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Saying what maybe needs to be said, Individ blows a gasket:

Hey, it's a free country folks. If people want to live in a sediment-starved, subsiding basin, surrounded by a lake, a river and an ocean,they can go right ahead. Just don't force my government to pay for it when the damn dam breaks. That's your corner, dudes. Your local government takes care of your corner, and our local govvamint will take care of ours.

I have already contributed to your relief out of my own pocket, by my own volition. My wife and I are currently talking about how we can do more. That's not the issue. But hey, Loonie Lefties: calling pentulantly and rapaciously for the Nanny State as the only solution to every problem is not what America is about. Look it up. Charity, the religious virtue, BEGINS AT HOME. Not at the damn IRS. We are about helping our neighbor as individuals, but not about having Big Brother wipe our nether regions everytime we are in trouble.