Quote Originally Posted by Kurando View Post
I'm pretty sure the point is that if the damage/impact can be reduced (i.e through early warnings) then there is less reason to constantly turn off the demolition timer. I mean of course no one is expecting an home owner to find other ways to log in to the game when the priority it getting their life together again, but in some situations people/companies can be better prepared for that's all. When Japan had the devastating tsunami a few years back (which had little warning), the Japanese government literally forced companies to ration electricity/power meaning non-important things such as this game had to be shut down briefly to help conserve national supplies. I don't believe the US has ever been in this situation on such a national scale (at least not for a very long time), so you can appreciate why Japan is often a no brainer when it comes to demolition, because the scale of vulnerability is so much higher.

There are plenty of natural disasters in the world (Indonesia just suffered from a big disaster) but SE cannot turn off the timer for every single one and the game does not revolve around the US. Granted any disaster is bad but there is a big difference between instant impact where action is often taken immediately (tsunsmi, earthquake etc), to a delayed impact (hurricanes) where decisions are made after when the full damage can be calculated. If SE decide to take action in due time, they need to be allowed that.
They waited until after Irma before they suspended the timer for Harvey and Irma. And no amount of prep could have prevented the flooding that occurred in the Houston area from Harvey (not that forming about a day before a storm hits gives people much prep time anyway). 50+ inches of rain is just too much, especially when you add in everything that was coming from upriver into the calculations. Too much water, it just could not drain into the gulf fast enough. I know people here in Texas who still are displaced from Harvey, still trying to get homes repaired or re-built.

The only "blessing" I can think of with Michael was that it moved fast, so it didn't stick around and 'cause even more damage, but those 155mph winds are stupid bad, and the fact that it was a hurricane or a tropical storm as it continued to roll through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia would not have been great for them either.

I'm not really pushing for the demo timer to be paused here, if I was affected by something like that I'd find a way to keep my house in game through all that mess because it is important to me, but I am trying to help people realize how much damage these huge, nasty hurricanes can cause, and how long it can take to fully recover.