Hurricane

It's hurricane season. My big problem with hurricane season isn't the fact that homes get destroyed and people lose all their belongings, it's the fact that the whole hurricane idea is comparable to domestic violence.

Here are some numbers:

Florida 64; Texas 38; North Carolina 29; Louisiana 27; South Carolina 16; Alabama 12. These figures represent the number of direct hits on these states from 1900-2004 from hurricanes. Every year the monetary value of the damage is in the millions, people lose their homes, sometimes everything they own and sometimes these storms kill people. Yet, they rebuild each time it happens. These people who lose everything just keep coming back for more. It's like they think that it won't happen again. Why don't they take the logical step and just move to a different part of the waterfront that doesn't get hit either at all or not as destructively?

There are at least 4 or 5 storms a year, and there's always a really bad one that blows people's houses off the beach. Why? Why don't you just move? Realize that the fight between you and Mother Nature is a losing battle. To me, it's something I just don't understand. So if there's anyone who does understand and is maybe from the states that I mentioned, please leave a comment on why you still take the abuse.