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Is the world becoming uninsurable?

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478 points spking | 2 comments | 17 Jan 25 00:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.545s | source
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tobyhinloopen ◴[17 Jan 25 07:13 UTC] No.42734903[source]▶
American, living in area prone to natural disasters: "Is the WHOLE WORLD becoming uninsurable?"

The answer is obviously "no" since there are other parts of the world that don't live on a hurricane highway nor build houses made from firewood in an area prone to wildfires.

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gibsonf1 ◴[17 Jan 25 15:22 UTC] No.42738455[source]▶
A key issue in the LA fires was bad management at all levels of government that could have prevented an order of magnitude of the damage (If procedures from the past were followed).
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vantassell ◴[17 Jan 25 15:40 UTC] No.42738771[source]▶
You’re a fire management expert? What did LA do wrong?
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1. jMyles ◴[17 Jan 25 17:08 UTC] No.42740460[source]▶
If you actually want to know the answer to this question, this is a wonderful and well-researched book on the topic.

https://tendingthewild.com/tending-the-wild/

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2. kristjansson ◴[18 Jan 25 03:14 UTC] No.42745472[source]▶
It's a bit older, but see also [1] for a great survey of research on the topic.

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Before-Wilderness-Environmental-Calif...