't be provided straight away, so there's no need to reduce spending elsewhere - should we not wish to do so - to pass this bill and considering that Hurricane Katrina caused $108bn worth of damage (as an example), it's always good to money reserved for natural disasters while having additional money held back in case of multiple major disasters in a short space of time.

[Clyde1998]

I'm, personally, happy with the $800bn fund. I feel that this wouldn't be provided straight away, so there's no need to reduce spending elsewhere - should we not wish to do so - to pass this bill and considering that Hurricane Katrina caused $108bn worth of damage (as an example), it's always good to money reserved for natural disasters while having additional money held back in case of multiple major disasters in a short space of time.

Actually that is not how the bill is written.

A lot of that money would be spent dredging rivers, replacing dams and restoring coastal barriers to hurricanes.

A lot of this is in serious need of immediate help. We have earthen dams in NC that are a mega disaster waiting to happen and there was one in Moore county that came really close to collapsing during Matthew. Several others were breached or severely weakened as a result.

That works even better then.

Protecting areas against damage would reduce the cost of the the impact of any disaster and, in a lot of cases, would prevent the disaster from happening.

Either way, I'm happy with the 'up to' $800bn fund.

[Clyde1998]

I move for a final vote, unless there are other desired changes.

Seconded.

Thirded.

[Clyde1998]

Aye