Rob Young
Rob Young
appears couple few hurricane learned lessons past surface
It appears to me on the surface that we've learned very few lessons from the past couple of hurricane seasons.
areas beach certain continued discussion encourages federal flood insurance money national otherwise people possible pull putting spending time walked whether
Federal flood insurance makes a lot of this development possible in areas where people otherwise would've walked away. And federal spending on beach replenishment encourages continued development of the coast, putting more people at risk. It's time for a national discussion about whether we should pull federal money away from certain areas of the coast.
certainly closer coming meeting
We're certainly coming closer to a meeting of the minds, if you like.
codes homes late poorly
many homes were rebuilt right after Camille in the late '60s and '70s when the codes weren't that great. A lot of them were poorly constructed again.
areas certain dollars federal nature places rebuilding repeatedly sending simply throwing
Nature is sending us messages. The idea of repeatedly throwing federal dollars at rebuilding the infrastructure in some of these places is crazy. There are certain areas where we simply should retreat.
hurricane imagery laughable research satellite unusual
I have been doing hurricane research for the better part of 20 years now, and there was nothing unusual to me about any of the satellite imagery of Katrina, ... It's laughable to think it could have been manmade.
checked hotel informed liked
We're not prudes by any means. We would have liked to have been informed when we checked into the hotel so we could have made other arrangements.
cost extended insurance originally private program
The program was originally aimed at floodplains in rivers. But it's been extended to the coastal areas, where private insurance would cost an unbelievable amount.
both game girls good great played win
It was a good win for the girls, a great game played by both teams.
car chuck cigarette city clean educate people streets time trash
It's time to clean up city streets and also educate young people not to chuck trash and cigarette butts out their car windows.
interest start unless
We have no idea if there is an interest. But we won't know unless we ask. And we are going to start doing that on Monday.
conversation turned
That turned a two-way conversation into a one-way discussion.
cigarette somebody throw
You see somebody throw a cigarette butt out the window? That's littering. We want to know about it.
asset building soon tried vacant
The building wasn't vacant that long. We tried to remarket that asset as soon as we could.