RE: Development

And I realize that by declaring a large part of the coast National Seashore, my options for accommodations will be limited. But we've got to make a hard choice: do we continue to build or do we preserve the land so that future generations will have someplace to go?

So what is contridictory there? Less development might mean driving a little further to sleep each night, but there would still be options. The National Seashore is very much like the Parkway. Limited development, but available to everyone. And there are plenty of houses on Hatteras already. Those places would be grandfathered in, but once they're gone they're not rebuilt.

I can't understand where you are coming from. Are you pro-insurance premium hikes? Do you enjoy paying for someone else's multi-million dollar vacation house that's floating in the ocean? What don't you get about the futility of this cycle we're in? Nature can repair herself when man doesn't get in the way.