On 12/10/2019 at 10:46 PM, chessiegal said:
There are homes on the beaches in NC that have survived decades of hurricanes. We have a friend who has a house in Atlantic Beach NC built in the 40s, and is still standing.
I have a friend whose family has a house in Rodanthe. Apparently it wasn't beachfront when she was a child, but now it is. Every time there's a hurricane coming close, she's sure the house will be gone afterwards, but so far it's still standing. She fully expects it to go within a few years, though, because sooner or later the ocean is going to encroach on it and undermine the foundation.
A lot of that depends on how a house is built. Older houses like your friend's tend to be built better, and really new ones have to be built to a stricter code, but those built in the 70s and 80s often come apart like cardboard during hurricanes.
On 12/11/2019 at 2:04 PM, amarante said:
The other issue is insurance as the costs of insuring homes within flood zones (and flood zones are expanding) is becoming increasingly expensive. And do we as taxpayers want to subsidize people who willingly choose to live on ecologically untenable land?
I agree, and yet I would love to live at the beach.
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