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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 12/2/2004, you wrote:
>  And when we have the chance to re-build it, why should we build it the 
> same way and in the same place? Ultimately "natural disasters" are human 
> created disasters blamed on nature."

Take a look around at what survives such disasters.  It is often the older 
homes, homes built with local conditions in mind.  National building codes, 
build-for-a-price tract homes, and minimal national suppliers of building 
materials combine to make a sameness of construction that to a large part 
ignores local conditions.  The tract home that gets blown away in a Florida 
hurricane is essentially the same construction as the tract home that burns 
in a California wild fire.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com