Everybody's "mad" at insurance companies for telling people the truth and refusing to lose money on obviously doomed Malibu.
But it's the landlords who will continue to exploit the fuck out of LA.
this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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We should be "mad" at both.
"What if we built a private water distribution system, that took priority over regular people's supply, then charged for access during wildfires?"
Nestle should be into this already.
I'm of two minds about this. If an area is extremely disaster-prone, you shouldn't build there. But it sucks to already live there, and not get insured. I'd be fine if there were no new insurance contacts on new houses being built.
Another, local example: in Germany, a few years ago there was a catastrophic flood that killed several people and destroyed many houses located in a river valley, because the river had been artificially narrowed and straightened. With looming climate change there was already talks about flooding risk and insurance covering. After the disaster, a decent chunk of people planned to rebuild their houses in the exact same spots. Some were not even insured, and relied on government disaster relief money, afaik
Marcus Linius Crassus has entered the chat
CEO's of insurance companies thinking of ways to not pay out
I saw rent in LA county has gone up 23% in the past week
Quick, sell flood insurance to California and wildfire insurance to Florida
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It's a complex.
Issue. Complex issue. Sorry, dunno what came over me.
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Well, not the fires specifically, but the US has already begun the steps to monetize climate change. Why do you think there's a sudden interest in Canada and Greenland? That melting permafrost is gonna open up a lot of resources.
Imagine all the military contracts for keeping climate refugees away!
Build the wall!!!! \s
The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets.
- Baron Rothschild
Just like they did after the Hawaii fires.
Good thing they are in the office to collaborate ideas.