What she said.   As troubling as it may be.  She has a point.

No she doesn't, because I don't do that. However, it is very uncommon for government to cost less than expected when the bill comes due. I can reasonably predict that your hero will be no different.

Can some of that gold come my way?

Sell your jewelry..

All of that puts this tragedy in perspective


Why would any sane person live near an active fault zone knowing it might kill their family at any day?

And how is that different than tornados or hurricanes?

The next major earthquake in LA or San Francisco is inevitable, too. The question is one of when it will happen, and how bad it will be. The ability to integrate flow/water level data and basin geometry (hydrology), and predict downstream flood crests and timing exists, it just has not been implemented in a way that provides accurate and timely warnings that will jar someone out of a sleepy stupor at 4 AM in time for them to get to safety.

I can see having at least one flash flood drill for things like summer camps (where many of the kids are from elsewhere) per session so the kids are at least exposed to what to do and where to go if things start going badly.

All of that puts this tragedy in perspective


Why would any sane person live near an active fault zone knowing it might kill their family at any day?

So why do you accept deficit projections as gospel?

I don't. I base my determinations upon the annual cost of government. THAT is gospel. Projections certainly have value in that you can get a feel for quarterly cost as an example, and plot the course as it were, but I have said over and over the bottom line is the cost of government. I do that annually by rule of thumb... Drilling down might get more formal.