Moving all flood plain housing
From:
Charlie Swope
Date:
Jul 05 22:52 UTC
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It might be worth noting that, just a bit south of us, they've had two 500 year
floods within the past 15 years. I also find the notion of "used to be in the
flood plain" a little strange. When did the flood plain move? If we place a
structure in the flood plain on stilts is it no longer in the flood plain? What
was done with the Centex development was no different in principle. If the
garage beneath your home floods but not the first floor have you not been
flooded?
I'd say the Centex development is in the flood plain even though the developers
have taken some steps to alleviate the risk (not eliminate it) by building on
mounds of dirt, just as some people deal with living on a flood plain by
building their homes on stilts.
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