Some people just don’t get it. Building a house on a barrier island is risky enough, and my opinion is that building a home on the gulf side of a barrier island is just asking for trouble. The Tortuga Dunes development is just such a project with homes only a thin dune away from the pure untamed fury of the Gulf of Mexico. There are no homes built in this area yet, and all those wishing to purchase out there should realize that that they’re probably buying a disposable house. If their insurance premiums aren’t higher than their mortgages, this only means that the rest of us are absorbing their risk into our premiums.
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