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NickB79

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59. A lot of flood maps have been downgraded over the years

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 11:13 AM

Aug 2

My own house was once listed in a flood plain 50 yr ago, but was subsequently changed to a non-flood zone in the 70's. This wasn't disclosed to us at time of purchase (unless it was buried in some fine print I missed). My old farmer neighbor told us all about this after we moved in and our area had a freak flash flood one spring in 2011. We had a foot of water in our basement despite TWO sump pumps running constantly; they just couldn't keep up with the inflow. And there was a river 20' wide and 4' deep flowing through our front yard from all the agricultural field runoff behind our house.

So even people who think they're safe may in fact be living somewhere that is actually at risk, especially with the rapidly changing climate today.

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A lot of flood maps have been downgraded over the years NickB79 Aug 2 #59

Exactly, the typical homeowner's and tenant's insurance does NOT cover flood damage, in addition one can buy an excess cliffside Aug 1 #22

One bigger problem is that there are too many people making too much money from 'insurance'. OldBaldy1701E Aug 1 #25

Warren addressed some of that issue last year BumRushDaShow Aug 1 #30

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Republican governance maybe? Kerr county is a very red district. Chip Roy is their congressman! surfered Jul 31 #14

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