[Domesteading 00153] Re: Discussion reinitiates

[J & D Goldman]

Rob S.
  Was the Pacfic dome one of those tent-like fiberglass pole supported
structures, or something meant to be more permanent?  Just wondered
what it was that failed.

thx - Dan G.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Savoye <rob at welcomehome.org>
To: A forum for the discussion of aspects of independent,off-the-grid
living <domesteading at sculptors.com>
Date: Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:18 AM
Subject: [Domesteading 00148] Re: Discussion reinitiates


>J & D Goldman wrote:
>>
>> So tell us more about the post Katrina activity.  I kept wondering
>> when people would start figuring out that insurance doesn't pay for
>> everything (even when it pays at all), and its better to have a
home
>
>  Well, the big Pacific Dome we setup for one of the relief camps
fell
>apart in a wind storm. :-( The main activity now is cleaning out the
>mold that has grown in people's houses which makes them inhabitable,
and
>doing renovation work. Most people didn't even have insurance, the
>population density of many neighborhoods is way down...
>
>  Too bad everyone got stuck with trailers instead of nice domes.
It's
>pretty depressing, some areas still look as bad as they did right
after
>Katrina hit.
>
> - rob -
>(some of us won't yahoo, sorry)