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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (437586)12/2/2008 2:16:00 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574102
 
"Used to be a reason people didn't live in harms way. They had to pay for it."

The reason so many lived there is we haven't had a big one to hit since Carla. There were some close calls, but...



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (437586)12/2/2008 4:22:46 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574102
 
Used to be a reason people didn't live in harms way. They had to pay for it.

They did pay for it......some with their own lives; others with their financial net worth.