Good article on some of the trials and tribulations with rebuilding after this hurricane. Rebuilding after Ian I recommend reading the whole thing. After Katrina, I noticed the political winds pushing for rebuilding, to the tune of about $300 billion dollars. It occurred to me that the money could have been better spent in buying out those people who had homes below sea level, particularly the famed, "9th Ward" in New Orleans. To me, common sense would dictate that we buy that out that below sea level property, convert it to wetlands, and leave it, other wise we would be right back there again rebuilding the same property over again. However politics ruled the day and the 9th Ward was rebuilt, waiting for another hurricane to start the process again. However my idea about buying them out is actually a FEMA program, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which buys out property exactly like that. Rather than rebuilding property that's going to be knocked down again we should just buy that property out, and then we don't have to worry about it for successive hurricanes.
