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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech
Unfortunately, safety costs money, so it's usually not a priority, Clarke said. Most of the time "you can't get anybody to listen," he said. "We're very reactive about disasters in the United States."
People don't think about them until afterward, he said, and then they say: "You should have seen that coming."
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So true of almost everyone in this country! Examples:
Virtually nobody here in Florida does anything to try to reduce the damage to their homes from hurricanes. The attitudes of most is that if it wasn't incorporated into the house when it was built, there is no sense trying to retrofit the home. In fact, many will try to get around including any code-required improvements for hurricane resistance because it increases their costs too much. Also, many just state that "that is the reason for having insurance." Then they can't understand why their insurance is being canceled or their rates have skyrocketed.
Also, few of those who have solar electric power installed on their homes get battery backup. They are going to feel very foolish when the grid goes down for an extended time and they have all this power being generated but they can't use it because their inverters won't work without the grid.