[Wildcatk23]

Have you? I have never lived in a home that was flooded myself. I have always avoided living in areas subject to flooding because I helped clean up houses of friends and families at an early age. I have also helped evacuate homes and businesses in advance of flooding. Back then,
FEMA did not exist and people tended to accept their own responsibility for the results of personal decisions. Maybe federal funding for flood relief was widely available prior to FEMA, but if it was I was not aware of it.

Flooding in eastern Kentucky was a much worse problem back in the 70s before Paintsville Lake was built and prior to the completion of the cut-through in Pikeville. When the coffer dam was near failure during the construction of the Paintsville Lake dam in the late 70s, I remember evacuating my grandparents as we ran up the hill with mattresses on our backs and watched for the wall of water that everybody was sure was on its way.

I have always carried insurance adequate to cover losses that I could not afford to cover out of pocket. If a person cannot afford insurance for their replacement cost of their house, then they cannot afford the house.

I pay taxes, He pays taxes, The government should help us when we need it.

And yes hoot i have been through this. 1997 my families house exploded from a gas leak. Luckily my family was in a lot better financial situation then and we could manage just fine. My mother lost thousands of pictures from her family not including everything we owned. Dont preach to people who cant decide were they live. People in eastern kentucky scrape by. We live were we can. And make the best of it.

Also i have spoken with 15thRegionSlamaBamma about this subject before, His reason for meeting with McConnell was totally different, however his situation has changed.

I am just amazed at you. Living in eastern kentucky as a child looks like you would show some respect to this guys situation.